strange scolling?

[fflandrath53]

Hello all,
Here's a bit of XHTML from the Roller~Poster main page, please note the "imgCache" div. This div is populated with bookmark images via javascript/XML. The wierd thing I have not been able to figure out is why, just after loading, if I place the mouse-pointer on the vertical scroll bar the whole div starts scrolling down without a click on the bar or using the page-down key. BTW, the "imageCache" is represented on screen as the "Bookmark Select" area. Clicking within the div (but not on an image) stops the auto-scrolling and then it works normally. The only js scrolling is a line to move to the top of the div after load (imgCache.scrollTop=0).

Of course this is not a really big deal but I'd like to understand what's happening. Any ideas?

Thanks, Floyd

<div style = "top:145px; left:52.5%; bottom:.5em; right:.5em; position:absolute; border:solid .10em #ff0000; background-color:#000000;">
        <h3 style = "color:#ffffff;">
            Bookmark Select&nbsp;&nbsp;
            <a href="http://greenfloyd.org/docs/_roller.user_manual.html#bm_select" onclick="userHelp(this.href); return false;"  title="User instructions.">
                <img src="/images/Info.png" height="15px" width="15px" alt="information button" />
            </a>
        </h3>
        <div id="imgCache" style="top:25px; bottom:.5em; left:.5em; right:.5em; position:absolute; margin-top:.5em; text-align:left; background-color:#000000; overflow:auto;display:block;"></div>
        <div id="bmSelectShade" style="top:25px; bottom:0; left:0; right:0; position:absolute; display:none; background-color:#ff0000;" onclick="bmOptions(9);"></div>
        <div id="folderCache"></div>
    </div>

 

[essellar]

Which browser and OS? (Chrome on XP doesn't display that behaviour, at least not to me.) Is there any chance that you managed to engage scroll lock on your pointing device, even momentarily?

 

[fflandrath53]

I should have mentioned that it's happening on latest Opera. I'll check other browsers tomorrow. I have also noticed it is intermittent... especially now that I've pointed it out
Thanks essellar.

 

[fflandrath53]

You are right, does not happen in Chrome, also not in FF. I didn't test ie because the application runs very poorly on it...