Hi,

Been away from a computer for a few days. Will follow up on this
thread once I've had a chance to replicate your test.

Regards,
Satyen

--- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, "aniad" <aniad@...> wrote:
>
> Satyen,
>
> Here are some additional observations: when I bring up the panel
> w/.swf, change the div's style which will cause the .swf to reload so
> in my test case I reinitialize the flex again, at the end of all that
> I get a working dialog/panel with swf. Then I close the panel (ie put
> if off screen). Some subsequent user interaction changes the state of
> things and the panel is made visible again, but because the state of
> things has changed the .swf will display a different version of
> buttons and controls. Unfortunately, those new buttons/controls are
> again unresponsive. Setting div's style again acts like a nop at this
> point because the style has already been set, I suppose.
>
> ANY help/ideas to accomplish being able to put swf in a panel, keep it
> active by hiding it off screen and have responsive buttons/controls
> over an iframe will be extremely appreciated.
>
> Ania.
>
> --- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, "aniad" <aniad@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, this is in your modified file. So, if you seperate the showing of
> > the panel from setting the overflow attrib of the panel into 2
> > functions like this:
> >
> > function showPanel()
> > {
> > gToolPanel.cfg.setProperty ("fixedcenter", true );
> > gToolPanel.center();
> > }
> >
> > function fixOverflow()
> > {
> > if (YAHOO.env.ua.gecko &&
> > navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("macintosh") == -1)
> > {
> > // On the mac, Panel already applies it's own set of
> > overflow management to Panel,
> > // to prevent scrollbar bleedthrough.
> > YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle("flexWrapperDiv", "overflow",
> "auto");
> > }
> > }
> >
> > And then add a 5th button:
> > <button onclick="fixOverflow();">5): click to fix
> > overflow, see flex repaint</button>
> >
> > and then do button 1, button 2, button 3 and finally button 5, you'll
> > see the flex totally repaint/reload.
> >
> > The reload messes us up, as the first, originally instantiated version
> > of flex has a state already set. Basically the .swf in panel talks to
> > other parts of the UI, which depend on that .swf but in turn the .swf
> > gets a 'state' from those other parts. So, when it reloads all is
> lost...
> >
> > Thank you again for looking into this. I've been working on this
> > problem for quite a while now and truly appreciate your help!
> >
> > Ania.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, "Satyen Desai" <sdesai@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> first .setStyle does it. Can you think of any other work around
> which
> > > would not involve a reload of the flex?
> > >
> > > Is this with the updated file I provided below or with your original
> > zip? Also any specific version of FF/OS?
> > >
> > > >> p.s. What I also noted, is that when the panel is hidden and I
> bring
> > > up Firebug (f12) the panel "spontaneously" becomes visible...
any idea
> > > about that?
> > >
> > > I believe this may be because in your original code you had
> > "fixedcenter" set to true, which will attempt to center the Panel
> > whenever the window is resized. In my modified version, I just changed
> > this to invoke panel.center() when it's shown.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Satyen
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aniad
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:58 PM
> > > To: ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [ydn-javascript] Re: Problem with flex (.swf) inside a
> > panel in Firefox
> > >
> > > Hi Satyen,
> > >
> > > Thank you so much for your reply.
> > >
> > > I'm still working on this... turns out that setting the style on the
> > > div causes a RELOAD of the flex widget, which is something we
are very
> > > much trying to avoid. In addition, after it reloads the flex's
> > > external interfaces seem unresponsive... You can see that reload
when
> > > you create the panel, then the layout (which hides the panel) then
> > > show the panel which will come back blank then paints the .swf. What
> > > I don't quite understand is that from there on it seems fine.
Meaning
> > > that subsequent hide/show don't cause the reload, it is as if
only the
> > > first .setStyle does it. Can you think of any other work around
which
> > > would not involve a reload of the flex?
> > >
> > > Ania.
> > >
> > > p.s. What I also noted, is that when the panel is hidden and I bring
> > > up Firebug (f12) the panel "spontaneously" becomes visible...
any idea
> > > about that?
> > >
> > > a.
> > >
> > > --- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, "Satyen Desai" <sdesai@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Thanks for the detailed example page.
> > > >
> > > > Try using the following version of your page:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://yuiblog.com/sandbox/yui/v250/examples/container/panelOverIframe.html
> > > >
> > > > (Your swf isn't hosted at the above location, so you'll need to
> > > download it and try it out locally)
> > > >
> > > > The main change is to applying overflow:auto to the
flashWrapperDiv.
> > > >
> > > > Some notes:
> > > >
> > > > * I found that I had to apply overflow:auto dynamically through
> > > > script as opposed to using static CSS - probably a "redraw" issue.
> > > >
