Slow iframe rendering - firefox

[reflex]

Hi,

i am using onmouse tooltip on my website. Under them i use iframe to
hide form elements if is tooltip above them. Everything works fine
only at firefox there is +-1sec "refresh" when tooltip function is
called and iframe is appended to the document.

CODE:
//create iframe element
var ifr = document.createElement('iframe');
// i try this to avoid "refreshing"
ifr.src = 'javascript:null';
ifr.style.position = "absolute";
ifr.style.border = 0;
ifr.border = 0;
ifr.id = lbl+'_ifr';
// position it under tooltip div
ifr.style.top = o.style.top;
ifr.style.left = o.style.left;
ifr.style.width = o.offsetWidth;
ifr.style.height = o.offsetHeight;
//append to the body
document.body.appendChild(ifr);

When i comment append method, function works fast in FF. I know that
FF is very slow with javascript but this is more then i expected.

Thx for help

 

[Steve]

Reflex,

Don't worry at all, the iframe is not needed for Firefox PERIOD.

The iframe is only required for IE6 and below, and is the classic hack
to block out select elements that don't obey they z-ordering.

only load the iframe for IE6 and below (this was fixed in IE7)...
since it will unnecessarily create a brand new window object that
isn't needed at all.

Cheers
Steve

 

[marss]

Hi,

i am using onmouse tooltip on my website. Under them i use iframe to
hide form elements if is tooltip above them. Everything works fine
only at firefox there is +-1sec "refresh" when tooltip function is
called and iframe is appended to the document.

Steve is completely right, but if it is hard to modify code or you use
iframe for another purpose then remove
ifr.src = 'javascript:null';
and don't set src property at all.
Regards, Mykola

 

[reflex]

Thx both of you! I dont realize that i dont have to use iframe with
firefox.

iframe for another purpose then remove
ifr.src = 'javascript:null';

I tried this before. It is purposely to avoid iframe "refreshing". I
dont need answer anymore, but i will be happy to know solution how to
avoid this "refreshing".


Cya
reflex