firefox

Firefox 3.5.9 pushes down input:text when all other browsers render it fine

Hi, I have run into a really odd bug with FF3.5.9 (and potentially lower) where it is moving the input:text below the input:submit. The strangest thing with this is that it is working on IE6/7/8, Chrome, Safari and Firefox 3.6. Here is a test page so you can see how it is marked up: http://paste-it.net/public/s6479e6/ I can fix the i...

How to display video on html page in firefox

I did looked at this question, but the asker didn't got any reply. Still, I'm giving it a try. I want to embed a video file on a html page. The code works fine on IE but doesn't work on firefox. The code: <object id="WMPlay" width="640" height="480" classid="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" codebase="http://activex.microsof...

Frameset frame cached by Firefox

Hi, I have a html page which contains nested frameset (don't ask why, I'm only servicing the app ;) ). What bothers me, is why FF caches Header.htm file constantly. I had to use clear cache to force browser to download it again. ctrl+f5 didn't help. <frameset rows="68,*" border="0" frameborder="no" framespacing="0"> <frame name...

Firebug profiling issue: "no activity to profile"

I want to try some different options with some javascript (jQuery) to see which is the fastest, however I can't get profiling working properly. Here is the code I want to test. $this.keypress(function(e) { console.profile("test"); //retrieve the charcode if possible, otherwise get the keycode k = e.which ? e...

PHP sessions: pageview count double incrementing in firefox3 and chrome4

I have some basic pageview incrementing code set up on a LAMP server (see code below). The code starts a session, checks if pageviews is set, increments it if not and prints the variable. The page links to itself with a single href, and clicking on that link causes the pageviews count shown on screen to increment by one. It works correc...

Random Firefox Issue when using display: table

The visual goal we are trying to achieve is a horizontal menu where some links may span multiple lines but all the links should be centered vertically. In compliant browsers, this can be achieved via CSS using display: table. Sample markup: <ul> <li><a href="#">Link</a></li> <li><a href="#">Link<br />spanning lines</a></li> ...

How to reset persistent scrollbar position after div refresh in FF3?

Hi, I'm experiencing a weird scrollbar issue. I'm building a page that uses jQuery and PHP to dynamically load images into a DIV sequentially. This DIV is a fixed height but uses a scrollbar for its variable width. The problem is that the scrollbar does not reset after a dynamic refresh of the DIV. So when the user scrolls and then r...

Telerik asp.net mvc datepicker "Invalid argument" in Internet Explorer (IE) 8

I am using Telerik asp.net mvc extensions. I have an issue that happens only in IE. I have IE 8. I don't have this issue in Firefox (3.6.3) or Chrome (4.1.249.1059) The problem happens when I want to pick a particular date by first clicking on the year on top and then the month. At that time, I get Invalid Argument error in jquery-1.4.2...

My website crashes Firefox. What do I do?

My website doesn't use Flash or any plugins; just javascript (jQuery, Google Maps). It doesn't crash FF 3.6 all the time, but it usually does after a few minutes. It can happen on lots of different pages. Sometimes it crashes when I'm scrolling the page, sometimes when I'm interacting with a control. Where do I even start debugging? Sho...

Modify EXE to stop launching firefox

I'm using a wireless modem program from my ISP. This program automatically disconnect when it detects the line is idle. It does so in 2-5 minutes of idle time. Whenever I reconnect, It will automatically fire up my default browser to the ISP portal. I DID NOT pay them to shove their web portal in my face 50 times a day. The ISP provides...

Silverlight ScriptableMember in Firefox 'Content is undefined' error.

Recently I'm learned how to call SIlverlight methods from JavaScript. All works fine (even in Chrome !). But in FireFox 3 (3.6.4) registered Page object is undefined. My Code is very simple silverlight [ScriptableMember] public bool HasFilter() { return true; } And in MainPage constructor public MainPage() { InitializeComponen...

edited an .SWF, locally the changes made are okay, but when on server changes are not fully visible

Hi, I just edited an .SWF file I have on my website home page for a while now. I update the SWF frequently with new pictures. It's actually a picture slideshow, consisting out of 6 images. I used Adobe Flash CS4 Pro to edit the file, with just swapping all the pictures (JPGS) in it for other ones. I also have some small AS where I just h...

How to tell if XUL menupopup opens down or up?

I have an extension that can be placed on any toolbar (like the bookmarks, menu or status bars). In general, the context menu opens downward, but when placed on the status bar and Firefox is closed to the bottom of the screen, the context menu opens upward. I'd like to try reordering the context menu based on its up or down orientation, ...

Is there a current bug with FireFox 3 relating to clearing a float and it ignoring negative margins?

I've been doing some Googling, but haven't really found a straight answer. I'm curious to know if Firefox 3 has a bug when trying to apply a negative margin to a div that is either clearing a float or contains another element being floated? Firefox seems to ignore the negative margin, but Web-kit browses respect it accordingly. ...

Browsers (IE and Firefox) freeze when copying large amount of text

I have a web application - a Java servlet - that delivers data to users in the form of a text printout in a browser (text marked up with HTML in order to display in the browser as we want it to). The text does display in different colors, though most of it is black. One typical mode of operation is this: 1. User submits a form to reque...

Rendering LaTeX on third-party websites?

There are some sites on the web that render LaTeX into some more readable form, such as Wikipedia, some Wordpress blogs, and MathOverflow. They may use images, MathML, jsMath, or something like that. There are other sites on the web where LaTeX appears inline and is not rendered, such as the arXiv, various math forums, or my email. In...

Crash firefox using Javascript

I'm part of a testing team and have been tasked with "behaving badly" using javascript in a firefox browser. I've tried these methods to take the browser down http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/browserdeath.html but none of them do anything worse than cause a popup asking to shut down the script. Any other ideas? ...

Sqlite Database Firefox

Hi, I want to create a Sqlite Database in Firefox (I can update my Firefox). According to my knowledge Firefox does not give you Sqlite Database access. Is there any plugin or simple patch which gives Sqlite database simulation in Firefox? Regards, Allahbaksh ...

Write a GreaseMonkey script that reacts to domain strings (for I18N, e.g. cn,en,fr,etc.)

Hello. Suppose there is a website that supports multiple languages: cn.mydomain.com or mydomain.com/cn or mydomain.cn en.mydomain.com or mydomain.com/en or mydomain.com fr.mydomain.com or mydomain.com/fr or mydomain.fr I want to write a GreaseMonkey script that has variables assigned different strings/values according to the address ...

In Firefox, how do I bring an existing popup window with multiple tabs to the front using javascript from the parent window?

I would like to have a button on a web page with the following behavior: On the first click, open a pop-up. On later clicks, if the pop-up is still open, just bring it to the front. If not, re-open. The below code generally works in Firefox, Safari, and IE8 (see here for Chrome woes). However, I have found a failure mode in Firefox...