Forum Re-Designed

NyteOwl · 2006-10-06 18:49:57

Is it just me, or does the new Txp Network Link “feature”, slow page display for anyone else while it loads then disappears? It’s most annoying.

On a technical note, wouldn’t UL have been more appropriate than DL for the menu?

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hcgtv · 2006-10-06 19:08:03

NyteOwl, I was having all kinds of problems till I cleared my cache and restarted Firefox.

NyteOwl · 2006-10-06 21:40:10

I just tried that, didn’t make any noticeable difference here. Such drop downs really shouldn’t display all their entries until clicked or hovered over.

Mary · 2006-10-07 14:35:40

Such drop downs really shouldn’t display all their entries until clicked or hovered over.

They don’t.

If I were you, I would check that:

you aren’t getting any JavaScript errors or warnings
temporarily disable Greasemonkey and Stylish, see what difference (if any) that makes

If it works fine with the latter two disabled, then you know where to start looking for the problem.

NyteOwl · 2006-10-07 19:26:47

Such drop downs really shouldn’t display all their entries until clicked or hovered over.

Mary wrote:

They don’t.

The drop downs are doing exactly that here.

If I were you, I would check that: you aren’t getting any JavaScript errors or warnings ; temporarily disable Greasemonkey and Stylish, see what difference (if any) that makes

Javascript console shows no errors and I have neither of those extensions installed. It also does it in Internet Explorer and Opera.

els · 2006-10-07 21:46:17

NyteOwl wrote:

Such drop downs really shouldn’t display all their entries until clicked or hovered over.

Mary wrote:

They don’t.

NyteOwl wrote:

The drop downs are doing exactly that here.

Javascript console shows no errors and I have neither of those extensions installed. It also does it in Internet Explorer and Opera.

Same here, FF 1.5.0.7 and Opera 9.01 (not in IE6 though).

jm · 2006-10-07 23:08:57

NyteOwl, do you want the dt entries to expand the dd's – hovering over “Elsewhere” will expand those links? That’s not how it works, if you read the /js/lib.js code.

Here’s a pointless video too, since I wanted to try out Wink:

NyteOwl · 2006-10-08 01:04:06

NyteOwl, do you want the dt entries to expand the dd’s – hovering over “Elsewhere” will expand those links? That’s not how it works, if you read the /js/lib.js code.

No, I was just wondering, per my original post if anyone else had this happen. When a forum page loads, that “drop menu” loads fully open before the rest of the page and stays open until the page fully loads. Cursor is nowhere near it so it isn’t a mouseover. It produces a noticeable lag and is annoying. Moreso if you open several threads/sub-forums in seperate tabs.

Mary · 2006-10-08 06:04:50

I can’t replicate the problem in any of the mentioned browsers (plus IE7). I did find something else “off” in Opera, though: a strangely large horizontal scroll?

It produces a noticeable lag and is annoying. Moreso if you open several threads/sub-forums in seperate tabs.

I’d say the lag might be some download delay of the JavaScript file, but if it happens every page load then that’s not it either, as it’d be cached after that.

Does the Textile Quick Help link do the same/similar?

NyteOwl · 2006-10-08 20:35:09

I’d say the lag might be some download delay of the JavaScript file, but if it happens every page load then that’s not it either, as it’d be cached after that.

It’s every page.

Does the Textile Quick Help link do the same/similar?

Not that I can see, it behaves as a regular link till you click it.

Very Strange.

Mary · 2006-10-09 04:56:35

I’ve likely got the problem “fixed” now, but, it does cause me some concern if that’s so. Let me know.

See, I was using jQuery to hide the dropdown. It is supposed to work as such that you get the effect of CSS’ display: none; but without the “flash” typically seen when you try to do that with JavaScript. The idea is that removes the usability problems the CSS technique causes for non-JS users, as well as for those whom don’t use visual browsers. In the browsers I’ve got, it works seamlessly.

But now, for at least two people, this was not so. This concerns me, because I wanted to use this technique in various places throughout the Txp admin in crockery. If anyone can figure out the problem (be it something I screwed up, or whatever), let me know, ‘cuz I’ve no idea.

jm · 2006-10-09 06:03:19

Maybe the hide(); should come first? What about:

<pre> $(document).ready(function(){ //add a class to the body, then hide it in the ‘js-on’ CSS $(‘body’).addClass(‘js’); //Opera seems to need the hide() as well $(‘#network’).hide(); $(‘#network-links’).click(function(){ var network = $(‘#network’); if (network.is(‘:hidden’)) network.slideDown(‘fast’); else network.slideUp(‘fast’); }); });
</pre>

NyteOwl and Els, does the menu display on page load in this example? I know the page sizes are different, but hopefully that won’t affect it. I wish there was some kind of local-proxy-thing that could emulate a connection, so I wouldn’t have to FTP a new file every minute :P.

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