safari alert box issue

maheshmnair4

In safari when i call a javascript function in an onclick event , an alert box appears with the given message, In alert box i need to clik twice in ok button to work . Why is it so?. in all other browsers it works fine.
please help me
regards
Mahesh

big_nerd

maheshmnair4,

This message is best left in the Client Side Technologies, where javascript experts can help you.

However, if you can post your JavaScript code so that we can see what is happening.

To ensure that your Safari is working correctly try the following:

<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="alert('Testing me! Do you have to click twice?');">Try the alert box</a>"

Try this on its own - you need to ensure that Safari is working with Alert boxes correctly.

If it is - post your code here (be sure to post it between [code] and [/code] or [php] and [/php] BBCode Tags.

maheshmnair4

I tried the above code, it has also the same problem in safari.

richardCary

I ran the following two basic cases which are claimed to click for just once. For me on Win7 Safari 5.0.5, I still have to click the "OK" button twice to close the alert for both cases.

Is there some known solution available to fix this Safari bug?

Thanks.

Richard

<html>

   <head> 
     <title>Add String (Javascript)</title>
      <script type="text/javascript"> 
	   function addString()
	   {
	       var abc = "Hello";
		   var xyz = abc + " " + "World!";
		   alert(xyz);
	   }
      </script> 
   </head>

<body>
<input type="button" id="btnAdd" name="btnAdd" value="Click Here!" onclick="addString()" />
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="alert('Testing me! Do you have to click twice?');">Try the alert box</a>"
</body>
</html>

bradgrafelman

richardCary;10994740 wrote:
Is there some known solution available to fix this Safari bug?

Yup: Don't use Safari on Windows.

🙂

(Really, though, that sounds like the best solution to me, especially considering it's a known problem...)

Bonesnap

bradgrafelman;10994743 wrote:
Yup: Don't use Safari

Fixed. 😉

But honestly, upgrade your Safari. You're using an old version and I've run into random issues with 5.0.4 and 5.0.5 before. The current version is 5.1.2.

johanafm

I'm curious. Is there really any point in testing in Safari for Windows at all? Safari for OSX, certainly, but are there really more than 5 people world wide using Safari for Windows, is it worth the effort to test for these five people.

Bonesnap

johanafm;10995173 wrote:
I'm curious. Is there really any point in testing in Safari for Windows at all? Safari for OSX, certainly, but are there really more than 5 people world wide using Safari for Windows, is it worth the effort to test for these five people.

For those of us who don't (and never will) own Macs, it's the best we have.

Ashley_Sheridan

I think I found out what is causing it, and it looks like an odd bug in Safari.

When the dialog appears, even though it looks like it does, it doesn't actually have proper focus, so the first click (anywhere on the alert dialogue, not just the button, try it) focuses it, and then clicking on the button works as expected.

I'm not sure whether this is some sort of 'feature' though. For example, once the alert dialogue shows, I can highlight stuff on the page behind it, but only once. If I try to interact with the page after that first time, the dialogue flashes at me as I would expect a modal dialogue to do.

bradgrafelman

Ashley Sheridan;10995868 wrote:
I'm not sure whether this is some sort of 'feature' though.

Most likely it was, namely to prevent accidental interaction with the (possibly unexpected) modal dialogue.

For example, say you're typing a reply here in the forums, and suddenly a Javascript alert is triggered (by an async. operation, a timer, etc. etc.) which pops up a message that steals focus. If you aren't quick on your reflexes, you might continue typing along and hit the spacebar/return key. If the dialogue automatically grabbed focus, you would probably have just cancelled the alert without ever being able to read it.

Thus, the "first click acknowledges change in focus" behavior was probably meant to help the end user, while it seems like it has ended up doing the opposite in most cases.

richardCary

The "OK" button is designed to close the alert dialog by receiving just one click.

There are two scenarios in which Safari can close the alert dialog in one click:
1. if it is launched by "onload", for example:
<body onload="alert('close me by one click')"></body>

if it is lauched through the "console dialog" in the Safari "Web Inspector".

But still, the bug stays unresolved.