[OpenLayers-Users] Framed Cloud Popup - Tail interferring with layer

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 04:06:40AM -0700, soatley wrote:
> 
> I am having a problem using the popups to display data and have confirmed it
> with the 'Popup Matrix' example :
> http://www.openlayers.com/dev/examples/popupMatrix.html
> 
> To re-create, click on the very bottom row of popups (overflow:hidden) of
> the first 'min size (400X400)' column.  You should see the popup appear
> above the row.  Now try and click on one of the markers right by the tail. 
> The easiest one to try is the marker right above the one you just clicked
> on.  
> 
> This happens in Firefox, Safari and IE 8  (haven't tried 7).  In
> Firefox/Safari, it is worse than IE.  In IE, it is just the markers by the
> tail that are affected.  In the others, it is the markers that are below the
> popup but parallel to the tail.  
> 
> This is a problem for me because I use popups to show property information
> and quite often, the properties are beside one-and-other or in that area
> below the popup.  
> 
> Has anyone tried a work-around for this?

I created a popup with a smaller tail for my applications as a
workaround to this. It's definitely not browser specific, and has always
affected the code.

Good luck.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta