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Android Google Chrome: CSS3 Responsive Layout Bug


I have a problem when viewing this site with the latest Chrome for Android on my Stock Jelly Bean Gnex: http://kwitter.org/walialu/1340969834

It renders as it should be when loading the page. Then I flip my phone to change to landscape mode and it breaks the design. I need to refresh the page to let chrome re-rendering the page and then everything looks fine.

When viewing it on the stock Jelly Bean browser everything is rendering as expected.

The HTML for this site looks like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Kwitter.org - Like Twitter with, but with more K!</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_twitext/templates/default/template.css" type="text/css" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
    <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True" />
    <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="320" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/gaia.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="topbar"></div>
    <div id="content">
        <div id="twitexts"><div class="twitext"><a href="/keanan"><div class="avatar" style="background-image: url('/_twitext/avatars/keanan.png');"></div></a>    <div class="userdata"><a href="/keanan"><div class="name">Keanan Williams</div><div class="username">+keanan<span>@kwitter.org</span></div></a><div class="posted_via">via Android Mobile Web</div><div class="date"><a href="/keanan/1340969834">2012-06-29 13:37:14</a></div></div><div class="text">I can&#039;t wait to get butter on my Galaxy Nexus. It is so fucking awesome, but watch for yourself!

</div></div></div>
      </div>
      <footer></footer>
  </body>
</html>

The CSS for this site looks like this:

    html {
        height: 100%;
    }
    body {
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        background-color: #bbb;
        color: #999;
        font-size: 17px;
        font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        background: #C0DEED url("/_twitext/templates/default/bg.png") repeat-x fixed;
    }

    a {
        color: #F92659;
    }

    kbd {
        background-color:#f7f7f7;
        border:1px solid #ccc;
        border-radius:3px;
        box-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2),0 0 0 2px #fff inset;
        color:#333;
        display:inline-block;
        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
        font-size:12px;
        line-height:1.4;
        margin:0 .1em;
        padding:.1em .6em;
        text-shadow:0 1px 0 #fff;
    }

    .date a {
        color: #666;
    }


    button {
        position: relative;
        display: inline-block;
        overflow: visible;
        padding: 5px 10px;
        font-size: 13px;
        font-weight: bold;
        line-height: 18px;
        cursor: pointer;
        border-radius: 4px;
        color: #CCC;
        text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
        background-color: #333;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        border: 1px solid #333;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
    }

    button:active {
        color: #FFF;
        text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(100, 100, 100, .5);
        background-color: #555;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        border: 1px solid #555;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(100, 100, 100, .5);
    }

    input,textarea {
        border: 1px solid #559;
        border-radius: 10px;
        font-size: 18px;
        max-width: 100%;
        padding: 10px;
        background-color: #eef;
        color: #000;
        margin: 10px;
    }

    #post_window textarea, #edit_window textarea {
        width: 546px;
        max-width: 85%;
        height: 200px;
        max-height: 94%;
    }

    #post_window input {
        width: 546px;
        max-width: 85%;
    }

    .box-header {
        border-top-left-radius: 10px;
        border-top-right-radius: 10px;
        font-size: 18px;
        margin-top: -1px;
        padding: 5px;
        color: #000;
    }

    div.overlay {
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 1000;
    }

    div.overlay.modal {
        position: absolute;
        left: 0px;
        top: 0px;
        width:100%;
        height:100%;
        max-width: 100%;
        text-align:center;
        z-index: 1000;
        background-image:url("/_twitext/images/overlay-bg.png");
    }

    div.overlay div {
        position: absolute;
        min-width:90px;
        min-height:90px;
        max-width: 96%;
        padding: 0;
        border: 1px solid #000;
        border-radius: 10px;
        background-color: #fff;
        color: #000;
    }

    div.overlay div .window-destroy-button {
        float: right;
        margin-top: -5px;
        background-color: #900;
        color: #fff;
        height: 32px;
        width: 32px;
    }

    div.overlay div span {
        margin: -1px;
        border: 1px solid #000;
        border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
        background-color: #3287D0;
        padding:10px;
        display: block;
        text-align: center;
    }

    div.overlay div div {
        position: relative;
        margin: 10px;
        max-width: 100%;
        background-color: #fff;
        border-radius: 0 0 10px 10px;
        text-align:center;
        border: 0 none;
    }

    #topbar {
        background-color: #222;
        height: 42px;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
    }

    #topbar div {
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding-top: 3px;
        width: 576px;
        max-width: 100%;
    }

    #content {
        width: 96%;
        margin: 0 auto;
    }

    #twitexts {
        width: 100%;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext {

    }

    #twitexts .twitext .avatar {
        display: none;
        width: 96px;
        height: 96px;
        margin-top: 10px;
        margin-left: 10px;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata {
        padding: 10px;
        margin-top: 10px;
        max-width: 100%;
        min-height: 86px;
        border: 1px solid #999;
        border-bottom: 0 none;
        border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
        background-color: #fff;
        color: #000;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata a, #twitexts .twitext .userdata a:visited{
        color: #000;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata .name, #twitexts .twitext .userdata .username {
        float: left;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata .username {
        clear: both;
        margin-left: 20px;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata .posted_via {
        padding-top: 10px;
        clear: both;
        color: #999;
        font-size: 10px;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata .date {
        clear: both;
        font-size: 10px;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .userdata .username span {
        font-size: small;
        color: #666;
    }

    #twitexts .twitext .text  {
        max-width: 100%;
        padding: 10px;
        border: 1px solid #999;
        border-radius: 0 0 10px 10px;
        background-color: #fff;
        word-wrap: break-word;
        color: #272822;
    }

    @media (min-width: 480px) {
        #twitexts .twitext .avatar {
            float: left;
            display: block;
            margin-left: 0;
            margin-bottom: -30px;
            margin-right: 10px;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .userdata {
            margin-left: 120px;
            padding: 10px;
            max-width: 100%;
            display: block;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .userdata .username {
            margin-top: -30px;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .text  {
            clear: both;
        }
    }

    @media (min-width: 640px) {
        #content {
            max-width: 576px;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .avatar {
            float: left;
            display: block;
            margin-left: 0;
            margin-bottom: 0;
            margin-right: 10px;
        }
        #twitexts {
            float: right;
            width: 576px;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .text  {
            float: left;
            width: 538px;
        }
        #postbar {
            float: left;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .userdata {
            float: left;
            margin-left: 0;
            padding: 10px;
            width: 430px;
            border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .userdata .username {
            margin-top: 0;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .userdata .posted_via {
            clear: both;
            margin-top: -40px;
            float: right;
            color: #999;
            font-size: 10px;
        }
        #twitexts .twitext .userdata .date {
            float: right;
            margin-top: -20px;
            font-size: 11px;
            text-align: right;
        }
    }

Do you think this is a chrome for android specific rendering bug (because desktop chrome doesn't have this weird behaviour when resizing), or do you think I'm doing something wrong?


Solution

  • I guess it is a Chrome for Android specific rendering bug, because the Dolphin (HD) and the stock browser are not showing this weird behaviour (plus, after a full page reload everything is showing up as expected).