252297 - Flash objects embeded in HTML pages do not refresh when scrolling.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Justin Harvey]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9

This site (http://www.abrasivemedia.org/kosovoa) is entirely in Flash and is set
to fill 100% of the width and height of the page without scaling.  This site
uses a 1px jpeg to dynamicly change the amount of scrollable space in the HTML.
 However, Firefox does not reverl any scrollable content unless you reseize the
window. Click the Links button on the site to see what I mean.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.abrasivemedia.org/kosovoa
2. Click the Links button.
3. Scroll down .... its all blank (you should see content here).

Actual Results:  
When you scroll down, anything below the bottom of the window does not appear.

Expected Results:  
The content should be viewable.  Check the site in Internet Explorer, you'll see.

The images is resized with javascript.  This resize method is compliant with
Mozilla.  So I'm left to believe this issue may have to deal with Firefox's
handeling of ActiveX elements such as Flash.

Comment 1

[zb]

Confirmed. Good catch Justin!

Comment 2

[Elaine]

Also happens in Mac OS; all Flash elements 'disappear' when I scroll a page or
resize the window. Right-clicking and choosing "Zoom in" then "Show all" from
the Flash context menu forces a redraw, but this often has to be done after
every interaction with a site's Flash interface. Happens on every site with
Flash elements.

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913
Firefox/0.10 StumbleUpon/1.998

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Elaine]

Bug still present for me. All Flash elements disappear on scrolling or clicking,
and you have to use the Flash contextual menu to get parts to reappear. Makes
Flash-interface sites unusable in Firefox.

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511
Firefox/1.0.4

Comment 5

[Jo Hermans]

Works for me in Firefox 1.5 beta 2
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051013
Firefox/1.4.1

Comment 6

[[e-mail]]

Works for me (Firefox 1.5.0.1 ID:2006011112, WinXP, Shockwave Flash 8.0 r22).

Justine, Elaine - your reported Firefox versions are too old a build to analyze bugs against now. The problem you are reporting may well have been fixed already. 

Could you please download a recent version or nightly build from <http://www.mozilla.org/releases/nightly.html>, and then let us know if you still see this problem?

Many thanks, Cigno

Comment 7

[[e-mail]]

Since there has been no reply to comment #6 and the WFMs in comment 5 & 6 ==> WORKSFORME. 

The reported Firefox version(s) are too old a build to analyze bugs against now. The problem you are reporting may well have been fixed already.

Could you please download a recent version or nightly build from <http://www.mozilla.org/releases/nightly.html>, and then let us know if you still see this problem? If so feel free to report back and ask for the bug to be reopened.

Many thanks, Cigno