Tab mode: panes not populating correctly

arggem
Everything is fine in "regular" mode, but when I toggle to tab mode, the left and middle panes do not populate correctly. They are essentially blank, or have some random entries. They populate and depopulate as I move the cursor up and down. If I move the cursor to another pane, the previous pane depopulates completely.

Toggle back to "regular" mode...everything is fine again. Toggle back to tab and the same problem.

Really, I don't do drugs.

FF 4.0
extensions disabled
Z 2.1.1
WinXP

The Debug ID is D423202690

Edit: No error report triggered
  • adamsmith
    can you screenshot that in an illustrative way?
  • erazlogo
    Maybe a related issue--Zotero remembers different saved search folders in tab and non-tab mode. For example, I work in folder A in non-tab, then switch to tab and move to folder B. Then I switch to non-tab: I'm back in folder A; work some more, switch to folder C. Then I switch back to tab: I'm back in folder B.
  • SteveM
    I started a similar discussion, but no response. So, I'll second this one. Sometimes, I even get a duplicated source showing in a collection that is supposed to have only one source. Then when toggling the duplicated source disappears. I'll try taking some screen shots as well.
  • arggem
    Here are some screen shots. All I did was move the cursor around. No clicking involved. Too bad I can record the video of it. It's pretty strange.

    http://img703.imageshack.us/g/paneh.jpg/

    @erazlogo: I'm not working with a saved search. Just My Library
  • adamsmith
    that looks wild - maybe your computer is on drugs...
  • arggem
    LOL! I'll see if I can get it to pee in a cup.
  • SteveM
    I got some screen shots for Report ID: 1879432233. They can be seen at:

    http://sites.google.com/site/zoteroscreenshots/

    Thanks,
    Steve
  • dstillman
    edited March 24, 2011
    arggem: Try disabling your other Firefox extensions. That doesn't look like us.

    Elena: We'll look into that.

    SteveM: Still thinking about your issue, but we'll respond on your thread, not this one, which isn't really related.
  • adamsmith
    arggem says he did that... there's nothing else visible on the screenshot either.
  • Simon
    arggem, try disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox and see if this still happens.
  • arggem
    Simon, It still happens even with hardware acceleration disabled.
  • dstillman
    It may not be necessary, but did you restart Firefox after changing the hardware acceleration setting?
  • arggem
    Dan, yes, I restarted Firefox after disabling hardware acceleration.
  • arggem
    FYI: Z 2.1.2...The problem is still here.
  • JJS
    I'm experiencing this as well, in 2.1.5 under Firefox 4, in Tab mode. The editing pane and tree entries blink on and off like Christmas lights as the cursor hovers nearby.
  • JJS
    Update: I believe this is a zooming phenomenon. It's possible to zoom in the editing pane (Ctrl-Mousewheel) to where tree elements disappear; they'll reappear intermittently under the cursor.

    At the default font size, the tree appears intact. So the issue is avoidable. Still, a graceful zoom is a good thing. I was zooming under a window splitting extension, Tile Tabs, to get the narrowest editing window that would not cut off text. Just seemed a little easier than manually sizing the Zotero panes.
  • arggem
    Wow, nice catch JJS!

    Same here. A little experimenting with ctrl + and ctrl - yielded some bizarre results

    Display was normal for -3 -5 Default, +1 +2 +3 +6 +8

    abnormal for -1 -2 -4 +4 +5 +7

    Seems consistent.

    note: +/- x means the +/- key was pressed x times from default
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