Environment
Firefox 2.0.0.5
Visual Studio 2005 (8.0.50727.42)
.NET Framework 2.0.50727
Issue
When I encounter a page in my project that programatically adds a JavaScript Alert to the page during a postback, the background color appears to not be set properly when the page renders after the user closes the alert dialog box.
Example Project
Default.aspx
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Firefox Rendering Issue Test</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="olive">
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div style="background-color:Tan;">
<br />
<asp:Button ID="myButton" runat="server" Text="Do Something!" />
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Default.aspx.vb
Partial Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub myButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles myButton.Click
Response.Output.Write("<script language=""JavaScript"">alert('Here is the alert that will ruin my day.')</script>")
End Sub
End Class
Screenshots
Before
After
Solution
The background can be fixed by making the window redraw itself. This can be done by doing a quick Alt+Tab to another window, then back again. But, this should never happen in the first place.
Considerations
If this topic has been discussed elsewhere, please point me in the right direction. The issue is very hard to search for given its very generic terms: "Firefox" "Render" "Postback" "Alert". I just can't find anything useful via Google or Forum searches.
If this is strictly a Firefox issue, please let me know. I'll move on to a Firefox community for suggestions.
Your Suggestions
I would prefer to fix this issue by doing something other than changing the way that I am displaying the error message. There are many alerts that are added to the page in a similar fashion throughout the project. But, I'm not sure that there is another way to deal with this issue.
All thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.