Problems with Content Add pop-up window

I get this occasionally on Firefox 2.0.0.x - it's usually if I've used a different tab then return to the panel, refreshing the page usually makes it work again, but if I'm entering content, go off to look for something, then return to the tab, it can result in losing whatever was in there.

Could you confirm if this always happens in Firefox, or just intermittently? And which version of Firefox?

hmm. If I get a chance later I'll try to work out the specific steps taken on firefox 2 (XP) to reproduce this, then run them on IE7 and IE6 to see if it's present on those at all on my system.

OK to reproduce on Firefox 2.0.0.x

Have two firefox tabs open on the same drupal site.

In one, have the panels content interface.

In the other, have a node or something else.

Edit and save a node or comment.

Try to "add custom content" or open existing custom content, and you'll get "The input was invalid". This results in loss of data if you have input in an add custom content form, switch tabs, then go back and try to save it.

IE7 and Opera tests later hopefully.

OK confirmed exactly the same behaviour as #5 with IE7/XP.

Gracearoha - are you using Alpha10 or the latest -dev snapshot?

I believe this is related to how Panels caches the display you're working on. As you make changes, it saves the display in the 'cache' table so that there is a temporary location.

If this table gets cleared, you lose your work. In a future version I'll switch to using a private cache table so this can't happen, but it's annoying that I have to.

Don't close this just yet; I'm not convinced it is fixed.

Just to confirm I'm still getting the same behaviour described in #5 with alpha 11.

You should upgrade first to alpha 11, gracearoha.

I have alpha 11 and am having the same problem. Both in firefox and safari on OS X. This happens even with fresh single browser windows.

One thing to check out; older versions of devel.module, or any module which appends content at the end of the page, can interfere with the AJAX functionality and cause problems like this. If you have devel.module make sure to update it to the latest, or disable any output that it makes and see if this is related to your problem.

Devel module not in use on my site at the moment, although like I said I only get intermittent (cache clear it seems given your posts) issues.

I can confirm the same issue on MacOS Firefox / Safari / Opera

Not only on add content either, configure as well. [See screenshot] It's like the temporary window renders underneath the content for a little while, then returns dissapears again, before panels dialogue renders.

Still the same problem here. I have tried on a fresh install with no devel module. I also am using mac osx and same problem with firefox/safari.

Same problem here MacOS Firefox / Safari / Opera, also on windows IE and Firefox

add content won't pop-up on Firefox 2.08, using alpha 11..

getting this in error console:

Error: $("#modalContent").top is not a function
Source File: http://www.andersonfreepress.net/modules/panels/js/lib/mc.js
Line: 49

Thanks,
kpaul

#22 might be related to having updated jquery but without having any kind of backward compatibility issue. It's known that mc.js won't work with jquery > 1.0 but it does seem to work when using the jquery update module.

Is there anyone in this issue having problems that has not gotten some kind of jquery update? and are the problems still occurring in alpha14 or later?

I've not had any problems whatsoever, as long as I don't use jQuery Update.

I originally had the problem without jQuery update but have since installed it. I'm not actually using anything that requires it now - so could revert and try again if that's any use? Hopefully someone else can confirm either way who's got a non-updated setup but otherwise I'll do that some time this week.

Same issue here, and I do need the newer version of jQuery.

This is related to this: http://drupal.org/node/163509#comment-587306

Can we please get some attention directed at changing that? I just looked at the code myself, but I have a hard enough time with basic JavaScript, let alone jQuery.

Be patient, seanr. Since I'm not using jquery update, it's hard for me to replicate the issues people are seeing, and the varied bug reports that don't contain a full accounting of the environment serve to confuse the issue as much as help. It's hard to tell what's wrong here, so fixing it can be a pain.

OK I'm still getting this on alpha14, no jQuery update any more.

Just to confirm what the bug is for me:

open up something like: admin/panels/panel-page/display_25/edit/content

in a different firefox tab, do some stuff (save a node, save a view, whatever).

Then when I click the add pane or edit pane button in any region or pane, I get:

the input was invalid

If I drag and drop something - this is fine, and saves. So it's just adding/editing panes that's playing up for me.

So exactly the same as #5, and I think merlin's possible explanation in #9 is still the most likely.

For anyone who was having problems where editing content in one tab was messed up by activity such as saving nodes in another tab, THAT problem has been fixed. (I think there are many different errors here). I'm reserving this issue for errors related to the caching. Non cache related js errors will require their own issues.

merlin, thanks!