Odd problems with Spry features

Question

I have finished a site at
http://www.magnoliaparkburbank.org
that uses many Spry features such as autosuggest, master-detail
regions and css classes built into the xml files. The site has been
developed on a Mac but I have a BrowserCam account with remote
access so I can test the site on multiple platforms and browsers.
My client is reporting odd behavior on some of the features.
Particularly problematic is the store directory section. When the
user clicks on "Neighborhood Directory" a pop up window opens with
an html page that is mostly Spry driven. The client is reporting
problems in the select menu (not all categories showing up) I have
worked hard on the autosuggest feature with the help of Donald and
Kinblas. The auto-suggest seems to work sometimes and not at other
times. The user is supposed to be able to type the complete store
name or part of the store name to see the address and phone number
of that particular store. If the user wants to search again he
clicks the search again and the fields are cleared. Sometimes
things just seems to get stuck. There is also a problem in some
browsers (Firefox) that does not allow the user to return to the
parent window. I am looking for some feedback, suggestions and/or
advice on the useability of this site. This is all complicated by
the fact that the bulk of the site is in Flash including the call
to open the browser window for the store directory.
Thank you so much for any help!

Answer 1

Hi Marlene,
The close window problem is due to the IE hack
window.opener='x' that you have in the href of your close window
link. If you are trying to figure out how to prevent IE from
prompting the user to see if it is ok to close the window
programatically, do a net search on "window.opener='x'" and you'll
see some pages that discuss a way of using openWindow to trick IE
into not prompting the user based on the window name ... I believe
the discussion centers around how that also works for other
browsers like FF, etc.
Regarding your auto-suggest problems, we'll need specifics
from you as to what isn't working properly, what browser and
platform, and what your expectations are in specific situations.
For example what is your expectation when your user types in
"siren" and hits return? etc.
--== Kin ==--