[Bug]: Dock Cover Mode Bug with URL Parameters

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I have a video of this in action, but my video editing skills to blur out the sensitive bits aren't so great, so I'm using screenshots for now.

1. The behavior you unexpectedly encountered - When a Dock is set to "Cover" mode it switches to use "Push" Mode when viewing pages that have a URL Parameter.

2. The behavior you were expecting to see - When set to cover mode the dock uses cover mode 100% of the time

3. A list of the steps you took that exposed the issue - Created a page with a URL parameter for a Tank, so it could be passed a Tank number /StoreArea/Tank/Tank_Num, and configured the page. When I started testing everything I noticed that if I open the dock while on the URL Parameter page (regardless of what parameter is passed in) the Dock switches to "Push" Mode. As soon as I navigate away from the URL Parameter page, it reverts back to "Cover" I have not had the time to try and recreate this from the ground up in a simple proof of concept project.

4. A list of helpful information about the situation you were in:

  • Server OS: Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2
  • Ignition Version: 8.1.25 was the inital version I saw the issue on, I upgraded to 8.1.31 and the problem remained.
  • Tested Client in Firefox 116.0.3, Chrome 116.0.5845.111, and MS Edge 116.0.1938.62 on Windows 11
  • Tested Client in Chrome 116.0.5845.111 on Windows 10 (Ignition server machine)
  • Tested Client in Firefox 116.0.3, and Chromium 116.0.5845.96 on Arch Linux

Attached are screenshots of the issue.

MenuDock_Cover
MenuDock_Cover260×577 56.2 KB

Normal_CoverMenu_2
Normal_CoverMenu_2742×645 60.9 KB

Push_Menu_On_URLParam
Push_Menu_On_URLParam846×428 80.2 KB

URLParamPage
URLParamPage868×678 130 KB

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Are you sure you set "cover" on all your page definitions? (Each page's dock definitions are separate.)

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From your screenshots, it looks more like the issue is with corner priority, as the "cover" screenshot shows a top-oriented Docked View as having priority, while the "push" screenshot shows that same top Docked View as no longer having priority.

While trying to replicate this with a simple scenario I was unable to, so we might need more information on your setup.

Use the find/replace tool to search for the string "menu" in ALL Views (not just open views) to make sure you aren't using system.perspective.alterDock to modify the menu Docked View` within the project.

There is a top-oriented Docked View, correct? I'd like to verify that's not some unsupported CSS modification.

Also, your screenshots appear to be from two different pages. Could you please share a screenshot of the "Tank" page where the Docked View demonstrates the expected "cover" functionality?

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SIGH Yeah sorry guys, between a sick child and a new born my sleep hasn't been great.
as @cmallonee pointed out it's even right there in my screenshot. For some reason on the URL Parameter Tank screen the corner priority was set left-right instead of inherited like everything else. I must have clicked it on accident while while creating the page config.

Sorry for wasting your time, and thanks for the help.

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