cross-browser

Google GWT cross-browser support: is it BS ?

I developed a browser-deployed full-text search app in FlashBuilder which communicates RESTfully with a remote web-server. The software fits into a tiny niche--it is for use with ancient languages not modern ones, and there's no way I'm going to make any money on it but I did spend a lot of time on it. Now that Apple won't allow Flash...

Is there any cons to emulate IE=EmulateIE7 site rendering in IE8 as IE7?

Or i should render as default(IE8)? <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> My purpose is to make site compatible with IE8 also. ...

jQuery/CSS height issues in IE/Chrome

Hello again, I am back with more problems on my jQuery animated splash / website. You can see the splash which is working in most browsers at voidsync.com/test. The problems I am encountering with IE are the html, body, or #CONTAINER not adjusting to longer content such as in the Services or About pages - you will see the footer does no...

How should a web developer approach building a Browser toolbar ?

I am a web developer looking to build a browser extension. What is the best way to build browser extensions using web technologies (HTML, Javsacript, etc). We are targeting IE and Firefox only. Can IE browser toolbars be created using HTML/Javascript? ...

Cross Browser positioning issue with Chrome and Firefox

I was hoping someone could help me figure out what to do about a browser inconsistency issue between Safari/Chrome and Firefox. Here's a screenshot (the one on the left is chrome/right is Firefox): http://drp.ly/QVv2T Here's the structure: http://drp.ly/QW47y The css: inside-wrapper { position:relative; min-height:320px; ...

javascript and css working on firefox but not working on IE

Hi I have this code which working on fitrefox but not working on IE missing last charector on IE <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ut...

iframe.document.body.scrollHeight is double the correct value

<iframe name="asdf" id="asdf" onload="change_height(this)" src="asdf.jsp" width="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe> function change_height(iframe) { if (document.all) { // IE. ieheight = iframe.document.body.scrollHeight; iframe.style.height = ieheight; ...

@font-face and letter-spacing in webkit

I just discovered that letter-spacing doesn't always work in webkit (and perhaps other browsers?) when embedding fonts. I've tried it on two different fonts and received different results. "League Gothic Regular" will work http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/7-league-gothic "Quicksand Light" will not http://www.fontsquirrel...

XML jQuery Problem

This code for parsing my xml and appending via jquery seems to work great in every browser but Chrome (Mac only, the windows version of chrome works fine) and explorer. I'm not aware of any glaring issues in the code so I thought some fresh eyes might help. Anyone know what could be causing IE and Chrome on the mac to not append? <scrip...

How to test website for ipad without having ipad , in both condition Portrait and landscape?

How to test website compatibility for iPAD without having iPAD , in both condition Portrait and landscape? on Windows PC ...

Help making userscript work in chrome

I've written a userscript for Gmail : Pimp.my.Gmail & i'd like it to be compatible with Google Chrome too. Now i have tried a couple of things, to the best of my Javascript knowledge (which is very weak) & have been successful up-to a certain extent, though im not sure if it's the right way. Here's what i tried, to make it work in Chro...

How Do I get 'font-weight: lighter' to work in Google Chrome?

There doesn't appear to be any difference between 'font-weight: normal' and 'font-weight: bold' in Google Chrome (and probably Safari). Has anyone found a way to invoke the 'font-weight: thinner' in Chrome the way that Firefox does? ...

Why is window not identical to window.self in Internet Explorer?

There's a convoluted backstory involving how I came across this, but why is the self property not exactly equal to the window itself? In Safari and Firefox and friends, the results are as I'd expect: > window == window.self true > window === window.self true The same isn't true in Internet Explorer, though: >> window == window.s...

JQuery.ready is too late: How do I apply CSS Values with JQuery before Rendering?

I want to be able to apply opacity to some elements to make them invisible only if javascript is enabled. I don't want to use display:none because I want the layout to act as if they're in the DOM, so setting opacity to 0 is perfect. I want to be able to set this initial value using Javascript, using JQuery, so I don't have to mess wit...

Cross Browser Issue

My background is in WinForms programming and I'm trying to branch out a bit. I'm finding cross-browser issues a frustrating barrier in general, but have a specific one that I just can't seem to work through. I want to display an image and place a semi-transparent bar across the top and bottom. This isn't my ultimate goal, of course, b...

How can I test my .NET site on Firefox ? It loads in IE but when I open it in Firefox it doesnt load the CSS

Good day, I'm almost finished with my .net project implementation of a new design. But I'd like to try it with Firefox before releasing it. When I debug the project it creates an URL with "http://localhost/rest-of-url" and it opens IE and I can see the site. But when I copy this URL to Firefox it won't load the CSS at all. Is that a pro...

Floats not staying inside div in webkit browser, but do if cached.

Hiya All, I have a rather strange bug which i can't make sense of that is apearing in webkit based browsers (chrome and safari). When this page http://bluprintliving.mammalworld.com/turnmill-street loads for the first time the content seems to jump out of the container but only at the end of the render. on refresh it stays in and behav...

how to change behavior of contenteditable blocks after on enter pressed in various browsers

When pressing enter in <div contenteditable="true"> </div> in firefox <br /> is produced - that's ok. But in Chrome or IE a new <div> or <p> is created. What should I do to make Chrome and IE behave like Firefox . ...

How do I stop internet explorer's propriety gradient filter from cutting off content that should overflow?

I'm using the internet explorer gradient filter in my CSS. It was all going well until I noticed that images that are supposed to extend beyond their containers overflow:visible; are getting clipped as though the container was set to overflow:hidden; I have no idea why this would happen, or how to fix it. Can anyone help? I'm looking ...

window.focus() not working in Google Chrome

Hey folks, Just wondering if Google Chrome is going to support window.focus() at some point. When I mean support, I mean have it work. The call to it doesn't fail, it just doesn't do anything. All other major browsers do not have this problem: FireFox, IE6-IE8 and Safari. I have a client-side class for managing browser windows. When I ...