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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #982171
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982171

** Also affects: firefox via
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982171
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738437

Title:
  firefox "Warning: Unresponsive script" dialog fails to wrap text in
  URL path

Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
  Unknown
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: firefox

  On a Maverick i386 system with firefox 3.6.15+build1+nobinonly-
  0ubuntu0.10.10.1, Firefox's "Warning: Unresponsive script" dialog
  wrapped text (i.e. inserted a line break) before a slash in the URL's
  path, but did not wrap any subsequent text, perhaps because it did not
  contain any further / characters. The attached screenshot shows the
  problem. A look at the workspace switcher panel applet at the lower-
  right corner of the screen reveals that, due to this failure to wrap
  text, the "Warning: Unresponsive script" dialog box was three times as
  wide as the desktop itself. It was possible to drag the dialog box to
  the left in order to see the rest of the URL and click the buttons,
  but this is a nuisance and that workaround (and others) would likely
  not be apparent to novices. Furthermore, that Firefox will wrap a URL
  at all in this dialog box (i.e. at slashes where appropriate, and
  possibly under other conditions) suggests that the intent is to ensure
  that it remains readable, which at minimum I think indicates that the
  dialog box should not contain lines rendered longer than the width of
  the screen's viewable area.

  I do not know JavaScript, so I cannot easily reproduce this problem
  and determine precisely under what conditions it occurs or whether or
  not it is specific to Ubuntu. I doubt it only happens in Ubuntu, but
  since I cannot be sure of that, I have not marked it as affecting the
  upstream project Firefox, nor have I reported this upstream.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: firefox 3.6.15+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Mar 19 17:21:43 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.15/firefox
  FirefoxPackages:
   firefox 3.6.15+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
   firefox-gnome-support 3.6.15+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
   firefox-branding 3.6.15+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
   abroswer N/A
   abrowser-branding N/A
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  InterpreterPath: /bin/dash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: firefox

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