DHTML Popup Problems

July 30, 2003 3:16 PM

The DHTML popups are driving me batty, and they won't go away. More inside.
posted by o2b to Bugs at 3:16 PM (10 comments total)

1. They seem to be positioned relative to the link itself, rather than the cursor's position, so if I mouse over the wrapped portion of a link on the left side of the page, the popup appears on the right side of the page.

2. Some popups related to links in the right column appear on the left side of the page at random.

3. I click on a link with a popup that opens in a new window; I return to the original page; the popup is often still there, and will not go away, obscuring the content under it.

4. I've tried to turn them off via the customization form, but they still appear.

At the very least can the last item be looked at?
posted by o2b at 3:19 PM on July 30, 2003

Your preferences are non-compliant, and must be assimilated. Wait until the pop-up windows have pop-up windows, then you'll see how useful they are!
posted by jdaura at 3:21 PM on July 30, 2003

I too have them turned off but to no avail. Mozilla 1.4, PC, XP
posted by jonson at 3:36 PM on July 30, 2003

hmm. weird. I can turn them off and on at will, the last I checked. There should be a cookie value for the titles, if you delete that you should definitely get them to go away.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:39 PM on July 30, 2003

Matt's new t-shirt.
posted by inpHilltr8r at 4:10 PM on July 30, 2003

At the very least can the last item be looked at?

any history of allergies, phobias, stds?

ok. back on topic..... hmm. weird.
posted by poopy at 6:40 PM on July 30, 2003

this has happened to me before too, using ie6. i just cleared my cache and deleted my metafilter cookies and things started working properly again.
posted by t r a c y at 8:24 PM on July 30, 2003

When all else fails (and before MeTa'ing), try tossing your cookies. Works 99.9999% of the time.
posted by dg at 8:46 PM on July 30, 2003

When all else fails (and before MeTa'ing)...

Is MetaTalk so overcrowded that I shouldn't post something that is A) causing me problems, and B) might be causing other people problems too?
posted by o2b at 8:33 AM on July 31, 2003

No, but a problem that can be solved by clearing your cookies is neither interesting or informative to read about, and if your problem can't be solved by clearing your cookies, you'll get a much better discussion if you say that right up front.
posted by timeistight at 8:51 AM on July 31, 2003