KomodoEdit Komodo Edit: Dialog box gets wider and wider

Short Summary

The dialog message: The file xxx is read-only. Would you like to save your changes under a different name or force the save?

Gets wider and wider every time you do a Save. The dialog box currently spans across 2 monitors. I am running on a Laptop, that has 2 attached monitors, one of the attached monitors being the main monitor. The file that is being saved is read-only.

Steps to Reproduce

Just doing a "Save" (using the Save icon) brings up the dialog box that gets wider each time it is brought up.

Expected results

The dialog box should not grow in width

Actual results

The dialog box grows wider every time a file is Saved.

Platform Information

Using this version: Komodo Edit, version 11.0.2, build 18122, platform win32-x86. Built on Mon Dec 04 18:29:31 2017. capture

Additional Information

Jan 18 '18 18:01 shutack

@cgchoffman can you repro on windows?

Jan 18 '18 18:01 Naatan

I cannot. I'm not seeing this.

Jan 18 '18 19:01 th3coop

Can you reproduce this using Help > Troubleshooting > Restart in Safe-mode ?

Please verify that when restarting in safe-mode Komodo should be using the default UI (all your settings would be temporarily reset).

Jan 18 '18 19:01 Naatan

I restarted Komodo in Safe-mode. It changed the size of the dialog box back to a reasonable width. I did a few "Saves" (force save) on a read-only file and if you look closely, the dialog box width grows by a pixel or two on every Save.

Jan 18 '18 19:01 shutack

When I run Komodo Edit in its normal mode, the dialog box has a very large width - spanning 2 monitors.

Jan 18 '18 20:01 shutack

What is the status on fixing this problem?

Feb 13 '18 20:02 shutack

As a workaround I suggest to edit preference "chrome://komodo/content/dialogs/yesNoCancel.xul":{"dialog-yesnocancel":{"width":"TOO_BIG_NUMBER"}} in xulstore.json file in the user data directory of the Komodo Edit.

Aug 03 '18 07:08 torbasow

I have this issue too. All dialogs such as yes/no or new file have become so wide I can't see the window's buttons.

Mar 15 '19 21:03 RogerLevy

@RogerLevy, what version of Komodo are you using? I believe a fix went in 11.1.1 but I guess we didn't remember this open ticket. @Naatan i recall you fixing something to do with dialog window sizes. Should this issue have been addressed by that fix?

Mar 18 '19 03:03 th3coop

@cgchoffman 11.1.1 is the version reported in About Komodo

Mar 19 '19 03:03 RogerLevy

@RogerLevy could you share a screen shot of the dialog? Or share your OS as well. As a workaround I believe you can delete xulstore.json from your Komodo profile XRE folder.

Mar 19 '19 18:03 th3coop

@cgchoffman

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Screenshot 2019-03-19 18 50 40

what side effects will deleting xulstore.json have?

Mar 19 '19 22:03 RogerLevy

@RogerLevy, the side effect will be that that dialog will go back to a normal size :). You shouldn't notice other side effects. I meant the About Komodo dialog but you answered my question despite my ambiguous wording and you're on Edit. Perfect. I'm guess a commit didn't make it over from the IDE repo. Having a look.

Mar 19 '19 23:03 th3coop

@cgchoffman Your workaround worked, though clearly it's a temporary measure since it does have side effects (View related) and will need to be done periodically. Thanks

Mar 20 '19 01:03 RogerLevy

This isn't getting fixed is it.

May 19 '23 19:05 RogerLevy

@RogerLevy it's not. ActiveState has open sourced Komodo IDE and no longer supports it. More info here: https://www.activestate.com/blog/activestate-komodo-ide-now-open-source/

On the plus side, you can see all the code in GitHub and pull it down to muck around with if you like: https://github.com/ActiveState/OpenKomodoIDE

May 19 '23 21:05 th3coop