221284 - {inc}Some page content appearing off to the right instead of centered.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout: Tables, defect)

Description

[Gravy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925

In this page http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm the main section in the middle  
(below the title bar and to the right of the navigation bar) appears off to the
right. You have to scroll to the right to see the entire content of the main
section. Pressing the Reload button will correct the problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load mozilla
2. Go to http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm
Actual Results:  
Main section in the middle appears off to the right.
Pressing Reload button will fix the problem.


Expected Results:  
Content should appear in the middle. After reloading the page the page content 
appears correct.

I have seen this problem on other web sites such as:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/reviews.html

This problem does not occur in IE 6.

Comment 1

[Chris Thomas (CTho) [formerly [e-mail] [e-mail]]]

Both pages WFM
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031004 without
reloading.  The page doesn't include any CSS or JS I can see that wouldn't load
the first time.

Comment 2

[dolphinling]

Try reloading the page with control-shift-R, does the problem occur again?

Comment 3

[Gravy]

I installed the latest development build and tested these pages and encountered
the same problem. As I mentioned originally Mozilla corrects the formatting
problem if you click the Reload button. However you have to do this frequently
throughout the site.

I have attached two images showing the incorrect initial formatting and the
correct formatting (after reloading in Mozilla).

Comment 4

[Gravy]

Attachment: The initial incorrect display when loading the example site.

Comment 5

[Gravy]

Attachment: How the example page should look.

Comment 6

[Hermann Schwab]

comfirming Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031004
I followed some links in the articles, opened in new tabs loading in the
background. Mostly I had to reload.
Slow computer, Celeron 333 / 96 MB RAM / 8 MB grafics 800x600, Win98, ISDN

Comment 7

[Hermann Schwab]

inadvertently destroyed dependence on mid-air collison. Depends on
Bug 217590 {inc}wrong layout / column containing a box with a cgi-script is much
too wide

Comment 8

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

WORKSFORME,
Mozilla nightly trunk build 2003-12-12-09 on Linux
Mozilla nightly trunk build 2003-12-12-09 on Windows 98 SE
(Most likely fixed by bug 215857)
(See also bug 217590 comment 25)