Closed Bug 36131 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Right-click (context) menu in browser drawn off screen

Categories

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

x86
Windows 98
defect

Tracking

()

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: evola, Assigned: mikepinkerton)

References

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; m14) Gecko/20000417 BuildID: 2000041708 On any page right click in the lower right corner. You will find a region where the right side or bottom (or both) of the menu will be drawn off screen. Same results on clicking on links or empty background. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Right click in the bottom right region of any page. Actual Results: Pop-up menu drawn partialy off sceen. Expected Results: Menu should be recentered so that it can be seen completely.
Win95B, Build 2000041717: I can't reproduce this bug...when I right-click a page with my mouse in the bottom right region, the popup menu is drawn properly within mozilla.
Cannot reproduce on WinNT with 2000-04-17-08-M16; the context menu always stays entirely on the desktop even if the browser window is maximized and the Windows taskbar is hidden. If necessary, the context menu appears to the left of the pointer and higher than it otherwise would have. The problem reported here has also been reported in the past, but I thought it was fixed. evola@att.com, can you think of anything different about your setup or experience? Is the context menu appearing to the right of the pointer?
Component: Browser-General → XP Toolkit/Widgets: Menus
QA Contact: jelwell → sairuh
Summary: Right-click menu in browser drawn off screen → Right-click (context) menu in browser drawn off screen
The menu location does switch between sides as it should, just not at the right place. I did some messing around and seem to have found what I do differently. Try the following: 1. Close all Mozilla windows. 2. Move task bar to left side of window, leave unhidden. 3. Open Mozilla and right click above "ID" in "Build ID:" at bottom of screen. Although the window is drawn taking the lost real estate on the left into account, the area that the menu is set to use is not adjusted.
Thanks, evola@att.com -- that's it alright. Confirmed with the 2000-04-17-08-M16 nightly binary on WinNT. This will likely affect all Win32, and looks like a case that was missed in the previous fix. Step 1 before step 2 is crucial to reproducing this bug. If mozilla is started with the Windows taskbar to the left, the context menu will continue to be drawn off the right edge of the desktop even if the taskbar is moved back to the bottom. Contrariwise, if the taskbar is at the bottom when mozilla is started, this problem never happens, no matter where the taskbar is moved while Mozilla is running.
Assignee: asadotzler → pinkerton
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
yeah, i forgot that the taskbar could be on the left or right sides. my bad.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → M16
I also have the problem of the menu being drawn off the bottom of the screen. This time it is not due to the task bar, but an application that docks itself on the top of the screen (the AllAdvantage.com viewbar thingy). Similar to the taskbar on the left, when Mozilla is started with the application at the top the context menu will be drawn off screen.
yes, same problem. i am in the process of fixing. thanks for the extra data points.
Blocks: 36888
fixed.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
verif on winnt, linux and mac [opt comm], 2000.05.18.08.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: XP Toolkit/Widgets: Menus → XUL
QA Contact: bugzilla → xptoolkit.widgets
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