jquery ui dialog jumps sometimes

We have a tool (using jquery ui) which we can load through a bookmark. We use this tool to analyze the websites in our content network.

Now I have the problem that the tool is positioned right on some sites. On other sites it's positioned offset, eg. sometimes at the end of the site or far too right.

I discovered that on the sites where it is positioned wrong jquery ui puts an inline style with "position: relative". When I close the dialog and reload it the inline style has "position: absolute".

On the sites with the right position the inline style has a "position: absolute" from the start. I already tried to give the dialog a "position: absolute" with my css file which didn't fixed the problem at all.

Does somebody have the same problem? How can I solve that matter?

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kbwood.au

Re: jquery ui dialog jumps sometimes

7 years ago

Can you provide a page (or pages) that shows the problem? What are you doing differently between the sites that work and the ones that don't?

Leo Jad

Re: jquery ui dialog jumps sometimes

7 years ago

Unfortunately I can't provide a test page. The sites on which we use our tools aren't maintained by us, so I can't tell what's the difference.

Here are some sites where our tool isn't working properly:

www.ahano.de
www.biowellmed.de
...

Sites which are working:
www.netzathleten.de
www.entertainweb.de
...

watusiware

Re: jquery ui dialog jumps sometimes

7 years ago

We have a tool (using jquery ui) which we can load through a bookmark. We use this tool to analyze the websites in our content network.

What does that even mean?

What does "load through a bookmark" mean?

Is this "tool" some sort of browser plugin or extension? If so, for what browser(s)?

Is there some code of yours that the sites include in their pages?

Injecting some JS code into arbitrary sites and having it work as expected AND not interfere with the correct operation of the site is I imagine a tough task. It's made tougher by using jQuery UI!

(I use LastPass, which installs browser extensions for filling passwords. It has a similar requirement for popups. It more or less works on most sites, but hasn't alway, and still doesn't in all cases. I'd imagine there are many bald engineers at LastPass who used to have a full head of hair...)

Leo Jad

Re: jquery ui dialog jumps sometimes

7 years ago

I guess I should have explained a bit better:

That bookmark I mentioned runs a JS code which loads that tool. So yes it's an injection to read some source elements from that specific site a lot better. But should the positioning be affected since it just should use "position: absolute"? Respectively why should jqueryui decide between absolute and relative when positioning the dialog absolute is always the better way?

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