Fwd: RE: WebCGM Test Suite question

[Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>]

Another workaround, for anyone that has run into the same annoyance as Rob, 
on some of the dynamic10 tests...

>From: Robert Orosz <roboro@auto-trol.com>
>To: 'Lofton Henderson' <lofton@rockynet.com>
>Subject: RE: WebCGM Test Suite question
>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:22:50 -0600
>
>Hi Lofton,
>
>Thanks for the reply.  The workaround is even simpler than what you
>describe.  As I was selecting the text in that frame, I noticed that IE
>started scrolling to allow me to select the initially out-of-frame text.
>So, you can scroll just by starting to select text!
>
>I'll probably keep my text size on the "smallest" setting for now.  That is
>the easiest solution.
>
>Rob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lofton Henderson [mailto:lofton@rockynet.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:57 AM
>To: Robert Orosz
>Cc: cgmo-webcgm@lists.oasis-open.org
>Subject: Re: WebCGM Test Suite question
>
>
>Hi Rob,
>
>Thanks for the feedback.  I'm going to Cc: the TC list on my reply.
>
>At 09:22 AM 10/2/2006 -0600, Robert Orosz wrote:
> >Lofton,
> >
> >I have a question for you regarding the WebCGM 2.0 test suite.  In the
> >dynamic 1.0 tests, scrolling is disabled on the middle two frames
>(scrolling
> >attribute set to "no" on the frame tag).  Is there a specific reason for
> >this?
>
>During the original TS design, I made this choice in order to keep the
>available "real estate" maximal in those two middle frames, and I thought
>that all tests could be written to not need scrolling there, in typical
>viewing conditions.
>
>On your particular case (attached), the upgrade of this test from 1.0 to
>2.0 involved adding the bold text at the top of the right-middle
>window.  From your screenshot, that apparently pushed the link line out of
>the window in your browser.
>
> >The reason I ask, is because on some of the tests with text initially
> >in the right frame, some of the content is cut off.  In some cases the
> >hyperlinks are also cut off, and I can't execute the test since there are
>no
> >scrollbars to navigate to the rest of the content!
>
>There is a temporary workarounds:  select the text in that frame, and on
>the IE pull-down menu "view->text size", reduce the text size.  I use
>"small" as default, and it views okay.
>
>Ideally, we would find and implement a solution that wouldn't require
>this.  But ... I simply don't have the time to do it now.
>
>Regards,
>-Lofton.
>
>
> >I've attached a screenshot of one of these tests which illustrates the
> >problem.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Rob
> >
> >  <<WebCGM-TS-problem.jpg>>