Firefox window is distorted/broken after changing from fullscreen

Question

I accidentally dropped firefox from full-screen to half-screen and set it to fullscreen again, but when i open firefox, it... well, it does not look very ok...

openinge firefox in unity

well, when i click on the upper bar, it looks like that: not completely fullscreen

here it seems that firefox is drawn too far left, when i enter an url, it does not show until it is long enough... after another click in the bar, it is really full-screen...

how can i get rid of this problem?

You've tried restarting? Can you reproduce the problem every time, or is it just occasionally? — Chan-Ho Suh, May 19 '12 at 11:44
Check if the problem is with Firefox by using another browser. If it is and you are updated to the latest version, consider going back to an earlier version. — Chan-Ho Suh, May 19 '12 at 15:51
ok, seems like it is a problem with firefox.. chromium shows in full-screen from the beginning — greenit, May 19 '12 at 18:23
after deinstalling firefox, removing the ~/.mozilla folder and reinstalling it, firefox works again :) — greenit, May 19 '12 at 19:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '12 at 07:09

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Removing Firefox, deleting the ~/.mozilla directory and reinstalling firefox did the trick, now it works again :)

answered May 20 '12 at 07:09

greenit

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '12 at 11:44

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Maybe try closing the process or restarting ubuntu, if you haven't yet. Your problem might be only temporary.

answered May 19 '12 at 11:44

LxMaD

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it's not just now, it is everytime, i have this problem for nearly a week now – greenit May 19 '12 at 12:42

Firefox window is distorted/broken after changing from fullscreen

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