IE 7 & IE 8&9 Compat View: Image dialog gets huge, if image has Large Alternate text

[Satya Minnekanti]

To reproduce the defect:

1. Open any CK Editor sample & open Image Properties dialog.

2. Insert an URL for the image and enter some Alternate text which as at least 250 words

3. Click your mouse on the dialog & drag the dialog to the end of the screen.

Issue: Image Properties dialog gets huge and it expands to the size of the screen

Th dialog looks huge even when we close it bring it up again. we have to close and re-open the editor to get the dialog to normal size. Reproduced in IE7, IE8 & IE9 Compat view

[Jakub Ś]

1. To reproduce use the below tag on page:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

2. Copy contents from test.txt
3. Open image dialog, paste the text in "Alternative text" filed
4. Start moving the dialog. I got the best results when moving dialog to the left viewport border.

Problem has been reproducible from CKEditor 3.0.2.

NOTE: Issue can be also reproduced in IE8 and IE9 when using Tools -> Compatibility View Settings

[Damian]

Is there any update to this ticket? I'm looking for a patch at the moment.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

Replying to j.swiderski:

Your TC is confirmed with IE9+Compat as well. No need of special configurations.

That's clearly an IE issue. Let's hope a workaround can be easily found.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

Basically, it looks like we need to enforce a fixed width for the field on IE8-.

[Garry Yao]

8971.patch is not a solution but rather a hack.

[Garry Yao]

It looks like the bug can be workaround with a absolute positioned input element.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

So we're in a hack competition at this point :) I just wanted to be less risky :P

Anyway, your patch looks good. What a browser bug like this could ask for? ;)

[Garry Yao]

Fixed with [7512].