Bug Reports for October 2004

This is the monthly Bug Reports archive for October 2004.

Box model of form button

Permalink | Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7 beta 2, Mozilla | 3 comments
Reported on 30 October 2004

Any button uses the traditional box model instead of W3C's, regardless of rendering mode.

Test page. Workaround is included.
Reported by ppk.

Moving checkboxes through document

Permalink | Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7 beta 2 | 4 comments
Reported on 29 October 2004

If you move a checkbox through the document by W3C DOM methods, the checkbox returns to its default state (checked or unchecked).

Test page. Workaround is included.
Reported by ppk.

document.onclick firing twice

Permalink | Mozilla | 0 comments
Reported on 28 October 2004

When you define a document.onclick before the page has loaded completely and you use the Netscape 4-required captureEvents method, Mozilla fires the event handler twice on every click. This is apparently a very old bug.

Test page. Workaround is not included.
Reported by Matthieu Haller.

Floating and absolute position

Permalink | Opera | 2 comments
Reported on 27 October 2004

Floating doesn't work in absolutely positioned elements.

Test page. Workaround is included.
Reported by ppk.

iframes and body position

Permalink | Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7 beta 2 | 0 comments
Reported on 26 October 2004

If an iframe contains body {position: relative}, the scrollbars of the main window may disappear.

Test page. Workaround is not included.
Reported by Keith Swartz.

Older reports

See the September 2004 archive.