[BNM] Suckerfish dropdowns and IE flicker

[David Andrew]

I sweated many hours over this issue to the point

a) I couldn't work out what was going on
b) Never using dropdowns ever again

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On 07/09/06, Matt Keogh <Matt at cst-group.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Every time I have used the sons of suckerfish
> (http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/) I have always ran
> into background image flicker problems.
>
> I have tried various solutions including never putting a background image on
> the href which is the main problem with IE flicker, adding a behaviour file
> for IE and changing my cache settings. None of these affect what I am
> seeing.
>
> Changing a cache setting on the server works but isn't always practical.
>
> I've stripped the problem down and found that if I use a Background image on
> the LI as well as using the suckerfish I get either a flicker or at least on
> this example I get a timer icon. I am assuming that the browser struggles a
> bit changing the class of the LI for the suckerfish and using a BG image.
>
> If I take off the background image of the LI  - no problem
>
> If I take off the JS for the suckerfish  - no problem
>
> It is a combination of the 2 that I get the problem.
>
> Apart from not using a background image is there any way of solving this
> ugly effect? - What is the browser doing that it has to display the icon?
>
> I have set up a stripped down version here:
> http://212.74.24.69/test/test.html - does anyone see a flicker or at least
> the timer icon on IE 6? Is there a standards based suckerfish alternative?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
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