Silverlight - poor mouse position when embedding in an html page when increasing Firefox

Question

We have a Silverlight control embedded in an html page. When I enlarge the html page in FireFox 3.5 (ctrl - +), and then try to click something in the Silverlight control, the mouse input will not be made in the right place.

I need to click on the control to get it. This can be seen here:

http://silverlight.codeplex.com/

Any idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

There are many reports of this problem and some possible fixes.

See these links:

http://forums.silverlight.net/p/227806/614938.aspx

"I decided to try uninstalling and reinstalling firefox, and that did the trick."

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/795168

"Enabling plugin-container.exe in about: config (dom.ipc.plugins.enabled) fixes the mouse problem, but then the Silverlight plug-in pop-ups (like webcam / microphone resolution) freeze the browser."

Windowless Silverlight (and Flash?) In Firefox: Incorrect Mouse Messages

"This problem does not occur if you do one of the following:

• Switch Firefox to full screen mode (it seems that the top panel is causing the bias, so when it is not visible, there is no bias).
• Do not use Silverlight in windowless mode.
• Use any other browser.

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In my research, I came across the following suggested workarounds ...:

• Do not use overflow in css.
• Use css to set the 1px html field.
• Do not use iframe "