95051 - fujitv.co.jp - search input field displays too low, not visible in frame

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Layout, defect, P2)

Description

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

** Observed with 8/10/2001 Win32 build **

A very populra TV station site in Japan.

The above site has a form input field at the top center of the
page. Most of the input field is hidden when the page is loaded.
Also the "Go" button (submit button) is hidden from view.

There are 2 ways to get most (but not all) of the input field to 
appear:

1. Insert the cursor into the input field and start typing in Japanese.
   Most of the height of the input field becoems visible. 

2. Reduce the font size to 13px.

With IE 5.5, all of the input field and the Go button are 
visible from the beginning.

There is something strange about the way the input field height
is handled in Mozilla. One fact is noted above in #1. When you start 
inputting into the field, the input field is redrawn. 
Is this a font size issue? (IE 5.5. seems to use the same font size for
Japanese). or is this something that is somhow induced by a font size?

Comment 1

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

The problem described here is observed on other sites as well.
We need to investigate the real cause of this problem first.

Comment 2

[anthonyd]

not a table specific bug, reassigning to core owner.

Comment 3

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

CC'ing bstell. He may know something about this behavior.

Comment 4

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

Reassigning to Rod.

Comment 5

[kill this account]

Is this seen on a Linux or windows system?

Comment 6

[Thomas Buffington Jr.]

Using Mozilla build ID 2002042403 I tried something which was to decrease the
text zoom size. When I set the text zoom field in the view section from 100% to
50% the search engine appeared more higher up but was also smaller in size.
Resetting the text zoom size to 100% the search engine appears in the correct
size but also goes back to appearing below the FNN and animation sections.

Or even decreasing the text zoom size from 100% then clicking on smaller raises
the search engine field up but causes it to display smaller. I am thinking bug
119705 which I filed, appears to be the same problem and can be marked as a dupe
as it is the same problem of how the search engine is not displaying properly.

Comment 7

[Frankie]

*** Bug 119705 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Frankie]

Attachment: simplified testcase of the frame

Basically, a P block inside a FORM inside a top-aligned TD has some top padding
which causes the form controls to be lower than objects in the other table
cells.

MSIE and Safari do not pad the P, which is probably what Mozilla should also
do, at least in Quirks mode.

Comment 9

[Thomas Buffington Jr.]

I am very happy to report that with build 2003051108 the search engine is now
displaying at the proper incline and is perfectly visible. It seems after
including this report with comment 8 the webmaster of the site fixed the problem.
I can't change the resolution to fixed since my report was a dupe of this bug :*(

Comment 10

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

The site made a modification needed -- 1) eliminate <p>, and 2) write out the 
next form input field differently based on brower sniffing.
The problem is not seen even on Mozilla 1.0x based browsers.
Marking this as resolved fixed since the site made the changes.