Just an FYI. This bug is now logged in Jira under the following issue: http://jira.dspace.org/jira/browse/DS-378
Thanks again for reporting it, Alice. Hopefully we can find a fix soon. - Tim Tim Donohue wrote: > (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. 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