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tabbar flickers in case of 2-3 lines, when last tab is at the end of line #109

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
== What exact steps will reproduce the problem? ==

1. open a lot of tabs to reach at least 2 or 3 lines of tabs (in case of 3 line 
tabs the problem always appears for me, but in case of 2 lines, just 
occasionally.)
2. open a last tab, which gets at the beginning of the 3rd or 4th tabline

== What is the expected output? What do you see instead? ==

In all of the newer versions:

this last tab tries to fit in the 2nd or 3rd line, but then a scrollbar appears 
to scroll the tabs, and the tab gets into the 3rd or 4th line, and then it gets 
back, and so on over and over, and the flickering doesn't stop, you can't see 
the content of the window well and can't even close the tab, because it moves.

== What versions of Tab Kit and Firefox are you using? On what operating
system? ==

Windows XP SP3 with latest updates
Firefox 3.6.8
TabKit 0.5.12

== Please provide any additional information below. ==

I use a lot of tabs at my workplace, so every time, I reach the end of the 2nd 
line, i have to open some more tabs to stop the flickering, but in case of 4 
line of tabs, the flicker doesn't stop even if I open a lot more windows, i 
think it is because of the scrollbar at the right.

I think one solution would be the resizing of the tab area in case of the 4th 
(and more) line of tabs and avoid the creation of tabbar scroll. But I don't 
know, why the 2nd to 3rd line flickering occurs, it doesn't make sense..

Original issue reported on code.google.com by analyt...@progressive.hu on 10 Aug 2010 at 9:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
thank you for answering ...

Original comment by analyt...@progressive.hu on 7 Oct 2010 at 2:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I also have a flickering problem. With a dozen or so tabs, there is a gap 
between the bottom pane with the + in it and the bottom pane with a down arrow 
in it.  The flicker is the jumping of the + pane which goes all the way down to 
the down arrow pane then back up.  I can stop it (temporarily) by grabbing the 
column width scroll bar and dragging it left or right a little bit.  Then after 
a while something triggers it and the flicker starts again.  The flicker has 
very unfortunate side affects -- Firefox memory consumption goes  way up 
(memory leak?) AND uses a LOT of CPU cycles.  Eventually, Firefox becomes 
unresponsive and has to be stopped with the task manager.  Sometimes that 
doesn't even work.

Windows XP SP3 with latest updates
Firefox 3.6.11
TabKit 0.6

Disabled all other add-ons.

Sometimes I run several simultaneous profiles, but no other profiles have the 
flicker problem.  Just one specific profile.  I don't know what triggers it.

Original comment by dick...@comcast.net on 25 Oct 2010 at 1:40

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Original comment by dick...@comcast.net on 25 Oct 2010 at 1:08

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Recommending changing this issue to HIGH, since it results in Firefox becoming 
unresponsive (hung).

Original comment by dick...@comcast.net on 25 Oct 2010 at 1:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Same here. I've even gone so far as to remove the + tab thinking it would fix 
the issue. Instead my tabs just juke back and forth now with the same memory 
issues. 

The moving of both the + tab and now all the tabs responds to mouse movement 
anywhere in the Firefox window, i.e. wiggling the mouse anywhere in the Firefox 
window causes a similar wobble in the tab bar.

I can vouch that changing the size of the tab sidebar stops the issue 
temporarily but only until I change pages and then it starts again.

Original comment by dan.desl...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2010 at 12:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I cannot and don't know how to change the priority of the issue :S

But replying to dan.desloover I recognized the same, that the flickering is 
somehow connected to mouse movement. If I don't move the mouse, the flicker 
stops.
I usually solve the problem by opening a new empty tab, if the flickering 
starts.

Maybe some developer could arise from the deep :) and reply this post after 
three months..

Original comment by analyt...@progressive.hu on 8 Nov 2010 at 10:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
no comment. loser developers couldn't even reply to this f***ing 4 months old 
thread. I will search for another tab handling add-on instead of this sh*t one 
...

They could integrate a tab searcher, which I think is totally useless and 
unnecessary, and I cannot even turn it off, just occupy important space on 
tabbar, but they couldn't fix this very annoying problem.

yeah, i know, it's free, so why should I count on professional management. 
thanks, byez

Original comment by icarus...@gmail.com on 18 Nov 2010 at 12:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Yup, have the same problem, (see Issue 130)
Will uninstall this today. 
-IF they cannot answer their users, that's arrogance.
-IF they don't have time, maybe they should cocentrate on writing less buggy SW.

Free or not, this is NOT good enough.

Original comment by jan.magn...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2010 at 2:35