288123 - Window opened off screen (when mouse is placed over link)

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Thomas Dodd]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319

I have checked your bugs and I couldn't find this one. I apologize if it has
already been reported. When using my stockbroker account, I have the facility on
one particular page to place my mouse arrow over a link. This gives me useful
information about that particular stock option. Unfortunately the small window
created by placing (NOT clicking) my mouse arrow on the link appears at the very
bottom of the page. Only the very top line or two is visible. The window should
open close to where my mouse arrow is. I have used IE6 to test this and IE does
not have this problem. Thanks for a great piece of software.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Unfortunately you'd need an E*Trade account to reproduce this problem!
2. Go to 'Option Chains' for any stock for which options are available.
3. Place the mouse over the ticker symbol for the option. You'll see what I mean.

Actual Results:  
As I mentioned before, the small window giving basic information on the option
appears at the very bottom of the screen and is cut off due to its position. 

Expected Results:  
It should open close to where the mouse arrow rests. Please note I am NOT
clicking on the link. The mouse arrow is placed on the link and a small window
appears.

Comment 1

[Ben Fowler]

I suspect that we need a testcase.

Is the pop-up (when it works correctly) at all similar to the 'Nice Titles'?
(exempli gratia http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/nicetitle/ )

Comment 2

[Hermann Schwab]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I suspect that we need a testcase.
> 
> Is the pop-up (when it works correctly) at all similar to the 'Nice Titles'?
> (exempli gratia http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/nicetitle/ )


There is a testcase (XUL) in
Bug 256505 tab context menu goes down when room only to go up (Chatzilla bottom
tabs)
Type = application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml  	
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=178022

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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