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Print page shows unchanged checkbox in IE with DocType

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A:

Turns out to be a IE8 bug: http://webbugtrack.blogspot.com/2009/04/bug-444-ie8-printing-issues-in.html

It's not having this problem with "Compatibility View" turned ON.

A solution is to add the following in the header:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

Which kinda breaks validation and gives a problem when IE9 comes up.

Other "nice" workaround with JavaScript works also:

<input type='checkbox' name='y' onclick='SetCheck(this)'/>
.....

function SetCheck(el)
{
  if(el)
  {
    if(el.checked)  el.setAttribute('checked','checked');
    else            el.removeAttribute("checked");
  }
}

But when you cannot rely on javascript being turned on, you're screwed by Microsoft.

Michael 2010-08-29 18:45:01

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