223862 - Middle-click autoscroller icon obscured by floating elements

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 215825

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[steven]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7

In FB 0.7, middle clicking on a page starts the autoscroller feature where it
will slowly scroll depending on the position of the mouse.
An icon is displayed at the location where the user clicked.

However, this icon is obscured by any (floating) element with z-index >= 1. For
example:

<div style="position: relative; z-index: 1; background-color: black;">&nbsp;</div>

The scroller icon will move behind the div as it passes over it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://www.gfxartist.com/
2. Middle-click above the 'latest news headlines' title.
3. Move the mouse downwards and scroll down

Actual Results:  
The scroller icon is obscured by the elements on the page.

Expected Results:  
The scroller icon should stay on top of everything.

Comment 1

[Jimmy McCrory]

Confirmed when using the built in autoscrolling 
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031217
Firebird/0.7+

Comment 2

[Zibi Braniecki [:zbraniecki][:gandalf]]

Confirming (bugday)

Comment 3

[Zibi Braniecki [:zbraniecki][:gandalf]]

Attachment: proposal patch

First guess.

Comment 4

[Zibi Braniecki [:zbraniecki][:gandalf]]

Attachment: proposal patch

Comment 5

[Rene Pronk]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 215825 ***