Firefox floating prefs box display problem

[Matt Shin]

There is a display problem that occurs when Firefox is opened on a sufficiently narrow window, relative to the overview list of files in the changeset/diff. The floating prefs box on the right would end up covering the file names in the overview list. This is a particular problem for us as we have some very long path names in a few repositories.

Although we can change the site templates (or advice users to modify their Firefox's userContent.css files) to either not float the prefs box or to clear the overview list, we think this is not the most elegant solution.

I am sorry, but I cannot think of any useful thing to suggest at the moment, but can anyone think of a nicer solution to display the prefs box without it covering the file names in the overview list?

[Christian Boos]

Well, the filenames should now be much shorter in 0.11, due to the display of the common location (see #3549).

In theory, even with the above change, the problem can still happen, but is it in practice?

[Matt Shin]

Thank you very much for looking at this. Although we have not tested it, I think the solution in #3549 should at least reduce the likelihood of the problem. I am happy for this ticket to be closed for the moment. (I guess we can always re-open it if the problem continues to occur.)

[Christian Boos]

Ok, fine with me, and yes if for some reason the problem seems to persist with 0.11, you're welcome to reopen the ticket.