1.10 Highlight Flicker, Latent Highlight

[cshontz]

I'm testing on an MSIE 6.0 browser in XP.

I created a menu in Beta 1.08 and it worked pretty good. I then upgraded to Beta 1.10 and noticed the highlighted area doesn't follow my mouse curser quite as well. For instance, if I go to a long vertical menu and run my mouse cursor over the list, I have to be moving the mouse relatively slowly to see the highlight move progressively. This Beta 1.10 highlight behavior seems abnormal, but the Beta 1.08 seems to highlight well.

I've also found in Beta 1.10 that when I move the mouse cursor over an HTML search field box in a pull-down, and move the mouse cursor around in that area, the highlight flickers. In Beta 1.08, this is not the case.

Here is a frameset I created to compare the version behaviors:
http://209.123.24.26/versions.htm

Until I figure out how to improve the behavior of Beta 1.10, I'm perfectly content using Beta 1.08. I don't know if this is a bug or a misconfiguration on my part, but I just thought I'd share. Thanks for the fantastic product, and keep up the good work!

[Andy]

Thanks for that, I know what it is and I'll see what I can do

Cheers
Andy

[Romeo]

Hi cshontz
Nice menu. I have been using V3 menu for a while and at the moment I have a dedicated search page. Having the search form in the menu, I must admit, has not even crossed my mind.
To the point I hear you cry.
How did you add the form script to the menu ?

[cshontz]

Hi cshontz
Nice menu. I have been using V3 menu for a while and at the moment I have a dedicated search page. Having the search form in the menu, I must admit, has not even crossed my mind.
To the point I hear you cry.
How did you add the form script to the menu ?

I used basic HTML for the search form in the menu, and it worked perfectly. Can you dig it?

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aI("text=Search by Keyword(s)<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><form name=search method=get action=catalog.asp><tr><td><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><input name=search type=text size=20></td><td><input type=submit value=Go></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><input type=radio name=type value=all checked></td><td><font size=1>Search for ALL keywords.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><input type=radio name=type value=any></td><td><font size=1>Search for ANY keyword.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></form></table>;");

[cshontz]

Andy,
I just installed the 1.12 beta, and I have determined that using HTML in menu text (like the above code snippet) causes the "highlight flicker". You may already know this, but I don't know if you addressed this issue yet, since 1.12 was just released. Just giving you a heads-up!

[Andy]

Hi,

I've now addressed this situation. If you include a form inside a menu item, you'll need to inform the menu that it is a form and then it adds a little "Anti-Flicker" technique.

Your menu item will need to be like this:

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aI("text=Search by Keyword(s)<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><form name=search method=get action=catalog.asp><tr><td><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><input name=search type=text size=20></td><td><input type=submit value=Go></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><input type=radio name=type value=all checked></td><td><font size=1>Search for ALL keywords.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><input type=radio name=type value=any></td><td><font size=1>Search for ANY keyword.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></form></table>;type=form");

I'll get this posted up later today in version 4B.1.13

Cheers
Andy