I have reports from my users (along with screenshots) that occasionally dropdownlists are appearing behind other controls on a form. These are normal forms - simply controls in cells in a table, ususally within a WebPanel (not in a WebDialog, so its a separate problem to that reported elsewhere).
This only happens in IE (not Firefox). It happened in IE 7 and I told them to upgrade, which they did, but they are still reporting sporadic problems like this. The problem is that its inconsistent - the same form will not work, then start working...
What environmental scenario can trigger a z-order problem like this? Its not happening on any of my test systems so I'm at a loss as to what to recommend? Because its sporiadic (and NONE of my own CSS stlye affect z-order) there isn't exactly a code change I can make...
Hi,
Having the dropdown list absolutely positioned or not can cause these side-effects, depending on the elements configuration on the form. I would suggest to try setting EnableDropDownAsChild=false, it should make sure the list is always absolutely positioned and this will ensure it will appear on top on those scenarios.
Hope it helps,
Angel
Thanks, I'll try that. I do have it within some absolute positioning as I want a help icon to display on its right and because the control uses a LOT of DIVs internally, nothing will sit immediately beside it without CSS assistance.
The nuisance it that it only happens on some systems...sigh.