[Dojo-interest] Re: Deselecting inputNode on DropdownDatePicker

[Brian Duchek]

This get's my daily WTF award.   Don't wrap your DropdownDatePicker
widget in a label tag unless you want to go completely bat-sh*t trying
to chase down stupid interaction bugs.

Sorry to spam the list.

</bd>

On 1/18/07, Brian Duchek <manxomfoe.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cr at p.  This is some odd bug in dojo.widget.PopupContainer I think.
> Lemmie see if I can get a test-case together....
>
> On 1/18/07, Brian Duchek <manxomfoe.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi list.  Strange bug here.
> >
> > Have a couple DropdownDatePickers in a TabContainer in a ModalFloatingPane.
> >
> > Works great in IE, but in FF: if I try to click on the inputNode and
> > manually type in a date, the field won't maintain focus.  The cursor
> > blinks there and then shuffles off to somewhere else. This bug doesn't
> > appear on the nightly test, but those tests don't often depict complex
> > nesting  cases.
> >
> > If I click around, occasionally I can get it to stick, but it's
> > sporadic and infrequent.  There's no event listeners joined to the
> > input element directly - so it's nothing there.  Funny part is I can
> > select other form fields in the same content space.
> >
> > Seeing how it's a FF only bug - it must be an event getting triggered
> > somewhere up the bubble-chain, right? Is there an 'unselectable all
> > child widgets' somewhere in the tab, or floating pane widgets?
> >
> > This one is driving me absolutely bonkers!!!!
> > Thanks,
> > </bd>
> >
>