469380 - Dynamically written Shockwave Director element displays in the wrong position when the page is scrolled.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Brian]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4

The sample page uses a javascript setTimeout to write an object tag into the innerHTML of a placeholder DIV.  The object tag loads and runs the Shockwave version tester from www.adobe.com.  

If the page is scrolled before the plug-in loads, the plug-in will appear in the spot where it should have been if the page had NOT been scrolled.  Oddly enough, mousing-over the link - which has a hover style applied - pops the plug-ing back to the correct screen location.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Browse to http://grid.sh3lls.net/~cscibri/shockwave.htm
2. Scroll the page to the bottom to before the plug-in loads
3. Wait for 3 seconds.
4. (Optional) Mouse-over the "fix me" link, and the plug-in will move to the correct spot.
Actual Results:  
The plug-in was drawn in the incorrect screen location

Expected Results:  
The plug-in should have replaced the placeholder.

I tried this on Firefox 3.0.4 as well as a recent nightly build.  I have shockwave version 10.4r25 installed; this bug also occurs with the latest plug-in version.  I am cross-posting this bug to adobe.  

I have not been able to find a work-around that preserves the behavior of delaying the load of the shockwave plug-in until after the timeout has expired.

Comment 1

[Brian]

It turns out I have version 11.0.3r470 of the shockwave plug-in installed after all; the 10.4r25 listed about is an error.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for bugs which are in the Firefox General component, are
UNCO, have not been changed for 500 days and have an unspecified version. 

Reporter, can you please update to Firefox 3.6.10 or later, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles, and test again. If you still see the issue, please update this bug. If the issue is gone, please set the status to RESOLVED > WORKSFORME.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.