When I use Firefox with Win 7 and a TV for monitor with win Display set for 150%, The TaskBar covers a portion of the screen - Is this ever going to be fixed?
In Firefox 6 with Win 7, a TV as the monitor and Display set for 150% - using websites such as Hulu when you go to full screen the Task Bar of windows is hidden. Starting with Firefox 7 and all versions since it is not hidden and makes it impossible to do certain things. I complained about this when Firefox 7 first came out and created this account to get feedback. I have herd nothing about this and am wondering if this will ever be resolved?
If this issue is being explored or anything is being done please let me know.
Firefox 7.0 and above Windows 7 Display set for 150% magnification Using Hulu or other Flash Video in Full Screen mode Windows Task Bar does not go away
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I have never used the Autohide extension, in fact I never new it existed.
Perhaps I was not clear about my problem: The Task Bar is not being covered when in full screen using Hulu. I have a computer connected to an HD 1080p TV which I use with Hulu. Because This is a TV and I have trouble seeing small things on the screen, I use Windows 7 function - Display (Control Panel/all Control Panel Items/Display) and set it to 150%. If it is set to 100% the problem does not exist. With Firefox 6 and 150% it does not exist. The problem only exists with Firefox 7 and above with Display set to 150% and full screen.
I Finally found the solution to my problem (on Chrome’s website not Mozilla).
1. Right click on the Firefox Shortcut Icon (not the one in taskbar) or locate firefox.exe and right click on it.
2. Select Properties.
3. Select Compatibility tab.
4. Under Settings click check box for “Disable Display Scaling on High DPI Settings”.
5. Restart Firefox.
When you update Firefox to a new version you may need to do this again (the default seems to be that this is turned off).
It seems that someone at Mozilla and Chrome knew this was a problem and provided a solution. It would be nice if those people paid some attention to the company bloogs.
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All versions of Firefox have covered the Windows Task Bar when in Full Screen mode, that feature isn't new to Firefox 7.0 and it isn't something that needs to be "resolved".
Any chance you have the Autohide 2.2.1 extension installed?
http://www.krickelkrackel.de/autohide/
It hasn't been updated beyond Firefox 6.0, so it would have been disabled when Firefox 7.0 was installed. But it still works if the user overrides the "compatibility issue" with the Add-on Compatibility Reporter add-on.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/
I'm using Autohide on Nightly Firefox 12.0a1 (with the override) and it works as it always has, all of its' features and preferences work fine.
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I have never used the Autohide extension, in fact I never new it existed.
Perhaps I was not clear about my problem: The Task Bar is not being covered when in full screen using Hulu. I have a computer connected to an HD 1080p TV which I use with Hulu. Because This is a TV and I have trouble seeing small things on the screen, I use Windows 7 function - Display (Control Panel/all Control Panel Items/Display) and set it to 150%. If it is set to 100% the problem does not exist. With Firefox 6 and 150% it does not exist. The problem only exists with Firefox 7 and above with Display set to 150% and full screen.
I Finally found the solution to my problem (on Chrome’s website not Mozilla).
1. Right click on the Firefox Shortcut Icon (not the one in taskbar) or locate firefox.exe and right click on it.
2. Select Properties.
3. Select Compatibility tab.
4. Under Settings click check box for “Disable Display Scaling on High DPI Settings”.
5. Restart Firefox.
When you update Firefox to a new version you may need to do this again (the default seems to be that this is turned off).
It seems that someone at Mozilla and Chrome knew this was a problem and provided a solution. It would be nice if those people paid some attention to the company bloogs.
Modified by jrsutton