Multi-select field won't work in firefox

pictogram - January 23, 2008 - 05:53
Project:Administration Menu Dropdown
Version:5.x-1.x-dev
Component:User interface
Category:bug report
Priority:critical
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:postponed (maintainer needs more info)
Description

I had a hard finding what was the cause of my problem. I couldn't multi-select items in Firefox when logged as admin. The cause seems to be your module. After deactivated your module everything went Ok ??? Maybe a CSS problem, z-index ???

#1

Shawn Conn - January 31, 2008 - 20:24
Status:active» postponed (maintainer needs more info)

I have seen some problems with Z-index and some themes with Admin Menu dropdown. However, with my work on Ubercart (which contains a handful of multiselect boxes) and Firefox I have never encountered any issue with multiselect boxes. Can you recreate the error? If so, what modules/themes are you using and which form do you encounter this issue on?

#2

sun - February 4, 2008 - 20:16
Status:postponed (maintainer needs more info)» active

The cause for this Firefox bug is position: fixed. This has been reported and discussed in admin_menu's queue several times.

#3

Shawn Conn - February 9, 2008 - 00:29

I was aware of issues with position:fixed in Firefox, but where does this show itself in multiselect boxes? Does it show when the menu is displayed? hidden? More information on this issue would be helpful.

#4

sun - February 9, 2008 - 14:28

I don't know either, if this bug in Firefox can also be triggered when a fixed positioned element isn't displayed at all. However, it seems so, since pictogram is reporting exactly the same bug like everyone else: It's impossible to select items in multi-select fields in Firefox.

I know that you don't like that. ;) Have you already considered to implement a JavaScript that continuously resets the (absolute) position of admin_menu upon scrolling? I've seen some impressive jQuery work in the wild some time ago (unfortunately can't remember where).

#5

Shawn Conn - February 16, 2008 - 22:27

I've recently tested out Firefox Beta 3 with Admin Menu Dropdown and it appears all previous issues with position: fixed are non existent. If you can confirm multi-select fields work on Firefox Beta 3, this would help determine if this issue stems from Firefox 2's rendering of position: fixed HTML elements.

#6

Shawn Conn - June 15, 2008 - 01:40
Status:active» postponed (maintainer needs more info)
 
 

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