[Bug 125734] Re: Firefox scrollbar doesn't use the "infinite size" usability effect

[John Vivirito]

AleksanderAdamowski wrote:
> John, it seems I was wrong and this is indeed a GTK issue.
>
> I've unpacked chrome files shipped with firefox-3.0 Ubuntu package and
> tried to locate CSS border settings for main-window or browser or
> document, nothing significant was there.
>
> Then I've noticed that the Firefox scrollbars correspond to the GTK
> theme's scrollbars, they are even updated in real time if I switch GTK
> styles.
>
> So it seems that Ubuntu Firefox's default theme is closely integrated
> with GTK and it inherits GTK's problems. This would also explain why
> installing a different theme (like Nick Welch did) fixes the problem  -
> 3rd party themes aren't integrated with GTK.
>
> I've tried verifying it in a different GTK application or even some QT,
> but all apps I've tried have some ridiculous border added to the whole
> document area (I've tested gedit, abiword, gnumeric, gnucash, oowriter,
> oocalc, kedit, kword, konqueror). This is quite a problem, BTW, as this
> severely impacts usability of a large group of basic apps.
>   
kedit kword and konqueror dont use GTK. Your native desktop is kde# or
gnome or xfce?

> Do you know any well-behaving application (apart from Firefox) that
> doesn't create this useless border around its window that I could test
> with? Or maybe this is the problem with GTK itself, not those
> applications?
>
>   
I cant say as i am unable to reproduce this here in gnome. However if
you see it in all those apps you may see it in any browser you use. 
Ubuntu-Mozilla-Team can you please try to reproduce this, I am unable to.


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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

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Linux User# 414246

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Firefox scrollbar doesn't use the "infinite size" usability effect
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