Arghh IE combo box scroll redraw bug

mello88 · 09-16-2004, 01:03 PM

IE seems to have a bug that when you scroll a page that has a CSS'd select box (combo box) it will not draw the select box properly. Instead the box is drawn transparently and filled with other random images from the page.

For instance:

goto HTTP://www.karaokedvd.net

NOW CLICK ON A "BROWSE BY CATEGORY" link from the left!

See the product category drop down box on the top of catview.asp? Scroll your page using your down arrow on the keyboard. It should break and get drawn wrong, but if you click on it, it will redraw only the text, but it will still have a random border from other images on the page:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/website-development/48049-arghh-ie-combo-box-scroll-redraw.html

If you click on the select, it will be fixed. If you resize the window, it gets fixed. So when windows redraws the screen it's fixed, maybe there is some way to force this with JS after trapping a scroll event?

I am using IE6. This bug is NOT in Firefox.. Please tell me it's because of something I'm doing wrong with my CSS or form tags?

Thanks
Joel

mello88 · 09-16-2004, 05:42 PM

come on, nobody has seen this on their own sites? This tells me it must be something I'm doing, but what exactly it is, i dunno...

Post if you've seen this before, hell even if you click on my example and at least see what I'm talking about.

Kodeking · 09-17-2004, 10:05 PM

I see it in the example, but you should have warned about the 'adult' films on the page.

THESTOKIE · 09-18-2004, 08:34 AM

i dont get the error on my comp you might want 2 update windows there is a new fix for jgp files that may be your problem.

mello88 · 09-20-2004, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by THESTOKIE

i dont get the error on my comp you might want 2 update windows there is a new fix for jgp files that may be your problem.

Hello
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=48049

This happens on my home PC (windows XP Pro, 100% up to date), my work PC (windows 2000 adv server, 100% UTD) and my boss's computer (win 2k pro, UTD). Basically every windows based machine I've tested the site on seems to have this problem, yet I don't see it too often on OTHER sites on the internet. It makes me wonder what I'm doing differently that is causing this issue?

That fix is a security patch relating to jpegs and my problem has to do with rendering drop down combos. I don't see any correlation there, but thanks for the suggestion.

I've seen this same exact bug before 3 years ago while writing a VB6 app. The app had 5+ drop down combos on the same form, and windows would render them this way ("transparent"). That app was later installed on 100+ win 98, me and XP machines and quite a few of those machines showed this same flaw. I tried to fix it using every combination of doevents, .refresh and .hide/.show possible but nothing seemed to fix it.

Did you visit the site (karaokedvd.net) with IE and NOT have the bug?

Thanks for the reply BTW

mello88 · 10-14-2004, 11:40 AM

Okay, I am still having this problem.

I removed the CSS class= tag from the select box, but the problem persists! No bug in FireFox.

Any help greatly appreciated

09-16-2004, 01:03 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
mello88 New Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 20	Arghh IE combo box scroll redraw bug IE seems to have a bug that when you scroll a page that has a CSS'd select box (combo box) it will not draw the select box properly. Instead the box is drawn transparently and filled with other random images from the page. For instance: goto HTTP://www.karaokedvd.net NOW CLICK ON A "BROWSE BY CATEGORY" link from the left! See the product category drop down box on the top of catview.asp? Scroll your page using your down arrow on the keyboard. It should break and get drawn wrong, but if you click on it, it will redraw only the text, but it will still have a random border from other images on the page: ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/website-development/48049-arghh-ie-combo-box-scroll-redraw.html If you click on the select, it will be fixed. If you resize the window, it gets fixed. So when windows redraws the screen it's fixed, maybe there is some way to force this with JS after trapping a scroll event? I am using IE6. This bug is NOT in Firefox.. Please tell me it's because of something I'm doing wrong with my CSS or form tags? Thanks Joel Last edited by mello88; 09-16-2004 at 01:06 PM.

09-16-2004, 05:42 PM	THREAD STARTER #2 (permalink)
mello88 New Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 20	come on, nobody has seen this on their own sites? This tells me it must be something I'm doing, but what exactly it is, i dunno... Post if you've seen this before, hell even if you click on my example and at least see what I'm talking about.

09-18-2004, 08:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
THESTOKIE Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Gods Backyard Posts: 1,680	i dont get the error on my comp you might want 2 update windows there is a new fix for jgp files that may be your problem.

10-14-2004, 11:40 AM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
mello88 New Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 20	Okay, I am still having this problem. I removed the CSS class= tag from the select box, but the problem persists! No bug in FireFox. Any help greatly appreciated

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