Strange viewing problem

[calista]

I have an intranet site, and some users have a problem with the display on two pages. It is a form page, a new entry and editing an existing entry. Both have this problem.

The form consists of two tables side by side. The left side is a menu, and the right side is the form. What happens is this - When the user first brings up the form in either new or edit mode, the table on the right is expanded and scrolls off to the right. If the user minimizes, then maximizes the window, the form returns to its normal appearance. Some users have this problem and some don't. It doesn't do it on my machine, but the ones that do have the problem, it is consistent. It is only the initial display of the form that is a problem. The only thing I have changed recently was to add some JavaScript for data validation.

Any ideas where to start looking? Calista :-X
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[iza]

you mean, you added some jscript for validation and then it's not working anymore, or was it not working even before you added the jscript code ?
* if it was working and is not working anymore : post (the relevant parts of !) your code and we'll try to find out why it has broken your design
* if it has never worked well : then it's the design we have to look at ... why don't you put your 2 tables in 1 big table ? ------
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[calista]

It was working before. After I added the JavaScript, some users began reporting this problem. It's a fairly long form, and the validation script is rather long, too, so I'm sure you don't want to look at the whole thing. So, what parts would you like to see? I am suspicious that it has something to do with individual browser or display settings, but I'm not sure. Just for informational purposes, I loaded the old page into a different folder and sent a link to it to a couple of people who have the problem to make sure the old page works. I haven't heard back from them, but I'll let you know what they tell me.

BTW, the two tables are enclosed inside one larger table. I did it that way because the left side doesn't change. Sort of like frames without frames. Calista :-X
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[grega]

My only though is are you and all other users using exactly the same browser version? I used to experience problems something like this in IE4.

Greg.

 

[iza]

ok
* i was wondering how it could work (appart from adding lots of css) without enclosing the 2 tables in a larger one !!
* i don't think the validating (pure validation) parts can do anything to the tables - all the
if(document.formname.elementname.value == or != (or .lenght)
document.forname.elementname=
can't do anything bad ....
* neither the form elements
* so what is remaining ? css code ... some browser detection ... is the code dynamically generated ? if so, could you compare the source for "normal" users and "troubled" users ? ...
* i think you can post your code anyway, coz it sounds like a tricky thing !! just cut the long lines that can't be wrong, maybe ... ------
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