Bounce bounce Bounce Bounce While doing a Post

[Talker]

To All Forum Members,

In looking for answers to the 'bouncing while typing'  
doing posts, came up with this blurb.  
So until Microsoft and whom ever else is involved,  
do get the 'bugs' worked out,
we'll just have to 'grin and bear' it.    
The Mod Squad

PS: just tried the temp fix 'A workaround for this bug is to turn on IE8 compatibility view' and it corrected the bounce event.

On my unit it was:
At the top toolbar, TOOLS
compatibility view settings (click it)
Add this website (should see 'ourultimatereality.com' if not just type it in)
click  'add'
Thats it.          
.........................................
When and where I have observed the bug
I see the bug when I start a new topic, reply to a post, or modify an earlier message, if the text in the box gets "long enough" and has "enough" lines that wrap.

This bug occurs in SMF 1.x and 2.x, while posting from the IE8 browser. A workaround for this bug is to turn on IE8 compatability view. I have observed this bug here at simplemachines.org and at smf-media.com.
I see the bug at two of my forums, running SMF 1.1.10 + Simpleportal 2.3 RC1 and SMF 1.1.10 + Simpleportal 2.2.2 respectively.

I do not see the bug at simpleportal.net

Bug behavior
When I am working on a long post, and try to edit a line that is more than, say, two "boxfulls" down, the textarea scrolls itself up one line for each character I type, until the text cursor and the line I'm typing disappear below the bottom of the textarea. Once the line is hidden, each keystroke I hit causes the box to scroll back down one line, making the line with the text cursor on it visible again at the bottom of the box, but then scrolls right back up one line as soon as I release the key, again hiding the text cursor and the line I'm working on.

No matter how many times I try to scroll down to the line I want to type on, the behavior persists. The text looks like it is jumping up and down as I type, and I really can't see what I'm typing.

I think this was the same problem reported earlier by alexdwin, and later marked solved when alex concluded it was an IE8-only bug:
Quote from: alexedwin on August 08, 2009, 09:50:57 PM>>>>The text of the post disappears below the window and will not stay in place even if I use the slider and then try to edit the text.
<<<<

Thanks for having a look into this bug.
AB

karlbenson:
Thanks, we are aware of this one.
In fact its actually an IE8 bug not an smf one per se

However we are hopefully to have a temporary workaround for 2.0 rc2 when it is released to patch it until MS devs fix it.

[Mina-Laura]

To All Forum Members,

In looking for answers to the 'bouncing while typing'  
doing posts, came up with this blurb.  
So until Microsoft and whom ever else is involved,  
do get the 'bugs' worked out,
we'll just have to 'grin and bear' it.    
The Mod Squad

PS: just tried the temp fix 'A workaround for this bug is to turn on IE8 compatibility view' and it corrected the bounce event.

On my unit it was:
At the top toolbar, TOOLS
compatibility view settings (click it)
Add this website (should see 'ourultimatereality.com' if not just type it in)
click  'add'
Thats it.          .........................................When and where I have observed the bug
I see the bug when I start a new topic, reply to a post, or modify an earlier message, if the text in the box gets "long enough" and has "enough" lines that wrap.

This bug occurs in SMF 1.x and 2.x, while posting from the IE8 browser. A workaround for this bug is to turn on IE8 compatability view. I have observed this bug here at simplemachines.org and at smf-media.com.
I see the bug at two of my forums, running SMF 1.1.10 + Simpleportal 2.3 RC1 and SMF 1.1.10 + Simpleportal 2.2.2 respectively.

I do not see the bug at simpleportal.net

Bug behavior
When I am working on a long post, and try to edit a line that is more than, say, two "boxfulls" down, the textarea scrolls itself up one line for each character I type, until the text cursor and the line I'm typing disappear below the bottom of the textarea. Once the line is hidden, each keystroke I hit causes the box to scroll back down one line, making the line with the text cursor on it visible again at the bottom of the box, but then scrolls right back up one line as soon as I release the key, again hiding the text cursor and the line I'm working on.

