Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Mozilla, Browser Tips
ResizeIT: Firefox add-on of the day
by Ryan Sullivan Feb 20th 2007 at 9:30AM
Every once in a while I get a pop-up window in Firefox and the window is a weird size, cutting off a lot of text, images and even buttons that I need to click on. Some times this window can be resized by just clicking and dragging at the corner of the window, but other times the window cannot be resized at all. I recently found out that some of the windows that are popping up in weird sizes because I have too many add-ons. Some add-ons add icons to the bottom bar of the Firefox browser and some pop-up windows can't handle all of them, and that is where ResizeIT is there to help me.ResizeIT is a quick and easy way for resizing any window, regardless if it can be resized by clicking and dragging or not. With just the click of Alt + 1-4, depending on what size you need. Flipping through the different sizes does not effect what is in the window at all. So if you are commenting in a Google blog in a pop-up window it will not erase any text you already entered.
There are a couple of other window resizing add-ons out there. The other two that I found are Yet Another Window Resizer and Window Resizer. ResizeIT is better than Yet Another Window Resizer and Window Resizer, because it is a keyboard shortcut that is doing the resizing. Yet Another Window Resizer and Window Resizer make use of either right-click menus or toolbar buttons, but the keyboard shortcut is quicker than the right-click menu and the toolbar isn't always there on pop-up windows. I like this add-on and think it's nice and easy. I find it ironic that I need an add-on to fix what other add-ons have done to my browser windows. You guys and gals might need this one since I will be suggesting a lot more add-ons here.
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PXLated said 11:44AM on 2-20-2007
Or just put some javascript in a bookmark...been doing this for a long time...
javascript:resizeTo(1024, 768)
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Sonej said 10:35AM on 2-20-2007
I'm working on the next version now. Hope to have it out soon :)
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Ryan Sullivan said 11:43AM on 2-20-2007
I saw a newer version available on the alpha AMO site in the sandbox, but I guess it was still too new in there because I couldn't install it to test it out. But I will be keeping my eye one it. Thanks for the update!
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Ryan Sullivan said 2:03PM on 2-20-2007
@PCLated
Bookmarks aren't always available in improperly sized pop-up windows. What would you do in that case?
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