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How does $(document).ready() work in IE 8?

Answer 1

+16 A:

Try turning this.

<script type="text/javascript" src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.js" />

Into this

<script type="text/javascript" src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>

Ólafur Waage 2009-04-14 14:31:12

Correct. IE fails hard on self-closing script tags. see: http://webbugtrack.blogspot.com/2007/08/bug-153-self-closing-script-tag-issues.html

scunliffe 2009-04-14 15:29:39

It's hardly failure if its specified to work in such a way.. just because you get results doing it wrong doesn't mean you should use it.

meandmycode 2009-04-14 16:39:15

That totally did it. Thanks. I probably would've never come up with that one.

MojoFilter 2009-04-14 16:51:24

Yep, I've had that problem with other browsers as well.

João Marcus 2009-07-22 03:31:53

Answer 2

A:

My guess would be this (sorry i don't have ie8 on this machine to test)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt;
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;
<head runat="server">
    <title>Page full of awesomeness</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">        
        $(document).ready(function() {
            alert("Hello?");           
        });
    </script>
</head>

<body>

</body>

Also i'd suggest to use /Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.js if you are referring to your site's root

Alekc 2009-04-14 14:32:17

I wouldn't. If you use /Script/jquery-1.3.2.js then your site won't work on a virtual web.

cdmckay 2009-04-14 14:34:41

Yep, theres no reason to remove the ~, removing it will only make your application more brittle.

meandmycode 2009-04-14 14:41:52

Well it was only my opinion. In the past i've had some issues with linking libraries in sites with heavy usage of "Human urls" so i prefer to link them with "/" (of course if they are under the site's domain root)

Alekc 2009-04-14 15:30:51

Answer 3

+1 A:

With current XHTML strict standards:

Even when src is specified, the script tag is not an empty tag, and cannot be written <script src=".... />. If you include the src you should not include any script between the opening and closing tags as browser handling of any script between the tags is not reliable.

Basically, do not self close the tag. Use </script>.

T Pops 2009-04-14 15:47:56

Answer 4

A:

In addition to what others have said, you're also missing the </html> at the end of the document. Maybe just a copy/paste error :)

thenduks 2009-04-14 16:03:04

Answer 5

A:

I have the same problem but when I try to replace <script .... /> with <script...> </script> Wow, it works but it takes so long to load. Is there any solution for the speed of loading in ie? Thanks so much.

2009-07-22 03:21:21

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