Windows IE problem. Menus keep occupying space.

Poster: bertmns
Dated: Monday April 5 2004 - 14:21:58 BST

It seems menus keep occupying space even when they are not visible anymore (Only tested it on windows IE6). This will result in a useless horisontal scrollbar when you resize your browser. Is their a way to solve this problem? I know its possible to hide layers so they won't occupying space (display none or make the left position negative).

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Monday April 5 2004 - 23:06:28 BST

Hi Bertmns,

Without a url to check out, we can only take a guess. So, here's my guess... I have only seen that behavior twice, and on both occassions it was caused by running an older relase of the menu code. First thing I'd suggest, therefore, would be to download the latest release (v5.11 as of today), upload to your site, then try it again. Make sure you log in to milonic.com before you download the update.

If that doesn't solve it, then come on back... but it'd be most helpful if you could post a test url so that we could have a look at the problem, and the underlying code that might be causing it.

Hope that helps,

Kevin

Poster: bertmns
Dated: Tuesday April 6 2004 - 12:10:24 BST

I tested it with version 5.09. http://www.milonic.com has the same problem. I asume it uses the latest version of the menu. To reproduce the problem on the milonic website just open a browser and resize it so there is plenty of space on the right side of the menu. Then go to support -> faq. Then go off the menu so it disapears. Resize the browser so there is no space on the right side of the menu and you will notice a horizontal scroll bar. It because the faq is still occupying space. If you go to support -> faq again the horizontal scroll bar will disapear.

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Tuesday April 6 2004 - 14:27:25 BST

It also does it in Netscape.

Ruth

Poster: bertmns
Dated: Tuesday April 6 2004 - 15:09:46 BST


Yup, but the question is can u disabable this "feature". Its more a bug then a feature. I don't see the point in having a scrollbar that scrolls to nothing. In my case it ruins my page layout. My page looks something like this:

This will result in a white page with a black bar at the top of the screen. If the useless horizontal scrollbar appears and i scroll to the right the black bar at the top of the screen stops half way .

Poster: John
Dated: Tuesday April 6 2004 - 15:17:14 BST

I just tried that a few times and am not seeing what you indicated (XP Pro/IE6). No horizontal bar. Maybe it's just too early here...

BTW, 5.11 is current as of this message.

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Tuesday April 6 2004 - 15:39:49 BST

I have to admit I was confused, John, on the scroll bar, until I realized the bar meant was the one on the browser. I kept looking for one on the menu. One thing I did notice, in one instance the submenu for the faqs opened to the left side due I'm sure to my browser window width in that instance, but then no scroll bar showed up, only when it opened on the right and then you resized the browser window to meet the right edge of the main menu did it do it.

Ruth

Poster: John
Dated: Tuesday April 6 2004 - 16:14:10 BST

Actually the browser bar was what I was looking for - not there. I closed the window up right to the menu and nothing. The next pull did drop the menu to the left, which is right - er, correct.