How to stop the select box from being blocked as a pop-up bit Internet Explorer 8?

Question

I'm working on a website where if I click on a normal select box it's blocked as a popup by IE8. What?! Is there something I'm doing? Is there any way around this?

I am using a few jQuery plugins but nothing that effects those select boxes. Would the jQuery Form plugin do this?

Answer 1

I would guess that your onclick -- or whatever event is triggered -- is trying to create a new window or something like that.

Answer 2

instead of a new window, why not create a floating layer to display whatever it is you are trying to do.

Answer 3

This is a known bug introduced by running some versions of software which install multiple versions of IE simultaneously.

Upgrade.

Better yet, switch to using VMs to test in older versions of IE. That will give you a safer environment that better reflects reality.