Firefox Window Size on Mac

November 2, 2005 6:07 AM

Feature or Bug: the size of Firefox windows on my Powerbook can't be adjusted; dragged smaller, and it looks like the bottom of the window is below the screen.
posted by ParisParamus to computers & internet (8 comments total)

No access to the window buttons either? Whenever I have a problem where I can not grab a window (at the head or foot) I reset the display resolution to something other than what I am using, then back again. This usually resizes everything into something workable.
posted by Dick Paris at 6:20 AM on November 2, 2005

If you have an external monitor, plugging that in might also fix it. Or, going to Detect Displays from the menubar Monitor thingy.

I'm also not sure - but in some window managers on Unix, you could hold down the middle or right mouse button and then click-drag inside the window to "grab" that bottom right corner even if it is positioned off-screen.

I'm not at home to test that last thing.
posted by odinsdream at 6:23 AM on November 2, 2005

Heh. Two Parises (Pares?). But yeah, try changing your resolution; you should be able to get a handle on the window that way.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:23 AM on November 2, 2005

If they aren't hidden, try clicking on the right-most button along the top left (the plus sign).
posted by jalexei at 6:25 AM on November 2, 2005

And if the buttons are hidden, you could use the 'Zoom' command in the Window menu.
posted by rebirtha at 6:41 AM on November 2, 2005

Stupid UI problem, huh? Try clicking this bookmarklet. Oh, AxMe won't let you. Go to this bookmarklet page and click the bookmarklet labeled "Webconfs - Window Resize 640x480".
posted by Nelson at 7:04 AM on November 2, 2005

Oh. Duh. I feel stupid. Very. Please throw things at me.
posted by ParisParamus at 11:27 AM on November 2, 2005

Oh. Duh. I feel stupid. Very. Please throw things at me.

Don't worry, it's rather non-intuitive. If your window is smaller than the screen, the plus sign does what you'd assume it does, and pushes the window as large (tall, really) as your screen will allow.

Handily (but unclearly) it basically does the same thing in reverse when your window is beyond the edge of the display.
posted by jalexei at 11:57 AM on November 2, 2005