# Having problems with Firefox window size.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-problems-with-firefox-window-size/338363>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-problems-with-firefox-window-size/338363 "2006-01-04T06:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-problems-with-firefox-window-size/338363/1 "2006-01-04T06:24:10Z")

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Somehow, the default window size for Firefox has been changed. Now, whenever I open something that isn’t full screen by default, the window is about half the size it should be. Normally this is a minor annoyance, and I can just resize the window how I’d like it, but a few times tonight I’ve gone to sites that open up windows with fixed sizes, and I can’t resize them. Does anybody know how to get it back so I can see my content?

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-problems-with-firefox-window-size/338363/2 "2006-01-04T18:38:09Z")

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Are these sites you have vistited before that have allowed you to resize contents in new windows in the past?

If not then you’re probably just seeing a non-resizeable window. At one of its parameters, the HTML “a href” (begin href, or link) function has a sub-function “target” which allows specifying where the content of the link will appear (top level, a specified frame, new window, itself, etc.) The “target” sub-function also allows one further specify the properties of a new window (if the “\_new” parameter is used) – its width, height, whether or not it can be resized, whether or not it will have one or both scrollbars, etc.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-problems-with-firefox-window-size/338363/3 "2006-01-04T20:09:22Z")

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If you get something like the [Tab Mix Plus extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1122&application=firefox) for Firefox, it can force all windows to open as regular-sized tabs. Everything will be the size of your browser window then.