Firefox Error when Form Floated / Form locks

socoolbrewster · October 6th, 2007, 05:30 PM

Hi,

For some reason when I view the website I'm developing in Firefox, I'm unable to click or enter text in the form search box.

I have checked in IE7, IE6 and other browsers and the form works fine, but Firefox 2.0.0.7 just seems to lock the form, and I'm unablr to place my cursor in the input text box.

Has anyone come this across this problem before? or am I doing something silly in my CSS that is causing it? as when I remove the CSS the form is enabled, but cant see why that would be the case.

CSS styling the form is as follows:

Code:

#searchbar { 
             margin:0 auto; width:880px; vertical-align:middle; padding:4px 40px 4px 40px;
             background:#000 url('black-background.gif') repeat-y;
              
}

#searchbar img { float:left; }

#searchbar form { margin:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; float:right; }

#searchbar form input { font-size:0.9em; }

#searchbar form input#sbtn { border:solid #fff 1px; color:#fff; background-color:#000; }

I would really appreciate someones help, I have validated my CSS and HTML and all is well.

Gaz

chroniclemaster1 · October 6th, 2007, 06:30 PM

CSS won't cause a problem like that. That's one of it's strengths and weaknesses, it affects your webpage as it's pulled up. Only javascript can affect the behavior of your page. Well... pretty much ;)

I would bet dollars to doughnuts that Firefox is having trouble with your onfocus event. Try calling the event a different way. I think a pretty standard way would be to include name attributes for your text input and your form and try an unobtrusive function, something like...

document.formName.inputName.value = '';

I wouldn't change much. If it's working in the other browsers, you're really close.

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socoolbrewster · October 6th, 2007, 06:49 PM

Hi

Thanks for your help, but sadly it didnt resolve it. This is a real weird one. Even the styled submit button is not clickable.

If I remove the above CSS the form works, I dont see why tho? I have checked in Opera and its doing the same thing.:(

weird

Gaz

socoolbrewster · October 6th, 2007, 06:51 PM

My night gets worse. I've now discovered I have a white space between my black search bar and tabs in IE6 :(

Gaz

socoolbrewster · October 6th, 2007, 07:29 PM

I have resolved it.

I had given the absolute positioned TABs the same height as the container, which meant it was spilling over into the form DIV. Having given the TAB containers the correct height, I have resolved the issue.

Gaz

chroniclemaster1 · October 6th, 2007, 09:59 PM

I've never seen a case like that before. Just to clarify, the tabs spilling over into the form area were causing the text box to lock up?

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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
-Johann von Goethe

When Two Hearts Race... Both Win.
-Dove Chocolate Wrapper

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A Growing History of our Planet, by our Planet, for our Planet.