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  • kdallaskdallas
    I've noticed an issue with the BROWSE button. It requires one click to become focused, then a second click to capture the click event. The mouse-over cursor also shows as an arrow before the first click, after which it gets focus and the pointer/hand shows as per normal.

    It is not a big problem for users who habitually double-click buttons, but for impatient users - particularly those without much experience - they might think the button is not working.

    I'm running Firefox 3.5.1 in Vista and 3.0.2 in XP (both 32-bit). Both hosted servers (CentOS). Using the latest version (2.0) at time of writing.
    I have the following javascript files being included:

    jquery-1.3.2.min.js
    jquery_plugins/date.js
    jquery_plugins/jquery.datePicker.js
    jquery_plugins/jquery.listen-1.0.3-min.js
    jquery_plugins/jquery.tablednd_0_5.js
    swfobject.js
    jquery.uploadify.v2.0.0.min.js


    I haven't ruled out a conflicting plug-in, however I can confirm that other than this interface anomaly, all library functions have worked flawlessly without conflict.
    I HAVE managed to repeat this problem on your demo page...(http://www.uploadify.com/demo/) which should confirm that it is isolated. I have not seen this problem in previous versions of uploadify.

    To repeat the problem... please go to the demo page and experiment with your mouse scroll-wheel. Then see whether the BROWSE buttons show an arrow or hand pointer when hovering.
  • TravisN.TravisN.
    Just tested what your experiencing and it's not just localised to windows XP but all windows versions running firefox. Unfortunately this isn't a bug with uploadify but firefox. What firefox on windows is doing is focusing on the scroll arrows of the window (the same thing happens when you click the scroll arrows) and not returning it to the content of the window. It does appear to be restricted to flash files, as the cursor still changes when you mouse over an anchor tag.

    It is not a problem with mac and firefox.

    I'm sorry I can't be more help, but it's up to the firefox developers to resolve their issue regarding flash and focusing when scrolling.
  • obliojoeobliojoe
    Sorry for dredging up an old topic, but I am noticing this exact behavior on my site. The odd thing is, that I do not see this behavior on the demo page - whereas the other posters on this topic did. I can scroll around all I want and the upload buttons do not lose focus and work on the first click.

    Can someone tell me if there is a workaround for this issue? Are the demos doing something special to make this work?

    Thanks!
  • obliojoeobliojoe
    Actually, I just figured out a solution that works for me. Had to edit the uploadify javascript file to change wmode from "opaque" to "window". I realize in many cases this will not work for people, as the button would probably appear on top of other elements they wouldn't want it to, but for me it works perfectly.

    Still unsure why the demo works with wmode=opaque though. Hmmmmm....

    John
  • obliojoeobliojoe
    Oh cripes. Forget all that. I am a dummy. I just realized you can set wmode in the uploadify settings.

    'wmode': 'window'

    John
  • codemancodeman
    Any update on this? Still encountering this problem.
  • codemancodeman
    We came up with a solution for this. We wrapped the whole input inside of an anchor. We also noticed in the CSS that we needed a bottom border for the a:hover.

    Here's the HTML:


    Here's the CSS:
    a:hover {
    border-bottom: dotted blue 1px;
    }

    Hope this helps someone.
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