Page is not returning to the "top" state after "long" panel is closed in android 2.3.3 browser

[polarfish]

Issue description

Closing "long" panel returns the page to the "top" state on desktop browser and modern android versions. As for android 2.3.3 browser - after panel is closed user continue seeing empty space (because page was scrolled with panel) until he taps the screen.

Test page

http://jsbin.com/IyeKuFuv/7/

Steps to reproduce

Create page with a few elements and panel with a lot of elements. Open panel, scroll down to the bottom and close the panel.

Expected outcome

After panel is closed, page "jumped up" to the top so user sees it's elements

Actual outcome

After panel is closed, nothing happens. But if user taps the screen - page jumps up and looks like in Expected Outcome case.

Platforms/browsers (including version) and devices tested

Chrome 31, Fedora 19
Chrome 31, Android 4.2.2, Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
Default browser, Android 2.3.3 emulator

jQuery Mobile and jQuery core versions used

JQM - latest
JQ - 1.10.1

[jamesjnadeau]

I can reproduce this problem on android 2.3 in the emulator, Don't have a 2.3 device on me at the moment, will test it later when I'm around one.

Works as expected everywhere else I tested.
Platforms tested with:
Chrome 31, Fedora 19
Chrome, Android 4.2.2(Moto X)

[ldeluca]

I was able to reproduce this today as well with a 2.3.7 emulator using the latest jQM.

[jamesjnadeau]

I'm quite sure that this is a bug with the webkit implementation in 2.3, and probably can't (and won't be fixed). Plus, at this rate, there won't be any android 2.3 devices in the wild before someone fixes this :)

As of writing this, android 2.3 is at less than 10% of the platforms market share:
https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

[jaspermdegroot]

I am going to reopen this ticket because I think we should discuss the desired behaviour first. Maybe there has been a discussion before and I missed it, in that case ... sorry.

I think we should only scroll to top after closing a panel if ui-content is out of view.

[jaspermdegroot]

As discussed during today's meeting we are going to change this so we only scroll to top after closing a panel if ui-content is out of view.