If the default size of the browser window is large enough that there is only room for one window on screen at a time then opening a new window will leave the bottom of it off the screen. Seen in all versions upto and including 0.9.4. Steps to reproduce:1) Start Moz and open a browser window. 2) Move the title bar of the window to near the top left hand corner of the screen, say one title line width from the menu bar and very close to the left hand edge. 3) Resize the window so that it fills the rest of the screen. It should all still be visible on the bottom of the screen and at the right hand end. 4) Select, 'New Navigator Window' from the file menu (or use cmd-N) What you see: The newly created window is posittioned below the title bar of the window you started with. It's size is the same as that of the original window. The bottom line (for example the status bar) is off the bottom of the screen. As you create more browser windows (re-do step 4) the window sinks further and further down the screen, until after about 3 goes the window starts repositioning above the original window. What you should see: Either one of the following should occur: 1) The window should open in it's lower position but be shortened to not overlap the bottom of the screen. 2) The window should be positioned over the original window and it's size be maintained. If there where room then the current behaviour of moveing down the screen would be fine, but this should not be done to the point that the window extends beyond the boundaries of the screen. If it where my choice I would go with option 2 as the users choice of window size is kept, they can always switch between windows using the menus.

Hmm, your reproduction instructions didn't result in this behavior for me using Mac/ 2001091311 (0.9.4), though I admit I've encountered the problem before. I think the problem is that when Mozilla decides whether or not it has vertical screen space left to open a new window lower than the last, it seems to use the TOTAL screen height, and doesn't take into account the fact that some space is taken by the ever- present Menu bar under Mac OS.

That is to say, Mozilla seems to simply shift the total available vertical space down by the height of the Menu bar, rather than subtracting the height of the Menu bar frmo the available vertical space.

Reporter, create a new Mozilla user profile and make sure your steps-to-reproduce still cause the problem for you, since it didn't work for me.

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I am definately still seeing this bug. I've just downloaded a build claiming to be 0.9.8 (2002020305) and have reproduced the problem: 1) Open mozilla and make the default browser window the size of the screen (maybe leaving 5 or so pixels around it) 2) Quit mozilla and restart it to confirm that this size is now the default window size for the program. 3) Open more and more browser windows and they will start to march off the bottom of the screen.

I still don't see it, but I'm on 8.6. Note that we don't support 8.5... ->jag?

Updating to change the OS version to 9.x. My actuall version is now 9.22. At the time I first reported this I don't think anything more than 8.x was available in Bugzilla.

What I get on 9.2.1 is that the first window fits in the screen, the second is staggered vertically by the height of the titlebar, the third again relative to the second, the fourth overlaps exactly with the first, the fifth with the second, etc.

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Test with a build made after 8 May 2004, trunk or any branch. This should have been fixed by bug 239876. (I don't have a Mac, so I can't say for certain.)

Using Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050120, I don't see this behavior any longer. When I open up multiple new windows, I see what is listed in (2) The window is positioned over the original window and it's size is maintained. Resolving this as fixed.

No bug / patch referenced as the fix. -> WORKSFORME.

Sorry, this is still happening. I've just downloaded 1.8b (build 2005012006) and although it's improved it still not correct. Test: - Open a browser window - Possition it to the top left of the screen (touching the menubar and the left side of the screen). - Expand it to the full width and depth of the screen (touching the right hand edge of the screen and the dock at the bottom). - Select File -> New -> Browser window. Expected behaviour A new browser windows should open and be completely visible on the screen. What you actually see A new browser window is opened. It's title bar is below the title bar of the first window. It's size is the same as the original window. This means that the status strip at the bottom of the window is behind the Dock.