About

Custom Geometry adds a button to the Firefox status bar that will resize the Firefox window to your specifications. Many other extensions will resize the window, but only to preset dimensions, such as 1024x768 or 800x600. Custom Geometry will set the window to an arbitrary size.

I needed this functionality because I prefer my browser window to be in a particular location and size on my screen. Since I'm using Microsoft Windows XP, the prospect of the browser window staying where I want it is dim. A video game, misclick, or even just a popup window (usatoday.com anyone?) will resize the window. Now, a single click gets it back into place.

Download

• v2.1.0 - CustomGeometry-2.1.0.xpi (5.71 kB)
• v2.0.1 - CustomGeometry-2.0.1.xpi (5.71 kB)
• v1.3.0 - CustomGeometry-1.3.0.xpi (3.72 kB)
• v1.2.0 - CustomGeometry-1.2.0.xpi (3.69 kB)
• v1.1.0 - CustomGeometry-1.1.0.xpi (3.69 kB)
• v1.0.0 - CustomGeometry-1.0.0.xpi (2.88 kB)

Instructions

1. Open the CustomGeometry-2.1.0.xpi file in Firefox. (In Thunderbird, hit "Tools," "Extensions." Hit the "Install" button and find the CustomGeometry-2.1.0.xpi file.)
2. Choose to install the extension.
3. Restart Firefox when instructed to do so.
4. Open the addons window by clicking "Tools," then "Add-ons."
5. Select "Custom Geometry" from the list.
6. Click the "Options" button.
7. Set the window geometry options that you prefer.
8. Hit "Add" to add your options to the list. You might want to also remove the defaults.
9. Hit "OK" to commit your options.
10. Click the new icon on the lower right right side of the status bar to apply these settings at any time.

Feedback

If you have any bugs to report, please e-mail me: kertishenderson -at- hotmail.com

Change Log

v1.0.0 - 2006/12/12

• Initial release.

v1.1.0 - 2006/12/13

• Changed the "Reset Geometry" button to a small image.

v1.2.0 - 2007/03/05

• Added Thunderbird 1.5 support.
• Fixed some filename case issues to fix icon issues on case-sensitive filesystems.

v1.3.0 - 2007/10/04

• Added Thunderbird 2.0 support.

v2.0.0 - 2008/02/28

• Added the ability to store multiple sets of options. You can choose which one to use by using the context menu.
• The context menu also has an option to show you the geometry of the current window.

v2.0.1 - 2008/02/28

• I mistakenly sent Mozilla the wrong file, so I ate up a version number. Version 2.0.1 is identical to version 2.0.0, except for the fact that the version I sent to Mozilla was the wrong file. Please skip directly to version 2.0.1.

v2.1.0 - 2008/02/29

• Added support for Firefox 3.0b3. This was solely done to get my free t-shirt.