Using Drupal 6.9 with Picture Reloaded theme. No CSS mods have been made to WebFM. Issue occurs on all several browsers; Firefox 3, Chrome, IE 7, IE 8 and across several machines.

Attached image 1 shows how WebFM looks without clicking on anything. When I click on a file or folder in the right-pane all of the fields collapse and are offset slightly, this is shown in image 2. When I click on a folder in the left-pane (without moving the mouse any) the folder offsets slightly, shown in image 3. This results in the browser occasionally thinking a click-operation is drag-operation. Changing the IE drag&drop offsets in the config panel does not affect problem.

I might be losing my mind, but this but I don't think it behaved this way right after installation. I have tried changing to a different theme but see the same behavior. I have tried reinstalling the module from scratch and see the same behavior (so maybe I really am losing my mind). Firefox doesn't show any issues in the debug console.

Thanks for investigating and for building an awesome module.

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webfm_glitch_3.jpg44.59 KBHillfire
webfm_glitch_2.jpg46.91 KBHillfire
webfm_glitch_1.jpg45.99 KBHillfire

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robmilne’s picture

robmilne commented

There are definitely ongoing and unresolved themeing issues with the module. Try using the standard Garland theme to see if the formatting is corrected. If so then it is your theme. An option is to select Garland (or other theme that plays nice with webfm) as your administration theme.

Hillfire’s picture

Hillfire commented

The problem occurs with all themes I have installed, including Garland and Bluemarine. I have also tried disabling pretty much every module. I mostly just wanted to confirm that this is not the normal behavior. If that is the case, I could use some suggestions on where to look to debug the issue in the module's code. I have a strong programming background but am new to Drupal module development.

robmilne’s picture

robmilne commented

Definitely not normal behaviour. The obvious place to start looking would be in the css file. Also make sure the browser DOM elements are being properly identified/classified for css by checking with Firebug.

Hillfire’s picture

Hillfire commented
Priority: Normal » Minor

Re-prioritized as minor. I don't think this affects usability, it is just strange.

I did a fresh Drupal 6.9 install, only enabled WebFM and still see the same behavior.

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nhck commented
Version: 6.x-2.10-rc4 » 6.x-2.x-dev

Hillfire,

thank you for reporting this and helping to make webfm better. This definitely is related to drag&drop. Somehow I cannot find a way to really tell the difference whether a user wants to start d&d or just click.

This is were this error comes from: The problem is that once someone clicks we wait 200ms. If dragging is started then the user d&d's. If not it is a click. Maybe someone has a suggestion on how to do this in a smarter way?

Thank you.