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PK70437: GREY OVERLAY IS DISPLAYED AT WRONG POSITION WHILE RELOADING A PORTLET IN FIREFOX BROWSER ONLY.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Visual error while reloading a portlet with Theme (PortalWeb2)
    The grey overlay is displayed at the wrong position if you are
    on a long page and scrolled down a bit to the bottom portlet
    and
    reload.it.
    
    # Steps to recreate the issue.
    
    - Create a page with a sitemap portlet and a login portlet
    below
    - Apply the PortletWeb2 Theme
    - Scroll down to the login portlet
    - Click reload
    - and observe the grey overlay is displayed at the wrong
    position
    - its  hapenning only in Firefox browser.
    

Local fix

  • edit the javascript to correct  this problem. In either
    themes\dojo\portal_dojo\com\ibmCSA.js or
    themes\dojo\portal_dojo\com\ibmCSA.js.uncompressed.js depending
    on
    which the customer is using. There are 2 lines like this in the
    resize
    function of
    dojo.declare(
    "com.ibm.portal.aggregation.OpaquePortletRefreshingDecoration",
    
    com.ibm.portal.aggregation.PortletLoadingDecoration,
    
    change these two lines:
    
    elem.style.top = (dojo.coords(refNode, dojo.isIE).y + 1) +
    "px";
    elem.style.left = (dojo.coords(refNode, dojo.isIE).x + 1)  +
    "px";
    
    to this:
    
    elem.style.top = (dojo.coords(refNode, true).y + 1) + "px";
    elem.style.left = (dojo.coords(refNode, true).x + 1)  + "px";
    

Problem summary

  • Portlet reloading image displayed in wrong position in Firefox w
    scrolling is required to make the portlet visible on the page.
    

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PK70437

  • Reported component name

    WEBSPHERE PORTA

  • Reported component ID

    5724E7600

  • Reported release

    610

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2008-08-13

  • Closed date

    2008-08-26

  • Last modified date

    2008-08-26

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    WEBSPHERE PORTA

  • Fixed component ID

    5724E7600

Applicable component levels

  • R610 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
21 December 2021