firefox

Click behaviour - Difference in IE and FF ?!

Hey folks, i just came to the conclusion that a project i am currently working on might have a "logical" error in functionality. Currently I'am using server technology with PHP/MySQL and JQuery. Within the page there's a normal link reference with tag <a href="contentpage?page=xxx">next step</a> The pain point now seems to be the g...

Scroll an input box to the cursor position in javascript

I've written a simple JS function that places the cursor at the end of the contents of an input box when it receives focus (the most common action in the box being to append). I haven't checked in IE, but when there is more text than is visible, even moving the cursor to the end of input doesn't scroll the view to the end of input in fir...

Javascript table construction bug using JQuery in Firefox on Mac OSX

I'm using some code to build up tables using JQuery, but in Firefox 3.5.3 on Mac OSX, the table cells all appear on separate lines by themselves, instead of in their respective rows. Chrome 5.0.342.7 beta on OSX correctly produces the table, as does Safari 4.0.5. Here is a minimal reproduction case: <html> <body> <script type="text/jav...

firefox extension and ie8 plugin compatibility

hi, im a bit new at extension development, but im about to embark upon a project to build a ffox extension. Does anyone know if its possbile, with minimal adaption, to make a firefox extension compatible with ie8 as a plugin and if so, are there any caveats i should be aware of? I guess its just javascript code wrapped around the ffox...

FireFox extension. How i can add overlay into content area of window.

My Problem in a subject. For Example: how can i dev my own Alert Pop-ups I think, its possible with overlays, but i dont know how. ...

Modifying HTTP response headers in Firefox

Hi, Does anyone know if Firefox extensions are allowed to modify HTTP response headers? For example, can an extension remove the x-frame-options header to let the page load in an iframe? Thanks ...

Stopping infinite loops of alerts in Mozilla

This may be dumb question. But somehow this engaged me for sometime and after some basic research I couldn't find an answer. I was learning JavaScript and a code I wrote had an error and has been outputting infinite loops of alerts. I tried the normal shortcuts like Ctrl + C and Ctrl + Z but they didn't work. So I was thinking if there ...

Netbeans debugger session: open in the same tab

Running PHP debug session in Netbeans always opens as a new tab in browser (I use Chrome and Firefox). How to force browser (or Netbeans) to run the session in the same browser tab, so I do not have n open tabs with the same url for debug? ...

Why don't web fonts in Firefox work on a different domain?

I was experimenting with the fancy new OpenType font capability in Firefox 3.5 and I ran into a problem. I was trying to embed a font on a different domain than the page it would be used on, and it didn't work. I thought it may have been a bug, but from what I read on the MDC reference page, I noticed this note: In Gecko, web fonts a...

jquery ajax using 'addresses' to update url for bookmarking

$("document").ready(function(){ contM = $('#main-content'); contS = $('#second-content'); $(contM).hide(); $(contS).hide(); function loadURL(url) { console.log("loadURL: " + url); $.post(url,{post_loader: 1},{post_loader: 1}, function(data){ ...

AS3 mouseX and mouseY values wrong in Firefox

Hi there, I'm getting some strange behaviour in my Flash movie, only in Firefox for MAC (3.6.2). Basically, the mouseX and mouseY properties of all display objects become massive numbers: > 100000000. This issue only occurs on Firefox, it is not present when the movie is run standalone, nor when it is run on any other browser. The swf...

Browser won't connect to svn server

This has been driving me nuts. For some reason, I can't access my svn repository using a browser in this laptop that I'm using right now (firefox & ie) The connection just times out. I'm at home right now and the server is in another room. It connects OK there and it also connects OK in my virtual machine in this same laptop. I'm pretty...

@font-face problem with font-weight in Safari

I just started using @font-face This is on top of my css @font-face { font-family: Avenir; src: url(../fonts/AvenirLTStd-Medium.otf); } body{ font-family:"Avenir",Helvetica; background:#fff url(../images/main_bg.png) repeat-x scroll 0 0; color:#321244; } and i have this below for a menu on joomla #menu_bottom ul li a { font-si...

Methods to copy form values from one form to another?

I need to copy values from a form displayed in one HTML page (incoming.html) to another HTML page (outgoing.html) in a browser. What will be the best approach to this, I have tried using imacros but have not been able to figure it out. I believe there can be a javascript solution to the above. What can be the best approach, I need the fe...

Manually updating FF Add-ons

My application installs my Firefox add-on (by copying an my.xpi to [FF_inst_dir]\extensions). This application interact with my FF add-on. This application periodically has updates (.xpi with new version). When my application is updating it does next: Remove folder and content [FF_inst_dir]\extensions\MyExtension Copy new my.xpi to [FF...

IE, Firefox, Safari: Want to write Internet filter: Are there well known "hooks" that I can tie into?

For each of the modern browsers are there well known hooks I can tie into so that I can write an Internet filter while browsing, like an interface where I can write implementations for these types of events: OnBeginSurf(URL) { // check URL to see if goes to porn site } OnContentFinishedDownloading(HTML) { // check HTML for "...

DropDownList SelectedIndex problem in FireFox after page refresh

I've got DropDownList in UpdatePanel as shown below: <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"> </asp:DropDownList> <div> Index: <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label> ...

Facebook Connect Button

I am having problems with facebook connect. When I click connect on facebook connect for the first time I connect fine. After words I close my browser completely. I go back to my website and the facebook connect button does nothing. This happens in Firefox as well as in safari. Opera and Chrome both do not seem to have this bug. I...

when we mouse over a disabled button in FireFox,The title can't display

when we mouse over a disabled button in FireFox,The title can't display.In IE ,this action is OK. <input type='button' disabled='disabled' title='show title' value='Test'/> As above, In IE ,when we mouse over this button ,the "show title" will display. But in firefox it can't work. Somebody can help me?it will be very appreciate. ...

Firefox Sprite Sheet Image Not Showing Up

I'm trying to create a chat room with emoticons. When a user types an emoticon such as :) in the chatroom, the CSS takes the proper image off the sprite sheet. But my code only seems to work in Opera and IE (odd combination). It doesn't show in Firefox or Chrome (if you manage to hone in exactly where the image should be, you can find th...