Closed Bug 24742 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

[LAYERS]Javascript on page will not display properly

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(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

x86
Windows 98
defect

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VERIFIED WONTFIX

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(Reporter: quintin, Assigned: vidur)

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My website, will display fine in version 4.x and higher of both Netscape Communicator and also Internet Explorer. It will not, however display in mozilla. All of the javascript goes astray and will not work at all.
This page loads with a current M14 build, loading "http://www.maxnet.co.nz/ns.html", the same URL that NN 4.7 does. It does not, however, display entirely properly. In particular, (1) Scrollbars show up around the main content frame. This is a known bug. (2) The NEWS ticker does not display at all. (3) The scrolling widgets for the LINKS do not work, and all of the links display all the time, even over the grey area in the bottom right. quintin@maxnet.co.nz, to make this bug report into something that a software engineer can work with, problems (2) and (3) need to be separated from one another and put into separate bug reports, someone who understands the kind of javascript you have used needs to determine whether it is fully W3C standards compliant, and if so, narrow it down to the simplest code that still causes the problem. The best person to do that may be you; if not, someone else who understand js may step forward. If you can break this down to two testcases, it would be a help. If you do, please refer to the Bug-writing Guidelines at http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html for more guidance and provide the information requested there. Thanks. Notes on proprietary Javascript features that will not be supported in Mozilla can be found at http://sites.netscape.net/ekrock/standards.html Tested with: 2000-01-25-08-M14 nightly binary on Windows NT 4.0 Changing component to "DOM Level 0" - seems the most likely.
Component: Browser-General → DOM Level 0
QA Contact: nobody → gerardok
Summary: Page will not Display → Javascript on page will not display properly
QA Contact: gerardok → desale
Assigning all open "nobody@mozilla.org" bugs to "leger@netscape.com" to weed thru.
Assignee: nobody → leger
The news ticker and scrolling widgets both cause Mozilla to report TypeError: ref.layers has no properties at dynlayer.js, line 79. So it might be a W3C standards compliance problem. As a separate issue, clip:rect() seems to be ignored, even after all the JavaScript has been removed. Somewhat reduced testcases attached below.
Attached file testcases (deleted) —
Reassign to component owner.
Assignee: leger → vidur
Well, the page does make use of CSS positioning and uses document.layers to deal with script-based management of them. Mozilla does not support layers (either the tag or the script APIs for them). See http://sites.netscape.net/ekrock/standards.html for hints for upgrading the page. Note that a CSS clip:rect() compatibility issue is being addressed right now. See bug 11559.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Summary: Javascript on page will not display properly → [LAYERS]Javascript on page will not display properly
No Layer support. Marking verified.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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