Bit of a strange one - Menubar anomaly

challengemaster

Using the forum default skin

Basically, the menubar which should be static, isn't static... when the page is scrolled, it also moves (off the screen).

The "problem" is happening on a new Macbook Pro Retina 13" running OSX 10.8.1, in Safari and Chrome, both up to date.

Thankfully I'm able to test this side-by-side on multiple machines at once. It's not happening on my Win7 PC (Chrome or Firefox) or my older 13" Macbook running OSX 10.6.8 (Chrome/Firefox/Safari).

It's also not an issue with add-ons or extensions. Chrome is cloud synced across all devices, so same extensions are on each. And safari has no add ons installed.

TPD

How wide is the browser window? For me (Chrome Win7), the menu bar stays at the top of the screen if the window is roughly 950 pixels or less - but follows the vertical scrolling when wider than this.

That you've bolded retina makes me think this isn't the issue, but just in case..

challengemaster

TPD wrote: »

How wide is the browser window? For me (Chrome Win7), the menu bar stays at the top of the screen if the window is roughly 950 pixels or less - but follows the vertical scrolling when wider than this.

That you've bolded retina makes me think this isn't the issue, but just in case..

I always have browsers maximized. On the older macbook, screen resolution is 1280x800. On the PC it's 1980x1080, and on the MBP Retina it's 2560x1600.

Boards.ie: Danny

Do you mean that your sticky header is no longer sticky? Can you grab some screenshots of the issue please? Have you tried logging in and out?

Thanks

Danny

challengemaster

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

Do you mean that your sticky header is no longer sticky? Can you grab some screenshots of the issue please? Have you tried logging in and out?

Thanks

Danny

Hi Danny,

Here's the screenshots. Sorry for not embedding but they're 2560x1600

http://omg.wthax.org/Screen_Shot_2013_01_08_at_182918.png

http://omg.wthax.org/Screen_Shot_2013_01_08_at_182926.png

As you can see, these were taken while not logged in (nor had I ever previously logged in with Safari on the MBP). The same happens while logged in on Chrome. And I've just tried logging in and out, makes no difference.

Boards.ie: Danny

Thanks for that, it's a sticky header problem.

Since it is device specific and I don't have a retina display MBP 13" let's suspect is that your device is being detected as a touch device and the header is being forced to unstick (because the sticky header doesn't play well with touch devices).

Please excuse the crude method, but can you visit this page and tell me if an alert box comes up with true or false. I'd be expecting false for non-touch devices. If no alert box shows up then my coding skills have failed me and I'm going home

Danny

challengemaster

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

Thanks for that, it's a sticky header problem.

Since it is device specific and I don't have a retina display MBP 13" let's suspect is that your device is being detected as a touch device and the header is being forced to unstick (because the sticky header doesn't play well with touch devices).

Please excuse the crude method, but can you visit this page and tell me if an alert box comes up with true or false. I'd be expecting false for non-touch devices. If no alert box shows up then my coding skills have failed me and I'm going home

Danny

Sorry to throw a spanner into the works, but it's showing up false - which means its being recognized as a non-touch device.

http://omg.wthax.org/Screen_Shot_2013_01_08_at_190525.png

On the bright side, just to verify your code isn't the problem, I checked on my iPhone - gave a true. So there's no need to run home and cry just yet

http://omg.wthax.org/photo_19.png

Boards.ie: Danny

It was a shot in the dark all right. I'm going to check my own MBP 13" with 1.8.1 when I head home in a few. Failing that I'm gonna try get my hands on a retina display and see if I can track down the bug

Thanks

Danny

challengemaster

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

It was a shot in the dark all right. I'm going to check my own MBP 13" with 1.8.1 when I head home in a few. Failing that I'm gonna try get my hands on a retina display and see if I can track down the bug

Thanks

Danny

No problem Danny.

If you can't get your hands on a retina MBP, or think of anything in the mean time - feel free to PM me, I'd be happy to test things for you.