[Chameleon] Certain tools not functioning in IE (6.0)

Jason Fournier jfournier at dmsolutions.ca
Tue Aug 23 16:10:46 EDT 2005


Jennifer,

Try removing the MapTipsLayer div in the template.  MapTips now 
generates its own Layer when it parses.

Does this either a) fix the application or b) generate new behaviour?

Jay



Jennifer Zeisloft wrote:
> Certainly - A good example of the problem is the Coastal Hazards 
> application, which largely works in firefox (except for the pop-up 
> widget buttons), but has much more trouble in IE.
> This can be found at 
> http://maps.aqua.wisc.edu/CoastalHazards/HazardsTemplate.phtml.  Thank 
> you for your help!
> 
> Jennifer Zeisloft
> 
> 
> On 8/23/05, *Jason Fournier* <jfournier at dmsolutions.ca 
> <mailto:jfournier at dmsolutions.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     Jennifer,
> 
>     Would it be possible to see one of your application?  It would help in
>     debugging the issue.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Jay
> 
> 
> 
>     Jennifer Zeisloft wrote:
>      > Hi Jacob-
>      >
>      > None of the applications causing problems had IMAGEPATH or
>     IMAGEURL tags
>      > in the WEB object (only max and minscale).  I added these tags,
>     tested
>      > the apps, deleted the final "/", tested, changed the direction of the
>      > slashes, tested, etc.  No luck.
>      >
>      > And then I realized the error is a little more complicated than I
>     had
>      > originally described.   While none of the buttons work in IE,
>     those with
>      > pop-ups associated with them have a hover state, but don't do
>     anything.
>      > The other buttons simply do nothing.  After further testing, I
>     realized
>      > that none of the buttons associated with pop-ups worked in Mozilla
>      > either (but they do have a hover state, just as in IE).  But the
>     rest of
>      > the buttons work in Mozilla.
>      >
>      > One last note: all of these buttons worked prior to the upgrade
>     of ms4w
>      > and chameleon (from ms4w 1.0.3 and chameleon 2.0 to ms4w 1.2.1 and
>      > chameleon 2.2).  Could it be something with the way the new
>     installation
>      > handles these widgets?
>      >
>      > Again, thank you very much for your help!
>      >
>      > Jennifer Zeisloft
>      > UW Sea Grant
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > On 8/22/05, *Jacob Delfos* <jacob.delfos at maunsell.com
>     <mailto:jacob.delfos at maunsell.com>
>      > <mailto: jacob.delfos at maunsell.com
>     <mailto:jacob.delfos at maunsell.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Hi Jennifer,
>      >
>      >     I have had the keymap disappear as well. I think the cause may be
>      >     that Chameleon adds too many slashes to the web image path.
>     Firefox
>      >     can deal with that, but IE sometimes doesn't. Try removing the
>      >     trailing slash from your web image path. Check the URL of the
>     keymap
>      >     in chameleon, and see if it is valid.
>      >
>      >     Maybe that will fix some of the other issues you mentioned.
>     They all
>      >     appear to work for me, so it is probably something in the
>      >     configuration......
>      >
>      >     regards,
>      >
>      >     Jacob
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >    
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>      >     Zeisloft
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>      >     Subject: [Chameleon] Certain tools not functioning in IE (6.0)
>      >
>      >
>      >     Hello All-
>      >
>      >     We are running ms4w 1.2.1 and chameleon 2.2 and have a number of
>      >     demo applications running.  All of the applications (except
>     one) are
>      >     having trouble running in internet explorer (6.0), but work
>     fine in
>      >     firefox.  Specifically, the key maps do not appear, and the only
>      >     button-style tools (e.g. not "zoom factor" or "quick zoom") that
>      >     work are
>      >     -zoom to bounding box or point
>      >     -legend
>      >     -mapsize
>      >     -maptips.
>      >
>      >     The remaining button-style tools do not work (in addition to
>     the key
>      >     map not appearing):
>      >     -zoom in
>      >     -zoom out
>      >     -zoom to full extents
>      >     -recenter
>      >     -identify
>      >     -pan
>      >     -measure
>      >     -the pan arrows surrounding the main map
>      >     -the mini buttons below the key map box
>      >
>      >     I have read the list-serv entries for problems with IE and
>     checked
>      >     that form method=post, and any other things I could think of.  I
>      >     also compared the templates for these applications to the one
>     that
>      >     works and came up with nothing.  I would really appreciate
>     any ideas
>      >     or solutions.  Thanks in advance for your help.
>      >
>      >     Jennifer Zeisloft
>      >     UW Sea Grant
>      >
>      >
>      >
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