822241 - Browser window not layouted properly

Status: NEW

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

Attachment: Screenshot

This bug has been originally reported in Firebug issue list:
Issue 6150: Navigating through history can cause gray area where Firebug should be
http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=5784

It looks like a Firefox bug and so, I am cross-reporting the problem here.
(not sure which Component is the most suitable)

STR:
0. Install Firebug from: https://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.11/firebug-1.11.1.xpi

1. Create a new profile (needed for me)
2. Navigate to xkcd.com.
3. Navigate to forums.xkcd.com.
4. Enable Firebug.
5. Click the back button. Firebug will hide.
6. Click the forward button. Firebug will show.
7. Disable Firebug.
8. Click the back button.

Firebug should be totally hidden for xkcd.com, but instead it causes a gray area to display where Firebug should be.

I am also attaching a screenshot
Note that manual changing browser window size fixes the problem.

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Does it look like a Firefox problem?
Is there any workaround Firebug could use to solve it till it's fixed?


Honza

Comment 1

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

Any tips what could be wrong here?

Honza

Comment 2

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

I don't know.

Comment 3

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

Is there any way how to force browser (XUL) window relayout? The same what happens when browser window size changes (but without changing the actual size).

Honza

Comment 4

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

Sure, you can change something like the padding of the root element, call document.documentElement.getBoundingClientRect(), then change the style back to what it was.

Do you know which element has the wrong size when you encounter this bug?