Lightbox with IFrame is flickering when clicking on links...

Question

Hi all,

I've got the same problem with this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/877449/how-to-fix-flickering-in-iframes

Unfortunately, there's no solution (and I'm afraid of negative ratings too :) ).

I can't provide a page where you can see the behaviour (as it's intranet) - but I'll try to explain it:

When I open an external page via lightbox, I get a disturbing 'flickering' when clicking on links... i.e. I try to open an image gallery located on an internal server - clicking on the "next" link lets the page flicker before moving on to the next page.

If I open any other web page (google, some newspaper, ...) I do not get this behaviour - it's much faster, so it seems like the content of the first page is replaced by the content of the next one. In my image gallery it's much slower: the first page disappears, then the next page appears. I get this flickering only with lightbox-popup, not, if I load the page in another window.

I tried differend JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Scriptaculous, Standalone) - so I guess it's my image gallery which causes this behaviour... any ideas?

It would be really (!) appreciated... thanks!

Best regards,

Stefan

Answer 1

Stefan,

I think I might be able to give you some input but I need something to look at first homie!

Post some source :P

-Max

Answer 2

As Max mentions, source would be useful.

Also, try using Fiddler or Firebug's Net panel to look at the actual HTTP requests that are being made - perhaps your image gallery is POSTing to itself before redirecting to another page?