Hi Ken, I found a duplicate report in the Mozilla "Bugzilla" website and it provides a solution. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502371
To quote comment number 3: "This may be specific to the locale based on any strings being longer than in the en-US version. The other option may be that your DPI value is wrong and thus the fonts larger than intended. If you go into the Advanced > Config Editor preference settings, find layout.css.dpi and set it to a default of 96 by double-clicking on that entry. If this doesn't work, reduce that value to shrink the sizes. I've seen cases where KDE passed a wrong DPI value down to Thunderbird and therefore caused issues with the dialog display." Attached is the screen print of my DPI settings before I changed it and you can see that it is set to "-1" I will attach another screenshot to the next comment, of the settings after I changed it to 96. And the new setting makes the items in my preferences window smaller and so now everything fits in the window. Will you try it? Thanks G ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #502371 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502371 ** Attachment added: "Layout CSS DPI - Before change" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1251059/+attachment/5163270/+files/TB_Pref_Adv_ConfigEditor_LayoutCssDpi_BeforeChg.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251059 Title: Preferences dialog window too small Status in Mozilla Thunderbird: Unknown Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When replying to an e-mail a dialog sometimes pops up asking if you want to send the mail Plain Text or HTML. This dialog doesn't fit its own window. See the attached screenshot. Using Gnome 2. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: thunderbird 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47~precise1-generic 3.8.13.10 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.0-32-generic. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC272X Analog [ALC272X Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ken 8740 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ken 8740 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20131028131509 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd2300000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC272X' Components : 'HDA:10ec0272,1025036e,00100001' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 11 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd2210000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: Unavailable Date: Wed Nov 13 23:08:17 2013 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.254 dev eth1 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.4 metric 2 MarkForUpload: True Plugins: iTunes Application Detector - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so (rhythmbox-mozilla) PrefSources: prefs.js ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=24.1.0/20131028131509 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.3 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V2.14 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JE50_DN dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.14 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.14:bd07/27/2011:svnAcer:pnAspire5551:pvrV2.14:rvnAcer:rnJE50_DN:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.14: dmi.product.name: Aspire 5551 dmi.product.version: V2.14 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer --- AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ken 3331 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ken 3331 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20180522092743 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: MATE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 ForcedLayersAccel: False IncompatibleExtensions: English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en...@thunderbird.mozilla.org Thunderbird (default) - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth2 proto dhcp src 192.168.0.13 metric 1024 10.0.3.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.1 linkdown 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.13 192.168.0.1 dev eth2 proto dhcp scope link src 192.168.0.13 metric 1024 IwConfig: lxcbr0 no wireless extensions. eth2 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MostRecentCrashID: bp-dc69d4dc-9e6c-4f63-9c3b-9ed2a0180624 Package: thunderbird 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 PackageArchitecture: i386 PrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/mintr...@tn123.ath.cx/defaults/preferences/mintrayr.js /usr/lib/thunderbird/extensions/{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}/defaults/preferences/lightning.js /usr/lib/thunderbird/extensions/{a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc}/defaults/preferences/preferences.js ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=52.8.0/20180522092743 (In use) RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory RunningIncompatibleAddons: True Tags: third-party-packages xenial Uname: Linux 4.15.0-24-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-11-14 (240 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom debian-tor dialout dip fax floppy fuse lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare scanner sudo tape video wireshark _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 09/27/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0W2562 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA07:bd09/27/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension8300:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0W2562:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: Dimension 8300 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/1251059/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
