269155 - [quirks] textbox and "Modify" button in incorrect location

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Pat Ellison]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

This page looks wrong in Mozilla. Other browsers display it correctly. You guys
Still ROCK!! I love Firefox!!

It's my mail server http://mail.zbit.net merak 7.4.2
   login: Firefox
Password: nomoreie!
*Account has SMTP send disabled

The main page has the textbox and "Modify" button in incorrect location. I think
it's the handling of the textbox being  specifed too large so it forces the
modify button down and too wide?

I can extend/create accounts for any developer that wishes to investigate this
problem.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. goto -->http://mail.zbit.net
2. enter the credentials above and login.
3. you will see the problem on the main screen in upper left. The "inbox (0,0)"
is obsured

Actual Results:  
handling of the textbox being  specifed too large so it forces the modify button
down and too wide?

Expected Results:  
you can see "Add" "Delete" "Modify" and the "Inbox (0,0)"

me (Pat), the mail server admin can be reached at [e-mail]

Comment 1

[Pat Ellison]

Attachment: What IE displays

Comment 2

[Pat Ellison]

Attachment: What Firefox displays

Comment 3

[Pat Ellison]

Wow, is this page the same problem with spacing?

http://ihwtest.zbit.net/
^-- click the link on this page and text boxes are even on top of each other.

Comment 4

[Steffen Wilberg]

-> Core, Layout. (Firefox, Web Site is about the Firefox Product page)

A reduced testcase would help a lot.

Comment 5

[Bill Mason]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 6

[Andrew Schultz]

Bill: what exactly is the layout problem in the testcase?  It looks ok to me
(with current trunk as well as FF 1.0)

also, the iwhtest URL from comment 3 is displayed correctly in Mozilla.  The
left paragraph is absolutely positioned.

> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">

is a good indication that any display problems seen in Mozilla are "correct".

Comment 7

[Bill Mason]

Attachment: fixed testcase

Oops, I broke the testcase by putting it into standards rendering mode at the
very end and not rechecked in IE.

This testcase shows the problem and the rendering difference between Moz and
IE6.  The problem only shows in quirks mode.

Comment 8

[Bill Mason]

Just to clarify my comment on quirks mode: Mozilla renders this the same in
quirks or standard mode.  IE renders as per the IE screenshot in its 'quirks
mode'; if you put this document into 'standards mode' then IE agrees with Moz on
the rendering.

So I doubt this report illustrates a valid bug.

Comment 9

[Daniel.S]

Since IE in Standards Mode and other browsers in all Modes agree with Mozilla, this is a IE phenomenon.

It's sad that IE is so far away from standardized rendering, but at least they improve.

The good news is that more and more web developers work in Standards Mode, crating more cross-browser compatible applications.