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View setting for this account window too large to see "ok" button. Windows 10, Dell Inspiron Laptop

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edmondc
edmondc

Inspiron 13 7000 Series 2-in-1 Laptop with Windows 10

I have been using Thunderbird for many years and this is a new problem to me. When I select "View settings for this account" on my wife's new laptop, the window opens, but it is so large that the "OK" button is off the screen and you can't get to it. I have gotten around the problem by putting the cursor on a corner of the window that I can get to and dragging it to make the window smaller. I then push the "OK" button after I have used the window information or changed it.

Is there a key sequence that will make the window be a size that will allow me to see the whole window, or better yet is there a Tbird setting or add-on that will make this window come up in a size that lets me see everything?

Inspiron 13 7000 Series 2-in-1 Laptop with Windows 10 I have been using Thunderbird for many years and this is a new problem to me. When I select "View settings for this account" on my wife's new laptop, the window opens, but it is so large that the "OK" button is off the screen and you can't get to it. I have gotten around the problem by putting the cursor on a corner of the window that I can get to and dragging it to make the window smaller. I then push the "OK" button after I have used the window information or changed it. Is there a key sequence that will make the window be a size that will allow me to see the whole window, or better yet is there a Tbird setting or add-on that will make this window come up in a size that lets me see everything?

Chosen solution

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507640#c47

(I am also frequently affected by this)

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Wayne Mery
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Chosen Solution

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507640#c47

(I am also frequently affected by this)

edmondc
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I have never expected perfection with applications, so the work around will have to do. Luckily I or my wife don't use that window much. Thanks for the quick reply.

edmondc
edmondc Question owner

I got to thinking that Windows itself ought to have a window resize function and it does. This really solves the problem until Thunderbird fixes it directly.

"Did you ever suddenly find yourself with a window that is so large that part of it, including the title bar, is off the screen? For example, maybe somebody sent you an oversized picture taken with one of those many-megapixel cameras. With no title bar visible, you can’t move the window with the mouse. But there is an old trick that goes all the way back to Windows 3. It allows you to use the keyboard and a menu called the system or control menu to move or resize a window.

System menuNormally, this little-used menu can be opened by clicking on the icon in the upper left corner of a window but there is also a keyboard shortcut to open it. Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar. An example of the menu that opens is shown in the figure on the right. The menu is used by entering the underlined letter for an action.

How to move a window using only the keyboard

Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the system menu. Type the letter “m”. A double-headed pointer will appear. Then use the arrow keys to move the window up, down, right, or left. Once the window is positioned, press “Enter”. How to resize a window using only the keyboard

Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the system menu. Type the letter “s” A double-headed pointer will appear To make the window smaller, press the right arrow key to select the right edge of the window and then repeatedly press the left arrow to reduce the size Press “Enter”. It’s an old trick but you will be glad you know it if you get one of those oversized windows.

Added later: If a window is maximized, the entries in the system menu for "Move" and "Size" will be greyed out. In that case, try the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar followed by R. Then repeat Alt+Space Bar."