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Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame

Started byJohn Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com>
First post2022-01-13 20:10 +0100
Last post2022-01-16 10:30 +0100
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  Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2022-01-13 20:10 +0100
    Re: Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame Ralph Katz <ralph@ralphkatz.com> - 2022-01-14 00:00 +0100
      Re: Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2022-01-14 03:20 +0100
    Re: Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2022-01-16 10:30 +0100

#243967 — Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame

FromJohn Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com>
Date2022-01-13 20:10 +0100
SubjectUnable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame
Message-ID<DFdDY-3GE-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
After upgrading to the latest Debian 10 (Buster) Firefox ESR (91.5.0esr 
64bit), I found that I could not minimize the window by right clicking 
on the top of the window frame and selecting "Minimize", whether the 
menu bar was present or not. The menu for selecting minimize was not 
even present. I was able to perform the minimize with the old (78.x) 
release. I recently installed the latest FF release from the Mozilla 
site (version 95.0.2 64bit) and noted the same situation.

Is this expected going forward or is this a bug?
-- 
Regards,

John Boxall

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#243973

FromRalph Katz <ralph@ralphkatz.com>
Date2022-01-14 00:00 +0100
Message-ID<DFhex-68f-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#243967
On 1/13/22 12:07, John Boxall wrote:
> After upgrading to the latest Debian 10 (Buster) Firefox ESR (91.5.0esr 
> 64bit), I found that I could not minimize the window by right clicking 
> on the top of the window frame and selecting "Minimize", whether the 
> menu bar was present or not. The menu for selecting minimize was not 
> even present. I was able to perform the minimize with the old (78.x) 
> release. I recently installed the latest FF release from the Mozilla 
> site (version 95.0.2 64bit) and noted the same situation.
> 
> Is this expected going forward or is this a bug?

1)  Latest Debian stable is 11 (Bullseye).
2)  Latest Firefox ESR is today's security upgrade, 91.5.0esr (64-bit).
3)  On my XFCE desktop, firefox functions exactly as you seek.

Perhaps you have desktop environment or window manager issue?  More 
details about that could be helpful.

Regards,
Ralph

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#243977

FromJohn Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com>
Date2022-01-14 03:20 +0100
Message-ID<DFkm5-8pd-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#243973
On 2022-01-13 17:55, Ralph Katz wrote:
> 
> 1)  Latest Debian stable is 11 (Bullseye).
> 2)  Latest Firefox ESR is today's security upgrade, 91.5.0esr (64-bit).
> 3)  On my XFCE desktop, firefox functions exactly as you seek.
> 
> Perhaps you have desktop environment or window manager issue?  More 
> details about that could be helpful.
> 

1) Debian 10 (Buster)
2) FF ESR 91.5.0esr (64-bit) (released at the same time as the instance 
for Bullseye)
3) Gnome3 with Wayland disabled. I also tried with Wayland enabled and 
no difference.

Perhaps it is a Gnome issue. I'll keep looking.

-- 
Regards,

John Boxall

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#244048

FromAnders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com>
Date2022-01-16 10:30 +0100
Message-ID<DGa1j-rB-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#243967
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 8:08 PM John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> After upgrading to the latest Debian 10 (Buster) Firefox ESR (91.5.0esr
> 64bit), I found that I could not minimize the window by right clicking
> on the top of the window frame and selecting "Minimize", whether the
> menu bar was present or not. The menu for selecting minimize was not
> even present. I was able to perform the minimize with the old (78.x)
> release. I recently installed the latest FF release from the Mozilla
> site (version 95.0.2 64bit) and noted the same situation.
>
> Is this expected going forward or is this a bug?

This is probably expected going forward, because if you've used a
modernized website lately you should know that computer users are in a
minority, and that you should only use a touchscreen on a phone to
scroll through your personalized ads. Read more here:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/modern-clean-new-firefox-clears-the-way-to-all-you-need-online/

Only nerds and geeks would use advanced features like "Always on top"
etc. I've found a workaround where the menu containing "Minimize" and
other items shows up if you right-click on one of the window edges
*other* than the top: left, right, or bottom (where you would
left-click and drag to change the window size). However, neither of
these are accessible if the window is already maximized.

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