Why does Safari window size keeps changing when I open new tabs

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Why does Safari window size keeps changing when I open new tabs

For a few months now, I've noticed that the window size of Safari on my Mac OS keeps extending towards the bottom... This usually happens when I open a new tab. If left unchecked, my Safari window which used to be centered on the screen will continue to 'extend' vertically in size until it reaches the bottom of my screen. It's just getting bothersome. Any ideas?

I had the AdBlock extension. I turned it off and restarted Safari, but it hasn't changed anything. To reset Safari back to its default window size, I use the command "delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari 'NSWindow Frame BrowserWindowFrame'" on Terminal, but I always have to do this on a regular basis. Any help would be appreciated!

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), Safari 9.0.2

Posted on May 27, 2017 2:52 PM

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Answer 1

dlfuller

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Aug 17, 2017 9:07 AM in response to Nettrekker

Another vote for having the exact same problem. I used to size a window, quit Safari, and then any new windows would be the same size. Sometime recently this changed with Safari or macOS updates. It's certainly not a catastrophe but annoying.

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Nettrekker Author

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May 28, 2017 9:10 AM in response to tygb

Actually, my problem isn't related at all to minimizing or opening in a new window vs new tabs... It's a question that the window size of Safari keeps changing and expanding after each new session whenever I open a new tab (which is often). I took screen caps of what I mean here...

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Rysz

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May 27, 2017 4:07 PM in response to Nettrekker

Sounds like you're opening new windows, rather than tabs in the main window?

Safari > Preferences > Tabs > Open Pages in tabs instead of windows: select Automatically or Always from the pull down menu.

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tygb

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May 27, 2017 11:49 PM in response to Nettrekker

If you open system preferences > Dock > minimise windows using > and set as scale effect , press shift key and minimize the window or even if new tabs are opened they will come down to dock in slow motion .

Are you performing these steps or the windows are coming itself by its own ? when you open tabs .

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tygb

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May 29, 2017 12:10 AM in response to Nettrekker

In your first screen shot the window is not in full screen thats why , a a gap is shown between bottom edge and a a screen shot some date is written .

In the second and third screen shots there is a very thin line gap between edge and a screen shot ( that is in full screen mode ) .

Right , so you can expand the screen by taking cursor on corners and dragging them towards corners as shown in the first screen shot window in your computer .

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Eric Root

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Aug 17, 2017 2:10 PM in response to dlfuller

Might be a corrupt .plist.

Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

Quit the application.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.

Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.

Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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Nettrekker Author

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May 27, 2017 4:38 PM in response to Rysz

It's already set to 'Automatically'... I tried 'Always' but it doesn't change a thing either.

The problem really occurs when I open a new tab in the main window.

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Answer 8

May 27, 2017 8:37 PM in response to Nettrekker

You can change it manually so it's not a problem for you. Automatically sometimes makes it do the exact thing over and over again repeatedly so it just makes new windows instead of tabs.

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