Bug? Pushpin text gets misplaced if pushpin located at the bottom of map

Bug? Pushpin text gets misplaced if pushpin located at the bottom of map

• HowardRichards

  Release date expected for this fix
  

• Bakerboy60

  Hey thanks.

  Well not being one to sit back and wait I've done something similar. The issue is we need the ID of the pin that was rolled over.

  Well since we are generating the content for the pin, it dawned on me that the title of the pin is not used. So i simply stored the ID of the pin as its title.

  Then changed the code to:

  function PinHover(x, y, title, details)
  {
  
  var ID = title;
  //var ID = event.srcElement.parentNode.id;
  var e=document.getElementById(ID+"_"+map.GUID);

  if(e!=null&&e!="undefined")
  {
  window.ero.setBoundingArea(
  new Microsoft.Web.Geometry.Point(0,0),
  new Microsoft.Web.Geometry.Point(document.body.clientWidth,document.body.clientHeight));
  window.ero.setContent("<div id='VPOP" + ID + "'>Loading...</div>");
  window.ero.dockToElement(e);
  getAJAXContent(ID);
  }
  }

  Still testing but its getting there. Slight misplacement in FF.

  John.

  
  
  

• mliesmons

  I am having the exact same problem using v4, anyone know of a workaround
  
  

• Muhsin Zahid U&amp;#287;ur

  I did finally get it working in Firefox. The problem code is this: 'event.srcElement.parentNode.id'. The event.srcElement only works in IE. However I was never able to find a relable Firefox version to use. So I came up with a way to get around having to use this line of code.

  What I did was this:

  1. I made the pins array global.

  2. Then for every pin I assigned them a number that corresponded to each point and use that as the number in the array to associate with the pin. Like so:

  var pin = new VEPushpin( /*someNumber*/, new VELatLong(Lat, Lng), /*ICON*/, /*titleInformation*/, "someNumber" /*Details*/);

  pins[someNumber] = pin;
  map.AddPushpin(pin);

  3. Then when the pinHover function got called, I regained the association like so:

  function PinHover(x, y, title, details/*This item now has my someNumber*/)
  {

  pin = pins[details];
  currentPin = details;
  getInfo();

  }

  4. You can now access the information within the Pin.

  I hope that helps you out.

  -- Erick_the_Redd

  
  

• MLyons10

  This is pretty whacky, indeed. It is an "edge-case" (few people will ever stumble on it, given all the things you had to do to repro it), but I've filed a bug about it because it should be fixed.

  Thanks for a) finding it, b) figuring out how to repro it, and c) reporting it.

  
  

• rock.aut

  This bug still exists in v4 Are you guys planning to fix it at all
  
  

• AndyL

  I have had the same problem. I went around and around with it. And I finally found a solution that fixes it. It does have to do with the page fold.

  I tested it like this:

  1. I copied the

  <div id="map" style="width:550px;height:500px;position:relative;"></div>

  As far up to the top of my page as I could get it. Ran it and no problems what so ever.

  2. I copied the same code and placed it as low as I could on my page. Re-ran it and my pushpin windows opened at the very top of my map window.

  The trouble codes is this:

  window.ero.setBoundingArea(
  new Microsoft.Web.Geometry.Point(0,0),
  new Microsoft.Web.Geometry.Point(document.body.clientWidth,document.body.clientHeight));

  So what I found that fixed it was this:

  window.ero.setBoundingArea(
  new Microsoft.Web.Geometry.Point(0,0),
  new Microsoft.Web.Geometry.Point(document.body.clientWidth,document.body.clientHeight+600));

  Same code, but I added some amount of room to the "document.body.clientHeight" attribute. This fixed the problem. I used this code in conjunction with opening my pushpin windows by AJAX calls. So I am not sure where you would add it for non-AJAX.

  Take a look at: http://www.viavirtualearth.com/VVE/Forum/2/378.ashx --> This is a great example of how to AJAX your pushpins.

  I hope this helps out.

  --Erick_the_Redd

  
  

• piportill4

  Hi there,

  I've noticed that this issue also arises when the map is completely 'below the fold' (i.e. you must scroll to see the map). I'm trying to integrate a Virtual Earth map onto a page where the map content resides further down the page and must be scrolled to. Using the sample code from the Interactive SDK, here's an extremely rough example of how my page is structured:

  <html>
  <head>
  <title></title>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
  <script src="http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v3/mapcontrol.js"></script>
  <script>
  var map = null;
  var pinID = 1;
  
  function GetMap()
  {
  map = new VEMap('myMap');
  map.LoadMap();
  }
  
  function AddPin()
  {
  var pin = new VEPushpin(
  pinID,
  map.GetCenter(),
  null,
  'My pushpin',
  'This is pushpin number '+pinID
  );
  map.AddPushpin(pin);
  pinID++;
  }
  </script>
  </head>
  <body onload="GetMap();AddPin();">
  <div style="height:600px;"></div>
  <div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px;"></div>
  </body>
  </html>

  In both IE 7 & Firefox, the pushpin overlay is positioned incorrectly when you need to scroll to the map. Will this be addressed in the upcoming release for Nov. 7 Thanks in advance.

  
  

• ititrx

  I'm using version 5 and recently found this problem and finally found something on the message boards about it.
  
  Anyways, I just tried version 6 and this is still not fixed ! ! ! ! Two versions have passed, lets get this fixed!
  
  Now I need to see if the solutions posted here will work....argh!
  
  

• Laura06

  Here are some related posts I have dug up for future reference if anyone else has the problem:
  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=2462528&SiteID=1
  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1670388&SiteID=1
  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1663349&SiteID=1
  
  So far, the suggestion on this thread seems to be my best bet at fixing this on my end.
  
  

• ShawnKY

  Hey Eric,

  with the AJAX pushpin code, did you get something working in Firefox or just IE

  I'm assuming the code at the ViaVE forum is missing something really simple to make it work. (or maybe it's just me ;))

  John.

  
  
  
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