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  • knocte
    #1

    [Mozilla+JavaScript] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

    I come across with this topic because it is more or less related to PHP.

    Sometimes we implement a PHP script that displays a form which has a
    SELECT that should have a value by default. If the SELECT input control
    has a size bigger than "1" and the option selected is not in the first
    elements (so as the size of the SELECT doesn't allow to view the item
    selected), Mozilla browser won't scroll the SELECT control to the item
    selected! However, IE6 has this behaviour.

    There is a bug in Mozilla about this issue, and I cannot figure why this
    bug isn't yet, at least, CONFIRMED.

    So, if you are interested in this bug, plase, click the URL below and
    vote for the bug (to vote bugs you need to register a bugzilla account,
    which can spend only 5 minutes of your time).

    224023 - Listbox (select) does not scroll to selected line
    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224023
    RESOLVED (nobody) in Core - Layout: Form Controls. Last updated 2015-02-01.


    Regards,

    knocte


    PS: If you don't use Windows XP, it would also be useful to know if this
    bug is reproducible in other operating systems. If yes, please post a
    comment about it.

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    • Robert Downes
      #2
      Re: [Mozilla+JavaScr ipt] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

      knocte wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I come across with this topic because it is more or less related to PHP.
      >
      > Sometimes we implement a PHP script that displays a form which has a
      > SELECT that should have a value by default. If the SELECT input control
      > has a size bigger than "1" and the option selected is not in the first
      > elements (so as the size of the SELECT doesn't allow to view the item
      > selected), Mozilla browser won't scroll the SELECT control to the item
      > selected! However, IE6 has this behaviour.
      >
      > There is a bug in Mozilla about this issue, and I cannot figure why this
      > bug isn't yet, at least, CONFIRMED.[/color]

      If I'm understanding your description correctly, the following example
      code should produce the error that is troubling you:

      <html>
      <head>
      <title>
      Test SELECT element
      </title>
      <meta name="GENERATOR " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
      <meta name="FORMATTER " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
      </head>

      <body bgcolor="#fffff f" text="#000000" link="#0000ff"
      vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000" >

      <select size="4">
      <option>Hello </option>
      <option>Goodbye </option>
      <option selected="true" >Bonjour</option>
      <option>Au revoir</option>
      <option>Bon soir</option>
      <option>Whateve r</option>
      </select>

      </body>
      </html>

      However, I get a select box that offers a scrollbar, and I can select
      any of the elements listed in my example.

      Have I understood the problem correctly?

      Are you writing sound HTML/XHTML code? (With closing tags for all
      elements that require them; and quotes around all element properties?)
      Mozilla is a standards-based browser, so it requires good document
      structures. IE6 isn't worth using to test Web pages.

      What version of Mozilla are you using?

      Have I misunderstood the problem? (The title mentions Javascript, but
      your description doesn't.)
      --
      Bob
      London, UK
      echo Mail fefsensmrrjyahe eoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk"

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        • Justin Koivisto
          #3
          Re: [Mozilla+JavaScr ipt] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

          knocte wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > I come across with this topic because it is more or less related to PHP.[/color]

          How is this related to PHP at all? This is definately an HTML/browser
          issue, nothing to do with PHP.

          --
          Justin Koivisto - spam@koivi.com
          PHP POSTERS: Please use comp.lang.php for PHP related questions,
          alt.php* groups are not recommended.

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            • knocte
              #4
              Re: [Mozilla+JavaScr ipt] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

              Robert Downes escribió:[color=blue]
              > Have I misunderstood the problem? (The title mentions Javascript, but
              > your description doesn't.)[/color]


              You have misunderstood the problem. The requirements for this bug to be
              reproduced are:

              - Have a SELECT element with size="x" (x bigger than 1).
              - Have an item in the select whose position is bigger than x.
              - Have the SELECT element inside a TD tag.
              - Have the attribute align="center" inside the TD tag.

              For example:

              <html>
              <head>
              <title>
              Test SELECT element
              </title>
              <meta name="GENERATOR " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
              <meta name="FORMATTER " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
              </head>

              <body bgcolor="#fffff f" text="#000000" link="#0000ff"
              vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000" >
              <table>
              <tr>
              <td align="center">
              <select size="2">
              <option>Hello </option>
              <option>Goodbye </option>
              <option>Bonjour </option>
              <option>Au revoir</option>
              <option>Bon soir</option>
              <option selected="true" >Whatever</option>
              </select>
              </td>
              <td>
              Other TD
              </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
              <td>
              Other TD
              </td>
              <td>
              Other TD
              </td>
              </tr>

              </body>
              </html>

              If you display this page on Mozilla, the SELECT won't scroll to the last
              option.

              Try just to remove the align="center" attribute to see the correct
              behaviour.

