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Dropdown list problem on Macs

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crystalized

crystalized

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Hi everyone,

I have got a problem with a very long dropdown list that does not work properly on a Mac. The list goes off the screen and does not provide a scrolling option to move through the list.

We see the problem on two different Mac OS's and two different versions of NS on those Macs.

Now for the odd part (at least odd to me) when we take the code for the dropdown list and put it into a test page. The first one was test.cfm, and we encounter the exact same problem. The second one was a test.htm and guess what the problem disappears.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this problem? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Crystal
crystalized_s@yahoo.com

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Please post the test page code (the .cfm file) that causes the error. The html page would be static and not help, since more than likely improper cfml is causing the problem.

-Tek
 
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I am not the developer of the code, as such I don't have access to the original source code, but I have asked the developer to send me the source in the two testing files he created. Here is the source for the files which are identical except that one is named test.cfm and the other is test.htm. I think looking at this shows the simplest variant of the problem. It is just a long dropdown list that works with an htm extension but does not with a cfm extension. I would also mention that on the same testing machines we looked at another departments page that had a long dropdown list on a php page that also displayed properly.

[tt]

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot;>
</head>

<body>
<form>
<select name=&quot;select2&quot; >
<option value=&quot;&quot;>Select One</option>
<option value=&quot;180&quot;>Accounting</option>
<option value=&quot;181&quot;>Advancement</option>
<option value=&quot;182&quot;>Ag and Bioresource Engineering</option>
<option value=&quot;183&quot;>Agricultural Economics</option>
<option value=&quot;184&quot;>Agriculture</option>
<option value=&quot;185&quot;>Alumni & Development</option>
<option value=&quot;186&quot;>Anaesthesia</option>
<option value=&quot;187&quot;>Anatomy and Cell Biology</option>
<option value=&quot;188&quot;>Animal and Poultry Science</option>
<option value=&quot;189&quot;>Applied Microbiology and Food Science</option>
<option value=&quot;190&quot;>Archaeology</option>
<option value=&quot;191&quot;>Archives</option>
<option value=&quot;192&quot;>Art and Art History</option>
<option value=&quot;193&quot;>Arts & Science</option>
<option value=&quot;194&quot;>Audit Services</option>
<option value=&quot;195&quot;>Biochemistry</option>
<option value=&quot;196&quot;>Biological Diagnostic & Surg. Sciences</option>
<option value=&quot;197&quot;>Biology</option>
<option value=&quot;198&quot;>Biomedical Engineering</option>
<option value=&quot;199&quot;>Bookstore</option>
<option value=&quot;200&quot;>Briercrest Bible College</option>
<option value=&quot;201&quot;>Campus Recreation</option>
<option value=&quot;202&quot;>Central Pentecostal College</option>
<option value=&quot;203&quot;>Centre for Second Language Instruction</option>
<option value=&quot;326&quot;>Centre for Study of Co-operatives</option>
<option value=&quot;204&quot;>Chancellor</option>
<option value=&quot;205&quot;>Chemical Engineering</option>
<option value=&quot;206&quot;>Chemistry</option>
<option value=&quot;207&quot;>Civil Engineering</option>
<option value=&quot;208&quot;>College of Emmanuel and St. Chad</option>
<option value=&quot;209&quot;>Commerce</option>
<option value=&quot;210&quot;>Communications</option>
<option value=&quot;211&quot;>Community and Clinical Dentistry</option>
<option value=&quot;212&quot;>Community Health and Epidemiology</option>
<option value=&quot;213&quot;>Computer Science</option>
<option value=&quot;214&quot;>Conference and Catering</option>
<option value=&quot;215&quot;>Consumer Services</option>
<option value=&quot;216&quot;>Continuing Medical Education</option>
<option value=&quot;217&quot;>Continuing Nursing Education</option>
<option value=&quot;218&quot;>Continuing PD for Pharmacists</option>
.
.
About 80 options removed from here
.
.
.
<option value=&quot;308&quot;>Surgery</option>
<option value=&quot;309&quot;>The Gwenna Moss TLC</option>
<option value=&quot;333&quot;>Toxicology</option>
<option value=&quot;310&quot;>U of S International</option>
<option value=&quot;311&quot;>U of S Library</option>
<option value=&quot;312&quot;>U of S Technologies Inc.</option>
<option value=&quot;337&quot;>Unclassified Studies</option>
<option value=&quot;313&quot;>University Secretary</option>
<option value=&quot;314&quot;>USSU</option>
<option value=&quot;315&quot;>Veterinary Biomedical Sciences</option>
<option value=&quot;316&quot;>Veterinary Medicine</option>
<option value=&quot;317&quot;>Veterinary Microbiology</option>
<option value=&quot;318&quot;>Veterinary Pathology</option>
<option value=&quot;334&quot;>VIDO - Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization</option>
<option value=&quot;319&quot;>Virtual College of Biotechnology</option>
<option value=&quot;322&quot;>VP Academic</option>
<option value=&quot;320&quot;>VP Finance and Resources</option>
<option value=&quot;321&quot;>VP Research</option>
<option value=&quot;330&quot;>Western Beef Development</option>
<option value=&quot;323&quot;>Womens and Gender Studies</option>
</select>



</form>
</body>
</html>


[/tt]

Again any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Crystal
crystalized_s@yahoo.com

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Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

-Oscar Wilde

 
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There is no cfml in that post. I think the reason the cfm page does not render properly is because there is a problem with the cfml code that renders it.

Since ColdFusion only returns html to the browser, there should be no difference if the cfml page returns the EXACT SAME output as the static html page, so I need to see the cfml code that produces/populates the select box.

-Tek
 
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