[Cartoweb-users] Re: AW: Cartoweb-users Digest, Vol 39, Issue 5

Fri Jul 4 09:18:20 EDT 2008

Thanks to all who clarified the patch. I can report that it seems to 
fix the problem for browsing with FF3 on WinXP/SP4 (but I have not yet 
reverted to FF2 to see whether it causes any problems with the earlier 
version).

Chris

Lauber Christoph wrote:
> Hi Chris
> 
> It seems that the patch was "hidden" on the very end of the former mail:
> 
> -------------- next part --------------
> Index: htdocs/css/dhtml.css
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /var/lib/cvs/public/cartoweb3/htdocs/css/dhtml.css,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -u -8 -r1.5 dhtml.css
> --- htdocs/css/dhtml.css	8 Nov 2005 13:09:55 -0000	1.5
> +++ htdocs/css/dhtml.css	3 Jul 2008 08:16:09 -0000
> @@ -8,16 +8,17 @@
>  #map .dhtml_element_off {
>    position: absolute;
>  }
>  #map .dhtml_element_selected {
>    position: absolute;
>  }
>  #map .layer {
>    position: absolute;
> +  -moz-user-select: none;
>  }
>  #map .vertex_off {
>    position: absolute;
>    overflow: hidden;
>    width: 8px; /* must be set in pixels */
>    height: 8px; /* must be set in pixels */
>    padding: 0;
>    margin: 0;
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> I added just the '-moz-user-select: none;' in my dhtml.css file and it seems to work (firefox3 on windows. On linux i will test tonight). So the #map .layer block looks like:
> #map .layer {
>   position: absolute;
>   -moz-user-select: none;
> }
> 
> 
> Regards Christoph
> 
> 
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> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 20:34
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> Betreff: Cartoweb-users Digest, Vol 39, Issue 5
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>    1. Re: Cartoweb and Firefox 3 (Chris Duncan, GISmatters)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:47:04 -0400
> From: "Chris Duncan, GISmatters" <duncan at gismatters.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cartoweb-users] Cartoweb and Firefox 3
> To: Bruno Friedmann <bruno at ioda-net.ch>
> Cc: cartoweb-users at lists.maptools.org
> Message-ID: <486D0288.20104 at gismatters.com>
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> 
> Could someone please clarify what is meant by:
> 
> "the patch"
> 
> and
> 
> "set a new property for the #map.layer class"?
> 
> I'm just going live with a new Cartoweb application and would like to 
> ensure that it is compatible with FF3, but the thread quoted below 
> isn't clear to me. Is there a "patch" that is separate from "setting a 
> new property"? Or is "setting a new property" the actual patch? In any 
> case, what new property needs to be set? Just make up a random dummy 
> property?
> 
> If someone has the time to provide a simple, specific step-by-step, 
> I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Bruno Friedmann wrote:
>> Hi Pierre,
>>
>> I've just try the patch. Work great here ( FF3 under linux )
>> I've not access to a ff3 win32 install now. But think It should work also.
>>
>> Nice quick & dirty catch. A prototype update would be nice also, no ?
>>
>>
>> Pierre GIRAUD wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I was asked to have a look at this problem with FF3 and I think I found
>>> a solution.
>>> The "workaround" is to set a new property for the #map.layer class in
>>> dhtml.css as described in the patch.
>>>
>>> Right now, I'm looking for a response from the bugzilla server which
>>> seems to be down currently.
>>>
>>> However, I would be happy if you let me know if this works.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Pierre
>>>
>>> Oliver Christen wrote:
>>>> mmm, the dhtml do not seems to use prototype's getElementsByClassName,
>>>> it use xGetElementsByClassName which doesnt redefine the core
>>>> getElementsByClassName function.
>>>>
>>>> but since the problem you noticed happens only in ajax mode, it also
>>>> means the problem happens only prototye.js is loaded so it is linked
>>>> somehow. We will look into that.
>>>>
>>>> thank you
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> Oliver
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I think the real trouble are located in the regression prototype.js
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ejohn.org/blog/getelementsbyclassname-pre-prototype-16/
>>>>>
>>>>> (don't have time today to look at it )
>>>>> But I know that cw3 use quiet very old version ( 1.5rc )
>>>>>
>>>>> This should also have impact on dhtml.js an certainly quiet a lot's
>>>>> of code inside cw3
>>>>> (I really hope that's not the case :-) )))
>>>>>
>>>>> Tell us if your analyse drive you to the same index.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oliver Christen wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thank you for reporting this.
>>>>>> the problem occure specificaly when ajax is enabled.
>>>>>> all clic-drag tools are effectively affected.
>>>>>> we are currently looking into this matter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards
>>>>>> Oliver
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kurt Menke wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've noticed that the Cartoweb zoom functionality, and the client in
>>>>>>>> general, hangs a lot more often in Firefox 3.  I have to use the
>>>>>>>> Refresh
>>>>>>>> button a lot.  For instance, I can use the zoom tool once fine and
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> second time it doesn't zoom to the correct area unless I Refresh.  It
>>>>>>>> worked
>>>>>>>> beautifully in Firefox 2.  Has anyone looked into this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kurt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> **************************
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Absolutely +1. We seen exactly the same trouble.
>>>>>>> Other tools that need point,clic and drag have the same trouble
>>>>>>> (outline,measure...)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- 
>>
> 

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