----- Original Message ----- From: "Dougal Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Richard Bennett wrote: > > > [...] > > I think you're right there, however I tried to check this, but couldn't > > replicate the bug this was supposed to fix. > > Wasn't it that in IE5.5 an empty layer wouldn't catch mouse-events? > > It has to do with SSL pages. If the DynLayer is from a page secured with > SSL, the "url(javascript:void)" syntax caused IE5.5 to complain about > unsecure elements in the page. I don't think mouse events were an issue > (unless there was some older related bug that I'm forgetting). > Yes, the reason the line is in there in the first place is to fix some mouse-events problem in IE5.5. this fix in turn caused the SSL problem, so was changed to use a real transparent image. Now other syntax is being suggested, which should be tested if it, a) doesn't cause the SSL bug, and b) fixes IE5.5's mouse-event problems . The problem is I can't find what exactly these mouse-event bugs were. Richard. _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
