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Monday, 28. November 2005, 22:03:06

zombie

Pining for the fjords

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Longmont, CO

consumerreports.org

The top menu at www.consumerreports.org is always extended, and covers the search box.
Can anyone confirm ?

Opera 8.51 and 9.0tp1 on Win XP SP2

Tuesday, 29. November 2005, 01:52:59

Saddle Magic

Psycho Chicken What_The_Cluck!

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confirmed in 8.51 and 9tp1. The menu appears to be a drop down menu that is always extended.

In Opera 6.06 the menu is not extended, but is nonfunctional.

Wednesday, 30. November 2005, 05:31:34

The cause is the "left:-9999em" in the styles for "#nav li ul". The fix is to drop one of the 9s (i.e. "left:-999em").

This problem Opera has with big negative values is known, so there's no need to report it again.

Friday, 30. December 2005, 03:21:28

esjustus

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PA

So am I to understand that there is no fix????

Friday, 30. December 2005, 08:50:48

Ultimately, the best fix would be for Opera to handle big negative numbers in the CSS better. Hopefully by the time v9 goes final this will have been fixed.

Alternatively, you could try convincing the site to remove a single character from their style sheet, as I outlined in my previous post.

Monday, 23. January 2006, 13:43:02

dstorey

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Norway

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The site seems to have fixed this issue. The stylesheet now reads:
left: -999em; /* using left instead of display to hide menus because display: none isn't read by screen readers */

Way to go guys.

Monday, 23. January 2006, 17:19:57

zombie

Pining for the fjords

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Longmont, CO

The site is a lot better now.
However, I still have a problem with the menu in question. When the menu is extended it's blocked by other elements on the page.

Screenshot:
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Monday, 23. January 2006, 22:56:25

scipio

Undutchable

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Netherlands

Originally posted by zombie:

However, I still have a problem with the menu in question. When the menu is extended it's blocked by other elements on the page.

Does that still happen in Opera 9P1? That version has fixed a certain problems with overlapping content. It may apply here too.

edit: Checked it myself. Opera 9 fixes this.

Monday, 23. January 2006, 22:59:43

zombie

Pining for the fjords

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Longmont, CO

Originally posted by scipio:

Opera 9 fixes this.


You are right. :hat:

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