[Chameleon] browser auto-refresh?

Mon Sep 27 15:46:57 EDT 2004

I did some testing.

It seems function MapWhandleresize() in MapDHTMLWidget.js is the
culprit.  It actually calls for a reload.  I changed the code in my
version.  

The function MapWPositionMapDHTML which was collecting only IE browsers
is actually also testing for Nav6 browsers.  I changed the code in
MapWhandleresize to test for Nav4 and then the other two (Nav6 and IE)
are running the function.

So it's now:
function MapWhandleresize()
    if (CWCIsNav4)
    {
        location.reload();
    }
    else if (CWCIsIE || CWCIsNav6)
    {
        MapWPositionMapDHTML();
    }
}

Similar things are happening in the KeyMapDHTML widget, but I'm not
using it to test.  I did a search on location.reload for all files in
chameleon.

Now I'm not re-posting in Firefox, or Netscape 7.  But am in Netscape 4.
Although the site looks so bad in Netscape 4 I think it should abandoned
with an error message (IMHO).

Liz

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Spencer [mailto:pagameba at magma.ca] 
Sent: September 27, 2004 3:22 PM
To: Godwin, Elizabeth
Cc: pspencer at dmsolutions.ca; chameleon at lists.maptools.org
Subject: Re: [Chameleon] browser auto-refresh?

yes ... I actually don't know why it re-submits the whole page ... if 
you figure it out, I'd love to know

Paul

Godwin, Elizabeth wrote:
> Hm... that doesn't explain to me while other apps that post don't 
> exhibit the same behaviour.  But I'll continue googling.  No luck so 
> far.
> 
> When I say refresh... I don't mean just what's loaded in the 
> browser... it's re-requesting from the server.  Which is something the

> others aren't doing.  Speed might have affected me noticing with other

> applications, but I would have noticed the POST error.
> 
> Liz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Spencer [mailto:pagameba at magma.ca]
> Sent: September 27, 2004 2:51 PM
> To: Godwin, Elizabeth
> Cc: chameleon at lists.maptools.org
> Subject: Re: [Chameleon] browser auto-refresh?
> 
> 
> Liz,
> 
> this is the way mozilla works.  You can work around it by attaching to
> the onresize event of the body:
> 
> <body onresize="return false;">
> 
> or something like that ... a quick google should get you close ... as 
> I
> am on dialup right now, a 'quick' google is impossible so I'll leave
it 
> to you ;)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> Godwin, Elizabeth wrote:
> 
>>Hi there,
>> 
>>I've noticed an odd phenomenon while working with Chameleon.  It seems

>>that in all mozilla variants, the application will refresh itself when
> 
> 
>>you change the window in some way.  Now..  my first thought was the
> 
> code
> 
>>added to the samples template I've based my app on that included code
>>telling Netscape browsers to reload when there was a resize.  EXCEPT 
>>that I've removed this code.  
>> 
>>I went poking and found instances of this code in a couple js files.
>> 
>>My question is, is it necessary for all mozilla browsers to do this 
>>reloading?  I thought it was only for version 4 browsers.
>> 
>>It's not usually an issue, but I came across the behaviour while
>>testing
>>in Firefox, having multiple versions of the app open.  If I resize
> 
> after
> 
>>I've submitted a request, I get POST-ing error messages and such.
>> 
>>Cheers,
>> 
>> 
>>Liz Godwin
>>
>>
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