I have a menu in a page that also has an iFrame used to show the content.
I have a problem wherby in IE6 when any sub-menu layer that happens to be shown above the iframe is shown then the contents of the iFrame is re-drawn. This also happens with .htm as well as .asp. Even moving from one sub-menu to another cases the same prob i.e. whenever a sub-menu is drawn or 'undrawn' then the underlying page refreshes.
But it doesn't always happen. Some pages in the iFrame don't re-draw.
The problem doesn't happen at all in Firefox. Do I just have to accept it as an IE shortcoming ?
I suspect this is a core HTML issue rather than a Milonic issue however any help would be much appreciated.
Menu causes iFrame contents to redraw...sometimes
Hi - sorry for the delay - had to setup a test env as this is pre-live.
You can look at http://www.hkexpatstest.com. Ignore the cosmetic gaps - this is just to illustrate the probs.
The menu itself is in the main page which also contains an inline frame to show the different content.
I have 2 seperate problems :
Problem 1 - The page in the inline frame appears to refresh whenever a submenu is shown/hidden over it.
Problem 2 - When you click on a submenu option the submenu does not disappear when you move your mouse off it whilst over the inline frame.
In IE Problem 2 doesn't happen but Problem 1 does
in Firefox Problem 1 doesn't happen but Problem 2 does.
I am by no means an HTML expert so if this nothing to do with Milonic but something to do with my own web development incompetence then please don't be afraid to say so.
many thanks in advance. I really want to use the Milonic menu for this site but at the moment this is stumping me.
btw - seperate topic : how do I transfer my purchased licence from an old domain to this one ?
You can look at http://www.hkexpatstest.com. Ignore the cosmetic gaps - this is just to illustrate the probs.
The menu itself is in the main page which also contains an inline frame to show the different content.
I have 2 seperate problems :
Problem 1 - The page in the inline frame appears to refresh whenever a submenu is shown/hidden over it.
Problem 2 - When you click on a submenu option the submenu does not disappear when you move your mouse off it whilst over the inline frame.
In IE Problem 2 doesn't happen but Problem 1 does
in Firefox Problem 1 doesn't happen but Problem 2 does.
I am by no means an HTML expert so if this nothing to do with Milonic but something to do with my own web development incompetence then please don't be afraid to say so.
many thanks in advance. I really want to use the Milonic menu for this site but at the moment this is stumping me.
btw - seperate topic : how do I transfer my purchased licence from an old domain to this one ?
Hi Gary,
The first thing you have to do is upgrade to the newest version. A lot of those issues may disappear when you do that. Make sure you log in to the main site so you get your licensed version. If I'm reading that right your support and upgrade license should be good through Nov of this year, so you should update always to the newest version as little things get fixed and other things get added.
For example, the new version, I think starting with 5.62 you can create a listbased menu. That's still in development but does work at the simple level, meaning if you don't have a need for more than one Milonic menu.
There is also a keypress module now that let's the menu function with the use of the tab key, and a version 5 frames based menu.
When you do upgrade, make sure you put your now existing milonic program files someplace so you still have them just in case. Then test and see if the problem still occurs.
Ruth
The first thing you have to do is upgrade to the newest version. A lot of those issues may disappear when you do that. Make sure you log in to the main site so you get your licensed version. If I'm reading that right your support and upgrade license should be good through Nov of this year, so you should update always to the newest version as little things get fixed and other things get added.
For example, the new version, I think starting with 5.62 you can create a listbased menu. That's still in development but does work at the simple level, meaning if you don't have a need for more than one Milonic menu.
There is also a keypress module now that let's the menu function with the use of the tab key, and a version 5 frames based menu.
When you do upgrade, make sure you put your now existing milonic program files someplace so you still have them just in case. Then test and see if the problem still occurs.
Ruth
Hi Ruth - done that (i.e. I 'upgraded' the 3 .js files but didn't change anything else). I didn't change any of the actual menu def structues in my code.
http://www.hkexpatstest.com has been updated.
The sub-menu disappearing issue in Firefox is resolved, however in EI the iFrame is still re-drawing itself after each submenu show/hide. Actually I think it's happening in Firefox as well it's just that that brower seems to be much quicker so I can't notice it as much.
Do I need to change something else?
Timely help as always much appreciated.
http://www.hkexpatstest.com has been updated.
The sub-menu disappearing issue in Firefox is resolved, however in EI the iFrame is still re-drawing itself after each submenu show/hide. Actually I think it's happening in Firefox as well it's just that that brower seems to be much quicker so I can't notice it as much.
Do I need to change something else?
Timely help as always much appreciated.
I am having this problem too, but only after I made some changes to the structure of my page that holds the iframes. Originally, my page consisted of two tables, with an iframe inside each one. the flicker did not happen. Later, to fix some height issues, i only used one table for both iframes, each iframe having it's own table row. This doesn't help me figure it out what the problem is, but hopefully it will for someone else.
Tim
Tim
