Load a new page in an iframe -> the whole page zoom is reset

[KristopherWindsor]

Suppose I zoom out on a page, and that page has an iframe.
If I click on a link in that iframe (to load a new page in that iframe), the zoom for the whole page (and the iframe) is reset to the default.
I am sure this is a bug, because if I then go to another tab, and come back to the page, it will be zoomed out.

Will this be fixed soon?

[steviex]

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[KristopherWindsor]

OK... can I have an answer now?

[LoudNoise]

Have you searched bugzilla for a bug? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

[trolly]

First, do you have an example?
Second, full page zoom or text zoom?

BTW Can you please remove your signature? It can be regarded offending.

[KristopherWindsor]

I'm referring to full-page zoom; didn't we leave text zoom back with Fx2?
The bug is similar to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409011 but different.
I guess when a page is loaded in an iframe, the zoom for the whole tab is set, when the zoom should only be set for the page in the iframe.

I found this problem in an experimental project I made yesterday.
To reproduce:
- Go to http://beta.kristopherw.us/iwui/
- Click the "X" on one of the windows in the page. (Each window is a div with an iframe inside.)
- Enter "google.com" when you are prompted for a URL.
- Zoom out a few times with "Ctrl -"
- Search for something in the iframe where Google is loaded.
- When the search results page loads, the zoom will be reset for iWUI.

BTW, unrelated, but, I think it'd be better if the zoom level was kept for each tab instead of for each web site.

[trolly]

Can not confirm. Every page which is loaded and the main page stays at the chosen zoom level.
But i'm running bleeding edge test builds so it is possible that there is a bug in FF3.0.x and will be fixed in a future release.

No, text zoom is still available. View -> Zoom -> Zoom Text only

[KristopherWindsor]

I hope that means it's been fixed.
Will v3.0.2 will be available soon?

[mrs260]

WFM using latest nightly as well.

[trolly]

Well both of us are not using 3.0.2pre but 3.1a2pre. That's even a bit more advanced.

9/11 if the schedule is right.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases

[iidi]

Any news on this? I experience the problem in the latest FF 3.0.8...
Thanks!

[alnilam]

I found the same problem while trying to develop a new web site and using FF 3.0.3 in Linux.
I don't know whether the problem is already solved but just in case, I found a short-cut to avoid this problem. may be it's not the best choice but it works !

My solution: I wrote a function in Javascript which is called whenever I try to target a new source in the Iframe. In this function I ask for the client's browser, if it's not FF I directly target the new source, but if it is FF I remove the Iframe (call removeChild function and relate it to its parent) and later I create another Iframe (call createElement("iframe") and then call appendChild function to append it to its parent) with the same attributes as the old one but with the "src" attribute pointing to the new target).

I tried this solution and it works in FF, Opera, IE 7 and Google Chrome. This short-cut may help someone until this bug is fixed.

I tried another way to by-pass this problem in a similar way (asking for the client's browser) but trying to use Objects instead of Iframes in the case of FF and Iframes in the rest of the browsers. I know Objects can be used to target like frames although they have some drawbacks in IE. But I could not make it work.