Popup extends beyond screen at lower resolution (was "Small text in Options")

[bjgood]

Hi gorhill,
On some sites my wife goes to, mainly Facebook flash games, the httpsb popup can extend down below the taskbar. Even the scrollbar doesn't go down far enough to access all of the entries listed. Would including a Small text selection (presently Normal and Large) under Options help with shortening the length of the list?

BTW, I tried to upload a png screenshot but got the message that something went wrong...so I couldn't. Sorry.

Later...

Bob

[gorhill]

What is the screen resolution when the problem occurs?

[bjgood]

Hi gorhill,
My wife likes the resolution to be at 832x624. She's very near-sighted so she likes the images to be large, as do I. This problem seems to only occur on Facebook flash games where hundreds of requests are shown happening. I've seen 1.2k on some sights.

Would it be possible to add a collapse feature for the requests from a domain thus shortening the matrix?

Thank you.

Bob

[gorhill]

Ok, I am going to try and test at that resolution and see what I can think of to fix this.

[bjgood]

Thanks Raymond.

Bob

[gorhill]

Ok I have been testing using a 600px-height resolution and indeed the popup is extending beyond the bottom of the screen. I would have though chromium would have done a better job at fitting the popup within the screen.

I am exploring what can be done. Changing text size is not the proper solution as there will always be a case where some web sites generate so many distinct requests that it the problem will come back.

The real solution would be for chromium to properly size the popup, but I doubt that would be a priority for them. I will enter a bug for this on their side if not done yet.

I am trying to come up with something, fiddling with CSS, but nothing satisfying yet.

[bjgood]

Thanks, Raymond, for looking into this. I tried fiddling with the css files, as well. :).

You have a great extension on your hands, Raymond. It is by far the best out there with reference to script control.

Best regards,

Bob

[gorhill]

I see there is a bug entered in chromium since Feb. 2010 about this:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=36080

So far, trying to fix on my side with CSS resulted in a horizontal bar showing up, which is not good.

I will rename the bug to reflect more the real problem.

[gorhill]

Working on this one now, I guess the only sensible approach for now is to do as you suggested, that is to make the domain groups collapsible. There are complications though but addressable, like:

• What if there is an explicit black or whitelist rule in one of the subdomain? We don't want to hide these. Solution: don't allow collapsing of group with at least one explicit rules underneath).
• What about the visual which allow collapsing/expanding? I try as much to restrain from visual clutter. Solution: make the widget as subtle as possible.

[bjgood]

Thanks, Raymond, for looking into this again.
What you've suggested sounds like a good solution. I would have the matrix appear as it does now (expanded), though. No use penalizing other people for us who are near-sighted. :).

Thanks again.

Best regards,

Bob

[gorhill]

Fixed in 0.5.9.

[bjgood]

Hi Raymond,
Thanks for the fix you provided, and it does help, but I don't think it went far enough. On Facebook flash games, like CoasterVille (any of them for that matter), you have two main domains, facebook.com and akamaihd.net. Just the subdomains for akamaihd.net can extend the length of the screen. Couple that with facebook.com's subdomains...and I still have problem. Why not allow for a collapse button for every domain that has subdomains? Allowing for that shouldn't pose a problem for non near-sighted folk since the matrix is fully extended when opened anyways.

Thank you.

As always, best regards,

Bob

[gorhill]

This is what I did. I suppose it might be too subtle, as I tried as much as possible to avoid visual clutter -- my primary concern for the UI of the matrix. There is a collapse/expand button for all domains with at least one subdomain, and there is a master collapse button for the whole matrix:

The button will appear fully opaque when the mouse gets close to that region (otherwise it is faintly rendered).