FP2000: Font Dialog Box Appears When Double-Clicking Form Field

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you double-click a drop-down menu form field, the Font dialog box appears rather than the Drop-Down Menu Properties dialog box. In addition, if you right-click the form field, the Form Field Properties command is not listed on the menu that appears. This behavior is different than expected.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the <font> tag is placed between the <select> tag and the <option> tags, similar to the following example:

<select size="1" name="D1">
<font face="tahoma">
<option>apples</option>
<option>oranges</option>
<option>pears</option>
</font>
</select>

RESOLUTION

Modify the HTML source and move the <font> tag so that it is placed before the <select> tag, similar to the following:

<font face="tahoma">
<select size="1" name="D1">
<option>apples</option>
<option>oranges</option>
<option>pears</option>
</select>
</font>

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: front page

Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999