On 12/01/2009 03:20 PM, Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
> On 11/30/2009 10:14 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
>
>> On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> ...snip...
>>> Only GUI blip I can see so far (IE7/PC) is that the bottom fragment
>>> (less than one line, as far as I can tell) of the log is not
>>> displayed, and there is no vertical scrollbar (so I can't tell if more
>>> lines are truncated below this) - I can get a screenshot to someone if
>>> helpful, and will look at it myself tomorrow. Hopefully I can start
>>> delving tomorrow in proper depth.
>>>
>>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> I see your issue, it's a IW7 bug of sorts. I see a couple of ways to 'fix'
>> it.
>>
>> The issue is in the web interface style.css file, pre {} section...
>>
>> The crux is I added the line...
>> overflow-Y: hidden; /*--Hides vertical scroll created by IE--*/
>>
>> Which kept IE from adding the annoying vertical scroll bars for no reason,
>> so it acts like every other browser on planet earth.
>>
>> Well, after I did that, I 'cleaned-up' an extra blank line added to the end
>> of every PRE section, much more tidy.
>>
>> Per your report, it appears that IE does not resize the PRE section to allow
>> for the horizontal scrollbar, so the bottom-most line now gets partially
>> clipped.
>>
>> I see two solutions:
>>
>> 1) Remove the "overflow-Y: hidden;" line, then IE will also show the
>> annoying vertical scrollbar that will allow the clipped line to be viewed.
>> This is a non-standard style-sheet option anyway.
>>
>> 2) Add back the extra blank line at the end of every PRE section and make
>> all other browser users suffer for IE problems.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Lonnie
>>
>>
> Sorry, I'm a PHP neophyte (Luddite, really) so you'll have to explain things
> to me in simple terms.
>
> Is the stylesheet something that's usually canned and standardized?
>
> If so, I say leave it as it came, and let Microsoft get around to fixing it
> when they will.
>
> Let's respect ownership, including ownership of onerous bugs.
>
> -Philip
>
Oh, never mind... Looks like it got worked out.
In general, I have to say that I'm opposed to "work-arounds" for broken
browsers because they alleviate some of the pressure on the vendors to have
them do The Right Thing.
Plus it's a waste of resources.
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