Why Are Scrollbars Missing

[Dennis M. Marks]

My script opens a window that is supposed to be resizable and
scrollable. I am on a Mac. With IE 5.1.7 it works fine. With Netscape 6
there is no scroll bar. I am able to resize it smaller than the page
but scrollbars still do not appear. What am I doing wrong. Is this just
a bug in the Mac version of Netscape. Please let me know if the popup
window is scrollable on your platform and do you see a problem with my
code.

The page is http://www.dcs-chico.com/~denmarks/amtrak.html
(just select a train with many stops such as California Zephyr)

The code that creates the window is in

http://www.dcs-chico.com/~denmarks/amtrakscripts.js

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[kaeli]

Re: Why Are Scrollbars Missing

In article <02122003072312 6528%denmarks@d csi.net>, denmarks@dcsi.n et
enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> My script opens a window that is supposed to be resizable and
> scrollable. I am on a Mac. With IE 5.1.7 it works fine. With Netscape 6
> there is no scroll bar. I am able to resize it smaller than the page
> but scrollbars still do not appear. What am I doing wrong. Is this just
> a bug in the Mac version of Netscape. Please let me know if the popup
> window is scrollable on your platform and do you see a problem with my
> code.
>[/color]

Worked fine in NN6.2 and 7.1 on Windows 2K and NC4.76 on Unix Solaris.

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[DU]

Re: Why Are Scrollbars Missing

Dennis M. Marks wrote:
[color=blue]
> My script opens a window that is supposed to be resizable and
> scrollable. I am on a Mac. With IE 5.1.7 it works fine. With Netscape 6
> there is no scroll bar.[/color]

I have no idea why it is like that on NS 6. It's probably a bug. But
note that most people who ever used NS 6 are now all using NS 7.x or
Mozilla or Camino. I tried your page with NS 7.1 on windows and the
popup had scrollbars when the content area was larger/taller than the
window dimensions.


I am able to resize it smaller than the page[color=blue]
> but scrollbars still do not appear. What am I doing wrong. Is this just
> a bug in the Mac version of Netscape. Please let me know if the popup
> window is scrollable on your platform and do you see a problem with my
> code.
>
> The page is http://www.dcs-chico.com/~denmarks/amtrak.html
> (just select a train with many stops such as California Zephyr)
>
> The code that creates the window is in
> http://www.dcs-chico.com/~denmarks/amtrakscripts.js
>[/color]


function createWindow() {

winStats="toolb ar=no,location= no,directories= no,menubar=no,s crollbars=yes,r esizable=yes,wi dth=625,height= 600";
smallWindow=win dow.open("","", winStats);
};

You can write the function like this (more compact):

function createWindow() {
smallWindow = window.open("", "",
"scrollbars=yes ,resizable=yes, width=625,heigh t=600");
};

"(...) if you do supply the windowFeatures parameter, then (...) the
other features which have a yes/no choice are no by default."

http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/window.html#1202731

"(...) When the sFeatures parameter is specified, the features that are
not defined in the parameter are disabled."

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/open_0.asp

Note also that the requested height is too much for all 800x600 and
1024x768 scr. res. on windows since the availHeight (area for
applications; minus semi-permanent os-dependent applications like
windows' taskbar, MS-office quick launch bar, MS-magnifier, etc.) will
be smaller than 600. I think you should make the initial requested
height of smallWindow shorter than 600. The bottom part of the 625x600
popups were all [clipped] off the screen or under the window taskbar
over here.

The scripts in that page use a dangerous (IMO) number of
document.write( ). I think the whole scripts could be written without any
document.write( ) and by using W3C DOM methods instead. Slashes are not
escaped in these calls and will generate validation errors.

My 2 cents

DU

[Michael Winter]

Re: Why Are Scrollbars Missing

DU wrote on 02 Dec 2003:
[color=blue]
> The scripts in that page use a dangerous (IMO) number of
> document.write( ). I think the whole scripts could be written
> without any document.write( ) and by using W3C DOM methods
> instead. Slashes are not escaped in these calls and will
> generate validation errors.[/color]

I'd just like to point out that the write() and writeln() methods
/are/ part of DOM (the HTMLDocument interface), but I know what you
meant. It might have been better to say the Document factory methods,
createElement() , createTextNode( ), and so forth.

Mike

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[Dennis M. Marks]

Re: Why Are Scrollbars Missing

In article <bqijrt$r8l$1@n ews.eusc.inter. net>, DU
<drunclear@hotW IPETHISmail.com > wrote:
[color=blue]
> You can write the function like this (more compact):
>
> function createWindow() {
> smallWindow = window.open("", "",
> "scrollbars=yes ,resizable=yes, width=625,heigh t=600");
> };
>
> The scripts in that page use a dangerous (IMO) number of
> document.write( ). I think the whole scripts could be written without any
> document.write( ) and by using W3C DOM methods instead. Slashes are not
> escaped in these calls and will generate validation errors.
>[/color]

Thank you for your advice. I have changed the window.open. I do not
know any other methods to replace document.write. I only do it for fun
and do not wish to get into "W3C DOM methods" which I know nothing
about.

Be my guest and give me an example but I may just leave it as it is.

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[DU]

Re: Why Are Scrollbars Missing

Michael Winter wrote:[color=blue]
> DU wrote on 02 Dec 2003:
>
>[color=green]
>>The scripts in that page use a dangerous (IMO) number of
>>document.writ e(). I think the whole scripts could be written
>>without any document.write( ) and by using W3C DOM methods
>>instead. Slashes are not escaped in these calls and will
>>generate validation errors.[/color]
>
>
> I'd just like to point out that the write() and writeln() methods
> /are/ part of DOM (the HTMLDocument interface)[/color]

Yes. DOM 2 HTML specifications.

, but I know what you[color=blue]
> meant. It might have been better to say the Document factory methods,
> createElement() , createTextNode( ), and so forth.
>
> Mike
>[/color]

Right! :) document.write( ) is general and not specific like other DOM
methods which append, change, create, modify, remove, delete, etc.. DOM
nodes and document.

DU