(Note for others: Alice forwarded on a copy of the HTML off-list) Alice,
It looks like it is an odd HTML problem and a definite bug in the DSpace XMLUI. It looks like the problem starts with your "Abstract" field, as it doesn't have any hint/help text specified. So, under the "Abstract" field you have an empty tag: <span class="field-help"/> I think this tag is confusing IE7 (for whatever reason). If I place any text in there (e.g. <span class="field-help">test me</span>), then the problem is fixed until the next empty "hint" text occurs. I've also verified this same problem happens in out-of-the-box DSpace 1.5.2, if I remove any of the default <hint> text in the input_forms.xml I'm going to log a bug in DSpace Jira (our issue tracking system). It's likely there's a relatively easy fix, and we can let you know once we're able to resolve it. The quick fix (on your end) would be to make sure that each field has <hint> text specified in your input_forms.xml. Obviously, that's not ideal, so we'll look into a real fix to the issue. Thanks for reporting this! - Tim Stuart Lewis wrote: > Hi Alice, > > Could you post a dump of the HTML for the page for us to look at? > > Thanks, > > > Stuart Lewis > IT Innovations Analyst and Developer > Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library > Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand > Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928 > http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/ > > > On 13/11/2009, at 8:33 AM, Platt, Alice wrote: > > >> Thanks for your response, Tim: >> >> It seems to have started after we added several input fields to the >> submission form. I'm wondering if maybe adding several input fields >> caused a glitch with the way the input-forms.xml file is processed. >> >> I saved the source of the two submission pages that have the problem >> and ran it through the W3C Markup Validation Service, which assured >> me that the XHTML code and the CSS code is valid. >> >> I did take a close look at the source as you suggested (I do usually >> use Firefox; this problem with IE was discovered on someone else's >> computer), and unfortunately I don't see anything out of the ordinary. >> >> I'm using IE Version 7.0. >> >> Quite perplexing! >> >> Alice >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Donohue [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:12 PM >> To: Platt, Alice >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: [Spam ??, Use Caution] Re: [Dspace-tech] incredibly >> shrinking text >> Importance: Low >> >> Alice, >> >> What version of Internet Explorer are you using? I've just tried IE8 >> and >> IE7 and both of them seem to work fine with the out-of-the-box DSpace >> 1.5.2 XMLUI submission process. >> >> It sounds like this could be something in what you've changed (to add >> the new metadata elements). It sounds like a CSS / HTML issue here. >> It's >> likely you could have invalid HTML that is confusing Internet Explorer >> (look especially for odd HTML tags that have nothing in them, like >> <div/> or similar). If you have odd empty HTML tags, sometimes just >> adding a simple space ( ) in the tag will help IE figure things >> out >> properly. >> >> If you use Firefox at all, you also may want to install FireBug >> (http://getfirebug.com/) plugin. This plugin will let you right >> click on >> an area of the page and choose "inspect element" to see the HTML + CSS >> source that is being applied by the web browser. You may want to >> inspect >> the source right around the area where you see the "incredibly >> shrinking >> text" start to happen in IE. >> >> Good luck. Let us know if you need more help. If you figure it out, >> it'd >> also be good to let us know what the resolution was, so that you can >> help others who may come across the same problem in the future. >> >> - Tim >> >> Platt, Alice wrote: >> >>> I haven't gotten any feedback to the following question... hoping for >>> some ideas. >>> >>> Currently, in Internet Explorer only, the submission form text gets >>> smaller and smaller as I scroll down the page. The sidebar is also >>> very, very, very tiny. The text gets so small that it is not >>> readable. >>> I have never seen this before and can't imagine what is causing this >>> to happen. >>> >>> I can send a screen shot to anyone who is interested in seeing what I >>> am seeing. The only thing we've really changed is that we've added so >>> many new metadata elements to the form, but I don't understand how >>> that could be causing this problem. >>> >>> Again, this is only when I use Internet Explorer (I've tried it on >>> different computers, of course). Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome >>> work just fine. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Using DSpace 1.5.2 XMLUI >>> >>> Alice Platt >>> Digital Initiatives Librarian >>> Shapiro Library >>> Southern New Hampshire University >>> 2500 North River Rd >>> Manchester, NH 03106 >>> USA >>> >> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and >> focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. 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