LYNX-DEV possible problem with long option lists in select ??

[Nelson Henry Eric]

Recently I've been filling out forms, which I haven't done for quite
a while.  Seems that there is some kind of problem with option lists,
but I'm not sure if it is my use of CJK, Lynx's form handling or perhaps
the form itself.  Could someone send me a few URLs of forms _in English_
to fill out with LONG LISTS OF OPTIONS THAT STRETCH DOWN OVER OTHER
PORTIONS OF THE FORM when expanded so that I can do some testing?

The "problem" is that when there are options which when expanded cover
other portions of the form (buttons?), and you navigate through the
expanded option list covering the underlying form, the whole screen
except for the left border of the option box shifts to the left one or
two spaces.  If there is no remainder of the form under the option box,
there is no problem or shift, i.e., if you did a ^G and got just enough
to expand a select option box, but not the rest of the form.

This is happening on lynx2-7-1ac74, but I noticed the same sort of problem
before I gave ac60 up.  Similar problems seem to be on 2-7-1 + fotemods
circa 97/07/05.  All of these compiled with slang library (Kanji support on),
ac on SunOS4.1.3, fotemods on Solaris2.5.  In userdefs.h I have "#define
DEFAULT_KEYPAD_MODE  LINKS_ARE_NUMBERED" (LINKS_AND_FORM_FIELDS_ARE_NUMBERED
may be a total disaster, but I'll check further before talking about that).

I should do more testing, but a preliminary example I can offer is this
section of a form (against which Fote once tweaked Lynx to perfection):
$B!!!!!!!!$4=;=j!'(J<select name="prefecture" >
           <OPTION VALUE="1" selected>$BEl5~ET(J
           <OPTION VALUE="2" >$BKL3$F;(J
           <OPTION VALUE="3" >address@hidden)(J
...
           <OPTION VALUE="45" >$B5\:j8)(J
           <OPTION VALUE="46" >$B</;yEg8)(J
           <OPTION VALUE="47" >$B2-Fl8)(J
           </SELECT><input type="text" name="address" size="35" maxlength="128"

Goto "http://cgi.admall.co.jp/cgi-bin/Entry.cgi";, [TAB] down 12 times to the
select option list given above, hit return, then `j' (if using vi keys) down
to beyond the 10th option value.  On my system, suddenly the corresponding
line on the background form shifts one space to the left.  On the 11th to 19th
option lines, the contents of the option box and the right hand border of the
box itself shift one space to the left, and the background (original form)
shifts 2 spaces to the left.  As I continue down the list, the option and
box goes back to its original position, but the form in the background only
goes back 1 space.  The highlighted (reversed color?) single space, i.e. 1/2
of Japanese character, displayed to the left of the original option on the way
down remains on the screen.  If I `k' up, the option, right-hand border and
form in the background shifts to the left, so there is a net movement to the
left of one space of the options and right border of the box, and two spaces
of the background form. 

__Henry
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