7755 - Hidden objects with position set to relative or absolute don't display under Javascript control unless they are first set to 'visible' and then hidden from an ONLOAD handler.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 10402

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Robert E. Boughner]

The example that is submitted contains two frames.  The left one has links which
cause the display of hidden images to occur in the right hand frame.  The
Javascript code doesn't function right unless I first change the style rule to
visible and from an ONLOAD handler reset them to 'hidden'.  The code functions
find in IE 5.0.

Comment 1

[Robert E. Boughner]

Attachment: Compressed file (zip) which contains an example displaying problem.

Comment 2

[Robert E. Boughner]

Attachment: Compressed file (zip) containing problem which illustrates problem

Comment 3

[Robert E. Boughner]

Forgot to mention that my tests were done with the M6 build of Gecko.
Also, the activity indicator barber pole on the bottom left of the browser
window shows continuous activity when I click on a link in the left hand frame.
If I click the stop button, I loose the main map image and it gets replaced with
its image rectangle.

Comment 4

[leger]

reboughner, please use Javascript Engine, not Javascript component.  See:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Browser
Javascript component being retired.

cbegle, yours?

Comment 5

[cbegle]

nope.  this is DOM stuff.

Comment 6

[Mike McCabe]

Assigning to the DOM component owner.

Comment 7

[vidur (gone)]

The style context for the image frame is correctly update to reflect the
visibility change, but the view isn't getting notified. Looks like a duplicate
of 10402.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10402 ***

Comment 8

[ckritzer (gone)]

Marking VERFIED DUPLICATE per vidur's comments.