Online Editor -> "Blinking" problems.

Friday 22 April 2005 6:47:17 am

I've been notified about this behaviour previously, but not had the time to examine it in detail yet. But it is clearly an IE bug, because there is no logic in how the javascript reacts to the specified CSS declaration, as far as I know.

To modify that style will affect a lot of visual stuff all around admin, because it is a very broad declaration on a style that is used a lot, so I don't recommend changing it in general. (But it probably won't affect basic functionality in any known way.)

What we'll most likely do is to insert a new tag set and class around the affected areas, and try to create a workaround for just those styles inside.

th[eZ]

Monday 02 May 2005 7:25:03 am

I've just tested a fix to the blinking problem which may work. At least it looks like it had a positive effect on the one internal computer which have been affected by the bug previously.

In the ezxmltext_ezdhtml.tpl template somewhere under the extension, I've added a new tag set <div class="oe-window">, right inside the section which should stretch between line 11 to 24:

{section show=eq($input_handler.browser_supports_dhtml_type,"IE")}
<div class="oe-window">

...all other section content...

</div>
{/section}

Then I've added this style to the site.css in admin:

div.oe-window
{
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;
}

Could anyone else affected please test this, to confirm if it works properly or not? If something is unclear about my description of this possible solution just ask for further info.

th[eZ]

Tuesday 03 May 2005 1:30:25 am

This is really strange. But my problem with searching for a possible solution now is that I don't have any more typical test cases to work on. It seems like our previously affected PC may not be that typical after all, and it has other (unrelated) bugs making it unstable.

Since this kind of work often is a case of trial-and-error, the best would be to be able to set up a clean typical case internally. So if all those who knows they are affected could send me a note with full version information about IE, OE, Windows, and eZ publish, we may be able to analyse and reproduce it in some way. At the same time it may also be helpful if you all include full info about a another set-up that does work properly, if you know one, so we get more material for comparison.

Send everything to oe-bug@ez.no. Please make a note if you're interested in testing any possible solutions for us.

th[eZ]

Tuesday 03 May 2005 10:37:16 am

Yes, you would have to clear the cache after implementing the fix.

Tuesday 10 May 2005 5:56:06 am

Thomas,

I've tried what you did but it still blinking.
Sorry.

Laurent

Tuesday 10 May 2005 7:34:41 am

Yes, this a real S... (Sorry)
We just have to hope that the next generation of IE will go on with the features of 2900 because I don't think you plan to go to work with Microsoft ;)

Thanks for all

Laurent.

Thursday 04 August 2005 7:16:38 am

Hi, I have the same blinking problem but on Mozilla Firefox...

In fact, it doesnt appears in the standard admin interface but in the custom I builded...

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Thursday 01 September 2005 3:27:00 am

I have great news for all MS IE users: "Blinking" and "Broken design" bugs have been fixed, and you will not see them in the next OE release (3.1).

Monday 05 September 2005 8:23:40 am

OE 3.1 is already released !
Please download and test, hope you will like it.