Correction (forgot to fire of the setSize method for anything that's
not IE too):
setSizeWrapper : function()
{
if (client.isIE)
{
clearTimeout(dashboard.ieresizeTimer);
dashboard.ieresizeTimer = setTimeout("dashboard.setSize()",
500);
}
else
{
dashboard.setSize()",
}
}
On Dec 8, 10:24 pm, Rob Cluett <rob.clu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you. Based on your response I'm doing the below. Simply
> setting and then clearing a timer if the onResize event is fired
> before the timer expires. For those following this method be aware
> that "client.isIE" is particular to my code and merely test if the
> users browser is in fact IE.
>
> If for more than a 1/2 second the onResize event does not occur it
> will run the setSize method which adjusts all the elements in the
> viewport. If the browser is resized before the timeout then the
> timeout resets. It does work well. Not perfect but does adjust
> without blocking the browser. I think it could benefit from a mask of
> sorts so the user does not have to watch the elements obscure for that
> 1/2 second. The completion of the setSize method does take some time
> to complete. 1-2 seconds but my thinking is that this is due to IE's
> slow DOM :)
>
> setSizeWrapper : function()
> {
> if (client.isIE)
> {
> clearTimeout(dashboard.ieresizeTimer);
> dashboard.ieresizeTimer = setTimeout("dashboard.setSize()",
> 500);
> }
>
> }
>
> On Dec 8, 4:41 pm, david <david.brill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Rob,
>
> > in fact there is two different trouble:
> > first you'll set the onresize event to many element ==> think using
> > event delegation !
> > next, the onresize event in FF for exemple is send one the mouse have
> > stop mouving (even if the event is not finished yet, means you did not
> > release the mouse button) BUT in IE, the onresize event is submit
> > every time the mouse is mouving, like the mousemove event :((
>
> > So use event delegation and in IE set a sorte of timeout to wait a
> > certain time before recalculate this event !
>
> > --
> > david
>
> > On 8 déc, 19:03, Rob Cluett <rob.clu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'm posting this here because with all of the element resizing I am
> > > doing with prototype I am running into the IE bug where onResize is
> > > fired on all elements when the IE browser window is resized. It
> > > basically brings my application to a halt. Is there anything within
> > > prototype that corrects this behavior in IE or is there an adequate
> > > workaround that anyone came up with?
>
> > > My apologies if this is deemed off-topic.- Hide quoted text -
>
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