Tickets :: [#1897] Default HTML composition leaves artifact on compose window

6.0.0-beta1

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Summary	Default HTML composition leaves artifact on compose window
Queue	IMP
Queue Version	4.0.3
Type	Bug
State	Resolved
Priority	1. Low
Owners	stuart (at)
Requester	kevin_myer (at) iu13 (dot) org
Created	05/02/2005 (7391 days ago)
Due
Updated	06/07/2005 (7355 days ago)
Assigned	05/03/2005 (7390 days ago)
Resolved	06/07/2005 (7355 days ago)
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06/07/2005 11:28:26 AM	stuart	Comment #8 State ⇒ Resolved	Reply to this comment
Great. I'll resolve this ticket for now then - we can reopen if more problems appear.

06/07/2005 11:05:01 AM	kevin_myer (at) iu13 (dot) org	Comment #7	Reply to this comment
Yes, that seems to do the trick. The relict is gone.

06/07/2005 10:04:31 AM	stuart	Comment #6	Reply to this comment
Unfortunately as I don't have access to a Mac or Windows installation I'm unable to test this properly. I've just committed a small change to the Kolab theme however, updating it to look more like the current kolab.org page. Does it perhaps fix this issue?

05/03/2005 07:37:38 AM	Jan Schneider	Assigned to stuart State ⇒ Assigned

05/02/2005 11:15:10 PM	kevin_myer (at) iu13 (dot) org	Comment #5	Reply to this comment
I like the Kolab theme aesthetically, but its caused me rendering problems on IE for Windows under XP, this rendering issue with Firefox on OS X, and it totally breaks IE on OS X (one of many reasons we dropped support for it). I advised the user this is occuring to switch themes. And I guess I'll have to consider switching our default theme prior to widespread deployment.

05/02/2005 08:21:08 PM	Jan Schneider	Comment #4	Reply to this comment
I can reproduce this now too, It's probably only happening if there is a background image. This is definitely a bug in Gecko, and I have absolutely no idea how we could work around that without stabbing in the dark.

05/02/2005 05:40:10 PM	kevin_myer (at) iu13 (dot) org	Comment #3	Reply to this comment
I forgot to mention the OS X version - 10.3.9. What version are you using? I can reproduce consistently on our production site and the only differences I could find between it and another site with identical code was hooked fullname and from_addr, and themes. I'm using the Kolab theme and after switching to something else, the relict goes away.

05/02/2005 04:57:30 PM	Jan Schneider	Comment #2 State ⇒ Feedback	Reply to this comment
I can't reproduce this here.

05/02/2005 04:35:23 PM	kevin_myer (at) iu13 (dot) org	Comment #1 Priority ⇒ 1. Low Type ⇒ Bug Summary ⇒ Default HTML composition leaves artifact on compose window Queue ⇒ IMP New Attachment: HTMLcompositionfieldartifact.png State ⇒ Unconfirmed	Reply to this comment
A number of users have discovered that if you use HTML composition by default, the cursor loads at the top of the compose form, instead of the bottom. So they've switched to doing that (I abhor HTML-by-default email personally). But, in the process, a bug, either in Firefox, or in the HTML editor module is triggered, when using OS X. I can consistently reproduce this with OS X, using Firefox 1.0.2 and 1.0.3. I cannot reproduce on Linux or Windows. 1) Set 'compose_html' to true. 2) Compose a new message. Basically, the compose window comes up with the plaintext version, then loads the HTML editor to switch to HTML mode (that delay is causing problems but it may just be unavoidable). When you switch focus from the compose portion of the form to the To: field, a grey relict shows up in the top part of the screen (see attached screenshot).