I think this issue should be filed to iGoogle support team? - Henry
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Fabrice Lorenceau <florenc...@youfoot.com> wrote: > Hello, > I started using Google Gadgets a few months ago. We initially ran test and > it worked as advertised. :) > But a week ago I started having reports that our Gadgets were being cut off. > It works in Chrome and Safari but in browsers like Firefox 5 and 6 and IE 8 > and 9 the content got cut off. > However the same browsers work when viewing the Gagdet in iGoogle. > > The feature I am trying to use is : Adjusting Height > Dynamically<http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/ui.html#Dyn_Height> > > The gadgets we built are built and hosted using Google Gadget > Editor<http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/tools.html#GGE> > . > Bug example in an external website: > > http://gadget-api.weebly.com/ > > You can also try this in iGoogle (where it works for all browsers... > although the height that is returned is too big when using Webkit browsers) > > http://www.google.com/ig/directory?dpos=top&root=/ig&url=hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/116295437606316835139/Yahootest.xml > Code used in the above demo: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/117257791425777865999/CodeSnippet#5645207035323380322 > > You can get the code here: > http://gg-testing.googlecode.com/svn/yahootest.xml > > > *Work arounds: > * > I also tried all tips I could find in forum such as : > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API/browse_thread/thread/c3aee03c1ef98096) > and placing the function adjust height outside the > _IG_RegisterOnloadHandler(function(), > or trying with _IG_AdjustIFrameHeight > > I got so frustrated, I purchased also bought the Programming Social Apps > book by Jonathan Leblanc which of course recommends using the Adjusting > Height Dynamically feature. In his opinion "The feature should be available > when running inside any OpenSocial container, regardless of whether the > content being loaded has a Shindig / OS backbone."After some digging around > he added: " It appears that the issue has to do with the dynamic-height > JavaScript that Google is using for its offsite gadgets. This appears to be > a Google specific issue and not something spec based as the iGoogle > container works". > > I also tried excellent tips for making iframes communicate: > http://benalman.com/code/projects/jquery-postmessage/examples/iframe/ but > these don't seem to work inside a Gagdet Container which are kind of a black > box... So I am having trouble finding why I can't get any work around > solution! > Debugging: > > When I try testing the Gadget on iGoogle with Gadget Checker ( > http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.gstatic.com/ig/modules/codechecker/codechecker.xml&source=imag > ) > > I get the following error: > > WARNINGUnused features > The gadget doesn't appear to use the dynamic-height feature, although it > requests it. > Recommendation: > Consider removing this line, so your gadget doesn't contain unnecessary > javascript. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! > > > Fabrice Lorenceau >
