There are two parts to fixing this bug. First we need a comprehensive test case including all of the ways boxes can be positioned by CSS and Javascript. For example this could be a web page or two listing the cases with reference to the standard or description of the feature used for positioning and instructions on which box to test. Some resources for finding all of the cases include the CSS standard, Mozilla's test suite, Webkit's test suite, various tutorial sites, and the six or so Firebug issues that report this problem.
Second the code in Firebug's lib.js for getViewOffset() needs to be replaced by code using getBoundingClientRect() (see issue 68, http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=68. This has two kinds of difficulty 1) sorting out the coordinate systems, 2) verifying that all of the special cases in the current code are/are not needed. With the test case from above, the verification should be easy. The first part needs no Firebug code experience, but it does require diligence to look for all of the cases. Inspect is such an important part of Firebug that getting this right would be a huge contribution. If someone or multiple folks come up with a test case, I'll come up with the coding part (Mike Radcliffe may be able to help with this part). jjb On Apr 20, 9:07 pm, ptarjan <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I help? This is rather annoying for my site. Where is the code > path? > > On Apr 15, 8:52 pm, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sounds like a very old bug:http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=68 > > I know how to fix this now, just not gotten to it. > > > jjb > > > On Apr 15, 6:14 pm,ptarjan<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Visit this page:http://paul.slowgeek.com/webGrapher/ > > > Open firebug > > > Hover over any of the nodes and see the highlighting in the screen is > > > not overtop of the nodes. > > > > The page is valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, and the CSS validator is down > > > right now I don't know how valid it is. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
