Hey guys, this definitely looks like a bug. Unfortunately, our bugtracker is down right now, but it should be up again in the next days.
Could you check again next weekend or so and then fill out a new bug report and attach a demo so we can track it down? That would help me a lot. Thanks, Paul On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:39 PM, tallvanilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see! I hate to mess with the actual plug-in, but you're right... > that fixed it too. Here's a version with your suggested modification > to ui.sortable.js: > > http://74.205.76.81/sorttest/index4.php > > I can't help but wonder if commenting out that line (line 41) will > have some undesirable side-effect at some point. > > Which leads me to this: Where are the UI developers? Why haven't they > chimed in by now? Isn't this the official forum for UI issues? I'm > hesitant to use (or advocate) any plug-in with a hands-off approach to > support and development, so I hope they weigh in on this eventually. > Meanwhile, thank you again JEFFREY for taking the time to identify and > solve this bug in their absence! > > JR > > > > On Oct 12, 4:51 pm, "Jeffrey Kretz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, I was more referring to a potential bug in the ui.sortable.js > > script. > > > > When I commented out line 41, the behavior of the sortable acted the same > in > > IE7 and in FF (i.e. the position was correct). > > > > You could try pulling down the nightly build and giving that a test run, > in > > case there are bugfixes that aren't yet released. > > > > JK > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > > Behalf Of tallvanilla > > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:08 PM > > To: jQuery UI > > Subject: [jquery-ui] Re: sortable: strange dragging behavior in IE ( demo > > included ) > > > > Thanks for taking the time, Jeffrey! > > > > Picking up where you left off, I tried setting the containment element > > (id="sortboundary") to "position: fixed", but nothing changed: > > > > http://74.205.76.81/sorttest/index2.php > > > > Maybe that isn't what you meant, so I tried setting the sortable > > items' parent DIV (id="boxes") to "position: fixed", and it worked! > > But only in IE(6?). It broke in every other browser: > > > > http://74.205.76.81/sorttest/index3.php > > > > I'm thinking I can use the CSS underscore hack to set "_position: > > fixed" for IE6 only. Is this the best way to overcome the bug? > > > > If so, my only remaining question is... does IE7 require the same fix > > as IE6? I don't have IE7 (don't want to install it over IE6), so I > > can't test this for myself. When you have a minute, can you please > > tell me if the following version works consistently across all > > relevant browers?: > > > > http://74.205.76.81/sorttest/index4.php > > > > Thanks again for your time. I really appreciate it, and I think this > > is a vital issue for anyone using UI sortable! > > > > JR > > > -- Paul Bakaus UI Architect -- http://paulbakaus.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbakaus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" 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/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