No matter how many times I try to scroll down to the line I want to type on, the behavior persists. The text looks like it is jumping up and down as I type, and I really can't see what I'm typing.

I think this was the same problem reported earlier by alexdwin, and later marked solved when alex concluded it was an IE8-only bug:
Quote from: alexedwin on August 08, 2009, 09:50:57 PM>>>>The text of the post disappears below the window and will not stay in place even if I use the slider and then try to edit the text.
<<<<

Thanks for having a look into this bug.
AB

karlbenson:
Thanks, we are aware of this one.
In fact its actually an IE8 bug not an smf one per se

However we are hopefully to have a temporary workaround for 2.0 rc2 when it is released to patch it until MS devs fix it.

WOW!!!

Thank you Talker. Indeed it worked. And the person called "karlbenson" is right - it is an IE8 bug as I just experienced it in another Forum.
Millions of hugs and kisses to all helpful souls.

[Talker]

WOW!!!

Thank you Talker. Indeed it worked. And the person called "karlbenson" is right - it is an IE8 bug as I just experienced it in another Forum.
Millions of hugs and kisses to all helpful souls.

Your welcome dear Laura. Regret only that it took so long to pin down, from when you first experienced it.
Happy that others were keen enough to spot the 'bugs' finally.
Much thanks to them all.
Is what keeps the Mods here, on the alert for possable corrective action.

Ah well, all things eventually arrive, to those that patiently hold the faith.
Be Well

[Talker]

To All Forum Members,

In looking for answers to the 'bouncing while typing'  
doing posts, came up with this blurb.  
So until Microsoft and whom ever else is involved,  
do get the 'bugs' worked out,
we'll just have to 'grin and bear' it.    
The Mod Squad

PS: just tried the temp fix 'A workaround for this bug is to turn on IE8 compatibility view' and it corrected the bounce event.

On my unit it was:
At the top toolbar, TOOLS
compatibility view settings (click it)
Add this website (should see 'ourultimatereality.com' if not just type it in)
click  'add'
Thats it.          .........................................When and where I have observed the bug
I see the bug when I start a new topic, reply to a post, or modify an earlier message, if the text in the box gets "long enough" and has "enough" lines that wrap.

This bug occurs in SMF 1.x and 2.x, while posting from the IE8 browser. A workaround for this bug is to turn on IE8 compatability view. I have observed this bug here at simplemachines.org and at smf-media.com.
I see the bug at two of my forums, running SMF 1.1.10 + Simpleportal 2.3 RC1 and SMF 1.1.10 + Simpleportal 2.2.2 respectively.

I do not see the bug at simpleportal.net

Bug behavior
When I am working on a long post, and try to edit a line that is more than, say, two "boxfulls" down, the textarea scrolls itself up one line for each character I type, until the text cursor and the line I'm typing disappear below the bottom of the textarea. Once the line is hidden, each keystroke I hit causes the box to scroll back down one line, making the line with the text cursor on it visible again at the bottom of the box, but then scrolls right back up one line as soon as I release the key, again hiding the text cursor and the line I'm working on.

No matter how many times I try to scroll down to the line I want to type on, the behavior persists. The text looks like it is jumping up and down as I type, and I really can't see what I'm typing.

I think this was the same problem reported earlier by alexdwin, and later marked solved when alex concluded it was an IE8-only bug:
Quote from: alexedwin on August 08, 2009, 09:50:57 PM>>>>The text of the post disappears below the window and will not stay in place even if I use the slider and then try to edit the text.
<<<<

Thanks for having a look into this bug.
AB

karlbenson:
Thanks, we are aware of this one.
In fact its actually an IE8 bug not an smf one per se

However we are hopefully to have a temporary workaround for 2.0 rc2 when it is released to patch it until MS devs fix it.

WOW!!!

Thank you Talker. Indeed it worked. And the person called "karlbenson" is right - it is an IE8 bug as I just experienced it in another Forum.
Millions of hugs and kisses to all helpful souls.