I am using a double screen configuration. My virtual screen resolution is
3320x1200 When I have my
firefox open in the screen on right and try to type url, the hint appears
too much on the left (
actually most of it goes to left screen) The same if I open a context
menu... but only by clicking
farther that the right screen width in the virtual screen. ( It looks like
this.... but it can be
some arbitrary boundry as well)

For me it looks like some code preventing displaying menus outside visible
area is broken.
Unfortunately i was not able to take screenshot of this :(
(Imagine right-clicking by mouse on the right part of a site and the menu
displaying on the left side
of screen.... always the same x position ! )

I use a laptop with an external monitor, using xrandr to add the new
monitor when i plug it in and to remove it when i unplug.

i'm seeing similar problems with iceweasel as the poster of #507897
describes, but in particular i'm seeing problems when the external
monitor is *not* plugged in.

in particular, menus should appear bounded by the current screen size
(e.g. bringing up a context menu near the lower right of the screen
should only open it near the edge of the screen, not hanging off of it)

But in practice, the menus show up half-off the screen, with no way for
the user to get to the errant menu options (except for blind kbd menu
navigation, which i think we can agree is suboptimal).

Here's my current screen resolution:

0 dkg@pip:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 600, maximum 1280 x 1624
VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS connected 1024x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
0mm x 0mm
   1024x600       59.5*+
   800x600        85.1     72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
   640x480        85.0     72.8     75.0     59.9
   720x400        85.0
   640x400        85.1
   640x350        85.1
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
0 dkg@pip:~$

And attached is an image of a full-screen web-browsing session, where
i've just right-clicked the page at the upper-left of where you see the
context menu.

when i use a single-screen configuration (no expanded size or options),
the menu appears in a reasonable place, where i can see everything in it.

when i'm in this potentially extra-screen situation, i get this problem.

I haven't been able to determine yet whether it is worse if i start
iceweasel when a second monitor is attached, or start X with a second
monitor attached.

i'm happy to do some debugging with this setup if you've got any
suggestions for concrete steps to take.

Thanks for maintaining iceweasel in debian!

I just did a little bit more debugging.  From what i've seen, the menu
errors i was reporting earlier seem to be a function of iceweasel
starting up when the screen is at one resolution, and then persisting
across a screen resolution change.

In particular, if i start iceweasel when my screen is 1024x600 (single
builtin LVDS), and then attach an external monitor (LVDS + VGA) to get a
setup like this:

0 dkg@pip:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1624, maximum 1280 x 1624
VGA connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
338mm x 270mm
   1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0     59.9     60.0*
   1280x960       60.0
   1280x800       60.0
   1152x864       75.0
   1280x768       60.0
   1024x768       85.0     75.1     75.0     70.1     60.0     59.9
   832x624        74.6
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     59.9     56.2
   640x480        75.0     72.8     72.8     75.0     66.7     60.0
59.9
   720x400        70.1
LVDS connected 1024x600+0+1024 (normal left inverted right x axis y
axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x600       59.5*+
   800x600        85.1     72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
   640x480        85.0     72.8     75.0     59.9
   720x400        85.0
   640x400        85.1
   640x350        85.1
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
0 dkg@pip:~$

then iceweasel prefers to show tooltips and menus still limited to the
old 1024x600 resolution, even if the browser is running in the larger
1280x1024 display.  this means that tooltips and menus that would
otherwise be placed in reasonable spots in the righthand or bottom areas
of the screen instead are placed in the small upper-left region.

Conversely, if i start iceweasel when i have both screens attached and
running, and then detach the larger screen, i get the problem i reported
before: menus/etc end up displaying half off the screen to the point
where i can't get to them.

It's as though iceweasel is caching some information about the available
display space at process start and failing to update that information
when the available screen space gets resized.

Hope this helps to track down the problem.  Let me know if i can debug
or test anything.

Regards,

Hi,

Sorry for the late answer.

Did it get any better with Iceweasel 3.5.x ?

Cheers,

Mike

I commonly use dual-screen setup with one screen going on/off when I
need it for other system.

I did not experience any issues with Iceweasel menus in this setup
(although I use them very rarely).

My window manager probably unmaps/remaps/resizes the window every time I
switch desktops so it might be that resizing or minimizing and restoring
the window would fix the problem.

A somewhat related issue I see is that when Iceweasel is running on one
screen and it shows dialog on another screen the dialog size appears to
be calculated as fraction of the size of the screen where the main
windows is and then shown as fraction of the screen where the dialog is
shown.

That is if the main window is on a landscape screen and the dialog shows
on a portrait screen it appears squashed, and the other way around.

Also firefox sometimes fails to react to resize request from the window
manager showing small content in a large window when the window is
automatically maximized on startup and Ieweasel remembers smaller window
size from last run.

Did it get any better with Iceweasel 5.0 (in unstable or from
http://mozilla.debian.net) ?

Cheers,

Mike

Is it the same bug as this one or should I file a new bug?

Drop-down menu from forms is placed in left top corner of he screen (instead
of the right place)

haldyr

Possible it's the same. What is your window manager?

As far as I know it should be kwin since I am running KDE 4.6.5.

haldyr

I have to retract, it's not the same, I was thinking about bug 631176.
Please followup there.