306549 - keyword 'overflow': scrollbar with no functionality, rendering of page sometimes to the right side out of the screen

Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Frank Börncke]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6

Problem with the keyword 'overflow': 

- a scrollbar with no functionality is rendered.
- Rendering of whole page sometimes results in parts of the content moved to the
right side out of the screen.
- behaviour is different in Firefox and Internet Explorer


Pages that make use of the keyword 'overflow':
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http://www.applicate.de/etl-tool/versionen/editionen_preise.jsp (long contents)
http://www.applicate.de/ (short contents)





Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. call "http://www.applicate.de/etl-tool/versionen/editionen_preise.jsp"



Actual Results:  
see two scrollbars on the right hand side of the browser

the inner scrollbar has no functionality

Expected Results:  
no inner scrollbar or only an inner scrollbar with functionality

We prepared a special feature to test different options for the keyword
'overflow' using URL parameters:
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http://www.applicate.de?overflow=auto 
http://www.applicate.de/etl-tool/versionen/editionen_preise.jsp?overflow=auto 

Using the follwing keywords we see the following behaviour:

auto: ok in IE / Firefox shows often the content shifted to the right side out
of the screen
visible: IE without scrollbar and text overrides bottom of page / Firefox with
scrollbar
hidden: IE without scrollbar / Firefox with scrollbar
scroll: IE always with horizontal and vertical scrollbar / Firefox with 2
scrollbars at the right side
without overflow: IE without scrollbar / Firefox with scrollbar




To realize this 'special feature' we use the following code:

               String sOverflow = request.getParameter("overflow");
               sOverflow = (null == sOverflow) ? null :
sOverflow.trim().toLowerCase();
               if (null != sOverflow) {
                 if ("".equals(sOverflow)) {%>
                   <div style=';height:100%; '>
                 <% } else { %>
                   <div style='overflow:<%=sOverflow%>;height:100%; '>
                 <% } 
               } else {
                 de.applicate.util.servlet.BrowserInfo browserInfo = new
de.applicate.util.servlet.BrowserInfo(request);
                 if
(de.applicate.util.servlet.BrowserInfo.IE.equals(browserInfo.getName()) == true) {%>
                  <div style='overflow:auto;height:100%; '>
                 <% } else { %> 
                  <div style='overflow:scroll;height:100%; '>
                 <%}
               }

Behaviour: Set the value for the attribute 'overflow'. If you don't use the
parameter 'overflow' at all, IE is using <div style='overflow:auto;height:100%;
'> and otherwise we have <div style='overflow:scroll;height:100%; '>

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Do you still see this problem using Firefox 3.5?  Please update the bug, and close/alter bug if appropriate.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCO. Please reopen if you are seeing this in Firefox 3.5.2 or later in Firefox safe mode and a new profile with the latest plugins.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Profiles