About a week ago I noticed that the login fields are a bit too long. Maybe this can be fixed?
I made sure my Firefox's zoom settings arent set so I think its not my copy of Firefox.
EDIT: I think its me after all as other browsers are fine. I updated my Linux box last week so maybe thats the cause.
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Firefox Aurora/7.0a2 (2011-08-07)Sidebar, not login page.Previously known as kAlug.
I'm not sure what you mean. The homepage doesn't have a login field.
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Firefox 7 changes how input sizes are determined. The recommended method now is to just set its width in CSS, rather than using the size/row parameter.
Firefox 7 shows it just fine, I just tested it. Do you mean the Firefox 8 beta? If so, I'll get to it as I have time since it's just a test browser rather than rush a fix.
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I ran across the problem last month in a mozillaZine thread, so judging by that, I'm almost certain it's Firefox 7 that made the change.
Here's the strange thing I've noticed about this though, the size value seems to range across Operating Systems. I ran Firefox on WINE and the input field is about half the size it is on native Firefox (for Linux).
Regardless, using the
sizeparameter to define the width of an input field is wrong, and it should be done through CSS.It seems to be a Linux-only issue. I just tested it in Ubuntu and the issue is present there. The size parameter is put there by Drupal and we have no control over that part. I can specify the width in CSS as well and hope it overrides it, which it should. I added it in and should hit once cache updates.
UPDATE: I flushed the cache. It's fixed.
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Sorry to bump an old post, but was the lengthened login button on purpose? I have a solution for that using css atribute selectors, just drop it anywhere in the css file.
.sidebar input[value="Log in"] { width: auto; }Thats what it looks like.
@John: seems to be a linux only issue indeed. Thanks for taking the time fixing it.
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It could have been related to rather large default size of system fonts used in Gnome and many linux distros. I'd check for myself, but have no clue what CSS change was made to fix it in the first place.
My posts are old and likely no longer relevant.