> > > > * We apply overflow:auto to the Panel shadow, for FF/Mac
already to
> > > > deal with scrollbar bleed through issues, so the fix was only
> > > > required for FF/Win.
> > > >
> > > > The other minor changes are just to get the height set correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Tried it across FF2, FF3 on WinXP/MacOS and seems to work fine,
> > > aside from the fact that the swf is not re-drawn when dragging in
> > > FF2/MacOS for step 1 of your repro example (which can probably be
> > > resolved also, if it's a real part of your application)
> > > >
> > > > Let me know how it goes.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Satyen
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________________
> > > > From: ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aniad
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:45 AM
> > > > To: ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [ydn-javascript] Re: Problem with flex (.swf) inside a
> > > panel in Firefox
> > > >
> > > > Here is a link to a zip file which has a simple .html and a simple
> > > > .swf file which demonstrate the problem (I have also included
> the code
> > > > for the .swf file in case you need it).
> > > >
> > > > https://download.amberpoint.com/forYahoo/SwfOverIframe_Problem.zip
> > > > Username: Yahoo
> > > > Password: bug4yahoo
> > > >
> > > > As you will see in the text in the .html, the problem is very much
> > > > linked to the order in which items are created. However, we have
> > > > certain dependencies between the .swf and other items on the page
> > > > therefore need to create the panel w/.swf first.
> > > >
> > > > Ania.
> > > >
> > > > --- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, "aniad" <aniad@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Eric,
> > > > >
> > > > > Changing the wmode helped a little. The mouse tracks correctly
> when
> > > > > the panel is dragged around over most of the screen areas,
> > however it
> > > > > still is unresponsive when the panel is over an iframe. I'll put
> > > > > together simple example of this problem.
> > > > > Ania.
> > > > >
> > > > > btw, did you have a chance to look at
> > > > >
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ydn-javascript/message/38440? I
> > > > > posted simple nested layout code which demonstrates the 'invalid
> > > > > argument' error.
> > > > > a.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, Eric Miraglia <miraglia@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ania,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here's what our Flash experts say:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My suggestion would be to check the wmode of their SWF embed.
> > This
> > > > > > sounds like a longstanding issue with the plugin version
of the
> > > > player
> > > > > > when the wmode is set to transparent or opaque. Changing the
> wmode
> > > > to
> > > > > > window should fix it. If that is not the case, they'll need to
> > > > send a
> > > > > > link or their code and I can take a look.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > See if wmode solves your problem; if not, please send a link
> > to the
> > > > > > page where you're having the problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Eric
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:45 PM, aniad wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > We have a nested full screen layout. In the `bottom' part
> of the
> > > > > > > inner layout (which is in the `center' of the outer
layout) we
> > > > have a
> > > > > > > tabs control. Each tab creates an iframe into which a
page is
> > > > > > > displayed, depending on what is selected elsewhere in
the UI.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When the user clicks a button a panel is made visible which
> > has a
> > > > > > > <div> inside which a .swf file is rendered. The swf has a
> > > number of
> > > > > > > controls, buttons and drop boxes with which the user
> interacts.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The problem (FF only, works correctly in IE):
> > > > > > > When the panel with .swf is visible the mouse is not tracked
> > > > properly
> > > > > > > within the swf. The portions of the panel/swf that
overlay the
> > > > iframe
> > > > > > > displayed in the bottom/tabs portion do not track the mouse
> > > > properly,
> > > > > > > thus appearing unresponsive. Right clicking in the .swf
> > shows the
> > > > > > > standard flex context menu way off from where the mouse was
> > > clicked.
> > > > > > > Dragging the panel around the screen exaggerates the
> problem of
> > > > > > > tracking the mouse, even allowing the flex context menu to
> > appear
> > > > > > > entirely outside of the panel/swf area. The problem does not
> > > seem to
> > > > > > > be contained to the panel being over an iframe. Dragging the
> > > > panel so
> > > > > > > that it sits on top of other parts of the layout (with
simple
> > > html)
> > > > > > > also has issues. There is another flex control always
> > displayed in
> > > > > > > one of the parts of the layout. Dragging the panel to that
> > part of
> > > > > > > the screen always tracks the mouse correctly within the
> > panel that
> > > > > > > sits directly on top of that other flex widget.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Are there any known problems of hosting a .swf inside a
panel
> > > in FF?
> > > > > > > As mentioned before, this does not happen in IE.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ania.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>