[Chameleon] Can't make the rubberband work -- Help!

[Liz Godwin]

correction - rubberband only broken in Firefox with correct DOCTYPE.

On 10/3/05, Liz Godwin <godwin.liz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm reposting on this issue to see if anything has been resolved in
> Chameleon core:
>
> It is my opservation that having a CORRECT DOCTYPE declaration as set by
> W3C in one's template, throws off the rubberband boxes, and measure tool
> etc. This is a bug. I will file it when I'm done here.
>
> We're using Chameleon version 2.2.
>
> To me this is an important bug to fix as I am attempting to write template
> that work in IE and Firefox, and right now, my templates look awful without
> a proper DOCTYPE and great with one. BUT no rubber band box.
>
> Any idea on how to fix?
>
> Liz
>
>
> On 7/14/05, Liz Godwin <godwin.liz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This issue was a while ago but I thought I would post anyway.
> >
> > I recently noticed this with version 2.0, that my rubberband box
> > disappeared when the DOCTYPE was set to strict. I was using Firefox.
> >
> > DOCTYPES can be tricky, and they often throw off one's CSS and
> > Javascript. Or Chameleon Samples ;-)
> >
> > Liz
> >
> > On 6/27/05, Paul Spencer < pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > There was a bug in the ruler code, turns out that in some browsers,
> > > having a 0-sized div essentially clips the content. It was fixed by
> > > changing the code that initializes the images to be inside divs that
> > > had
> > > sufficient size.
> > >
> > > Not sure why the rubberband would not show up, this is the first
> > > report
> > > of a problem and the code has been stable for about 4 years for that
> > > particular piece of functionality.
> > >
> > > I suspect a browser issue. Can you problem details on platform,
> > > browser, and versions of software in use. Also a live url would be
> > > useful (you can send it off list if necessary). Also, a widget tag may
> > > be useful too (in this case, the ZoomIn and MapDHTML widget tags)
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > Vic Kelson wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm a newbie with Chameleon, and I've got a great-looking site
> > > almost
> > > > finished, with one problem. The rubberband doesn't show up on the
> > > screen
> > > > (neither does the ruler), but their functions work perfectly. That
> > > is,
> > > > if I click the "zoom in" and then drag on the map, it zooms
> > > properly. If
> > > > I turn on the ruler and click and move, the distance updates
> > > properly in
> > > > the text box on the form. But, the rubberband line and the ruler lie
> > > are
> > > > invisible.
> > > >
> > > > What have I done wrong? Do I have a layer out of order? Is there a
> > > > component I'm missing?
> > > >
> > > > Help! ...and THANKS!
> > > > --v
> > > >
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