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Weird scaling issue

I am experiencing a weird scaling issue on one of my monitors with Firefox. The whole firefox window looks as if it's scaled to high resolution mode. Not just zoom of the content, but the whole window, including the title, toolbars, etc.

Note that only happens on ONE monitor (I've tried this on total 6 monitors now), and it happens only on one Firefox Profile. If I use a new profile, the issue is gone. However, if I copy the profile folder to the newly created profile, the issue comes back.

Here is a screenshot of the two windows opened at the same time on the same screen. Right window is normal, and the left window is the scaled up version.

https://i.imgur.com/ikq00DA.png


I don't want to re-create my entire profile if I don't have to. Does anyone know what kind of setting/feature did this and how can I revert it? Since it does not happen on a different profile, and is replicable by copying the profile settings, it must be some kind of a firefox setting somewhere.

I am experiencing a weird scaling issue on one of my monitors with Firefox. The whole firefox window looks as if it's scaled to high resolution mode. Not just zoom of the content, but the whole window, including the title, toolbars, etc. Note that only happens on ONE monitor (I've tried this on total 6 monitors now), and it happens only on one Firefox Profile. If I use a new profile, the issue is gone. However, if I copy the profile folder to the newly created profile, the issue comes back. Here is a screenshot of the two windows opened at the same time on the same screen. Right window is normal, and the left window is the scaled up version. https://i.imgur.com/ikq00DA.png I don't want to re-create my entire profile if I don't have to. Does anyone know what kind of setting/feature did this and how can I revert it? Since it does not happen on a different profile, and is replicable by copying the profile settings, it must be some kind of a firefox setting somewhere.

All Replies (3)

Also to note - the same window when dragged to a different monitor is perfectly fine and rendered normally. It only happens on one of the monitors I use.

Did this start with today's update to Firefox 142.0, or have you had it for a while?

By the way, a Windows user reported a similar problem over on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1muwokn/firefox_window_bugs_out_on_one_monitor_but_is/ (UNSOLVED)

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer said

Did this start with today's update to Firefox 142.0, or have you had it for a while? By the way, a Windows user reported a similar problem over on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1muwokn/firefox_window_bugs_out_on_one_monitor_but_is/ (UNSOLVED)

Heya, thanks for the response! It's definitely a new problem. I'm not sure if it started with a specific update or something else. I initially thought that I did some kind of "window magnification" in MacOS shortcut by accident, but it does seem to be Firefox related, not OS related.

Good to see another person with the same problem, so it does seem like it's not a weird combination of my hardware and software only...