              Regards,

              knocte

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                • Robert Downes
                  #5
                  Re: [Mozilla+JavaScr ipt] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

                  knocte wrote:[color=blue]
                  > Robert Downes escribió:
                  >[color=green]
                  >> Have I misunderstood the problem? (The title mentions Javascript, but
                  >> your description doesn't.)[/color]
                  >
                  >
                  >
                  > You have misunderstood the problem. The requirements for this bug to be
                  > reproduced are:
                  >
                  > - Have a SELECT element with size="x" (x bigger than 1).
                  > - Have an item in the select whose position is bigger than x.
                  > - Have the SELECT element inside a TD tag.
                  > - Have the attribute align="center" inside the TD tag.
                  >
                  > For example:
                  >
                  > <html>
                  > <head>
                  > <title>
                  > Test SELECT element
                  > </title>
                  > <meta name="GENERATOR " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
                  > <meta name="FORMATTER " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
                  > </head>
                  >
                  > <body bgcolor="#fffff f" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080"
                  > alink="#ff0000" >
                  > <table>
                  > <tr>
                  > <td align="center">
                  > <select size="2">
                  > <option>Hello </option>
                  > <option>Goodbye </option>
                  > <option>Bonjour </option>
                  > <option>Au revoir</option>
                  > <option>Bon soir</option>
                  > <option selected="true" >Whatever</option>
                  > </select>
                  > </td>
                  > <td>
                  > Other TD
                  > </td>
                  > </tr>
                  > <tr>
                  > <td>
                  > Other TD
                  > </td>
                  > <td>
                  > Other TD
                  > </td>
                  > </tr>
                  >
                  > </body>
                  > </html>
                  >
                  > If you display this page on Mozilla, the SELECT won't scroll to the last
                  > option.
                  >
                  > Try just to remove the align="center" attribute to see the correct
                  > behaviour.[/color]

                  Using the code you supply above, I still can scroll down and select
                  other items, even though there is no </table> closing tag.

                  However, I am using a version of Mozilla that claims to be 1.7a, so
                  possibly the problem you are seeing has been fixed in more recent code.
                  --
                  Bob
                  London, UK
                  echo Mail fefsensmrrjyahe eoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk"

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                    • knocte
                      #6
                      Re: [Mozilla+JavaScr ipt] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

                      Robert Downes escribió:
                      [color=blue]
                      > knocte wrote:
                      >[color=green]
                      >> Robert Downes escribió:
                      >>[color=darkred]
                      >>> Have I misunderstood the problem? (The title mentions Javascript, but
                      >>> your description doesn't.)[/color]
                      >>
                      >>
                      >>
                      >>
                      >> You have misunderstood the problem. The requirements for this bug to
                      >> be reproduced are:
                      >>
                      >> - Have a SELECT element with size="x" (x bigger than 1).
                      >> - Have an item in the select whose position is bigger than x.
                      >> - Have the SELECT element inside a TD tag.
                      >> - Have the attribute align="center" inside the TD tag.
                      >>
                      >> For example:
                      >>
                      >> <html>
                      >> <head>
                      >> <title>
                      >> Test SELECT element
                      >> </title>
                      >> <meta name="GENERATOR " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
                      >> <meta name="FORMATTER " content="Arachn ophilia 5.2" />
                      >> </head>
                      >>
                      >> <body bgcolor="#fffff f" text="#000000" link="#0000ff"
                      >> vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000" >
                      >> <table>
                      >> <tr>
                      >> <td align="center">
                      >> <select size="2">
                      >> <option>Hello </option>
                      >> <option>Goodbye </option>
                      >> <option>Bonjour </option>
                      >> <option>Au revoir</option>
                      >> <option>Bon soir</option>
                      >> <option selected="true" >Whatever</option>
                      >> </select>
                      >> </td>
                      >> <td>
                      >> Other TD
                      >> </td>
                      >> </tr>
                      >> <tr>
                      >> <td>
                      >> Other TD
                      >> </td>
                      >> <td>
                      >> Other TD
                      >> </td>
                      >> </tr>
                      >>
                      >> </body>
                      >> </html>
                      >>
                      >> If you display this page on Mozilla, the SELECT won't scroll to the
                      >> last option.
                      >>
                      >> Try just to remove the align="center" attribute to see the correct
                      >> behaviour.[/color]
                      >
                      >
                      > Using the code you supply above, I still can scroll down and select
                      > other items, even though there is no </table> closing tag.
                      >
                      > However, I am using a version of Mozilla that claims to be 1.7a, so
                      > possibly the problem you are seeing has been fixed in more recent code.[/color]

                      I am not saying that you can't scroll and select. I am saying that when
                      you open the page the select must be scrolled before you do anything!

                      Mozilla 1.7a? How can that be possible? Mozilla 1.6 Final is not
                      released yet.

                      Regards,

                      knocte

                      PS: If you still have more doubts about the bug, please refer to
                      http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224023 to read the entire
                      description of the bug.

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                        • Robert Downes
                          #7
                          Re: [Mozilla+JavaScr ipt] Shouldn't this bug be confirmed?

                          knocte wrote:[color=blue]
                          > I am not saying that you can't scroll and select. I am saying that when
                          > you open the page the select must be scrolled before you do anything![/color]

                          Oh, I thought you meant Mozilla would not scroll down to the item at all.

                          I'm not sure if the developers would consider that a bug. If you are
                          using PHP to generate the select element, then perhaps you can write a
                          piece of code that puts the 'selected="true "' option to the top of the
                          list, so it has to appear first.
                          [color=blue]
                          > Mozilla 1.7a? How can that be possible? Mozilla 1.6 Final is not
                          > released yet.[/color]

                          I'm wondering that myself. I went to the developer section of the
                          Mozilla site, and downloaded the nightly build, and what I got is now
                          calling itself version 1.7a.
                          --
                          Bob
                          London, UK
                          echo Mail fefsensmrrjyahe eoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk"

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