294702 - Rendering error when I use the Langdon/Leahy image replacement technique

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Hardie]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

Using the Langdon/Leahy image replacement technique to build a horizontal menu,
I keep running into a rendering error where the images that are replacing the
text don't appear until I switch to another tab and switch back, or hover my
cursor over where the images should be.

For the purpose of this example, I've mirrored a working example of the effect I
am trying to achieve that was first demonstrated on simplebits.com
)http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2003/09/30/accessible_imagetab_rollovers.html)

To see the working example, browse to http://www.nextdesigns.ca/menu_test.html.
The underlying XHTML is simply a logo and menu, where the menu is a simple list
of links that is styled with CSS and the aforementioned image replacement technique.

To see the failed example, browse to
http://www.nextdesigns.ca/menu_test_fail.html (be sure you clear the cache by
holding shift when you refresh the page). The images won't come up until you
switch to another application or tab and switch back, or hover over the images
with the cursor.

The difference between the two pages is the logo <div> in the XHTML has been
removed from the failed version. This unrelated chunk of XHTML has to appear
with the menu, or else the images won't load properly.

I remember having difficulty with the PC version of Firefox when i was fooling
around with this technique, but I no longer have access to one so I can't be sure.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://www.nextdesigns.ca/menu_test_fail.html


Actual Results:  
Page popped up, but the menu images did not.

Expected Results:  
The images should have successfully replaced the text in the menu

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

WFM - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050516
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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