firefox

Firebug debugger not working in FF 3.x ?

Hi, I have been using Firebug for a while now and for the past month I can't get the javascript debugger to work. I mean, it will work sometimes, but it does random things 80% of the time. I don't think that it's just me because a friend of mine have the same problem. I've googled the issue and I can't manage to find an interesting an...

After visiting links, Firefox selectively skips state change or a:visited styling

After clicking a link with a common href (local page or web-site) and the href is successfully loaded, both FF2 and IE7 will display the link with a:visited styling. For links with href="javascript:anyfunc()", IE7 works as above while FF2 does not display a:visited styling. No change with any DOCTYPE. Q: Is either behaviour with JS li...

Is there a Javascript based firefox plug in to analyse people's writing style on google docs?

Right now I'm trying to get it to tell when the user has done a copy, cut, or paste operation and log what has been copied/pasted. Essentially I want it to grab the clipboard after the user copies or cuts, and put it in a log file. Basically, I need a way to grab the system clipboard, and a way to output a log file of what the javasc...

How to disable Back button in IE and firefox?

Duplicate: Disabling Back button on the browser Prevent Use of the Back Button (in IE) I have to disable back and forward button of browser ( IE and Firefox both ). I have tried: //disable back button window.onbeforeunload= function() { } window.history.forward(1); but this works only in IE. Is there any foolproof so...

How to create hidden Firefox Extension?

Is it possible to create Firewox extension that will not shown in Extensions List? And so cannot be deinstalled manually? ...

Firefox and magically appearing character (Â) when unescaping an ®

I'm unescaping an ® (registration character) in firefox to be submitted in a form, since actually typing that character into Javascript causes the script to behave strangely. However, I must use the unescaped(..) version of the character since it is being submitted to the backend (where I have no control) and the output is a pdf file wh...

CSS floats with unknown widths don't wrap whitespace with doctype

Two divs, floated left, of unknown width. One of them has more content than fits the page, so it moves below the first (except in IE): http://corexii.com/floatproblem/float.html Add display:inline-table; and the big one wraps its content (consistently across browsers): http://corexii.com/floatproblem/table.html But introduce a doctyp...

Log to Firefox Error Console from JavaScript

Is it possible to add messages to the built-in error console of Firefox from JavaScript code running in web pages? I know that I there's Firebug, which provides a console object and its own error console, but I was looking for a quick fix earlier on and couldn't find anything. I guess it might not be possible at all, to prevent malici...

Need to solve CSS DIV Default width problem: Looks good in IE. Not Firefox.

I've set up an example of what I'm running into here: http://studiozion.com/cssproblem/fix_it.htm. Relevant code blocks... <style type="text/css"> body { background: transparent url(Grade300_Color1.png) repeat-x } .RowMaker { overflow: auto; } .ColumnMaker { float: left; } .ColumnMaker2 { float: right; } .PadTop { ...

PrototypeJS library compatible with Firefox Extensions?

Does anyone know if there is a PrototypeJS library that is compatible with Firefox Extensions? I have written a JS piece of code that is 700 line in Prototype and do not want to rehash it out using JQuery which I know is reccomended for XUL Extensions in Firefox? I've heard of Prototype XUL, but it seems like it is essentially just "Pr...

Firefox 2 freezes when trying cross-browser inline-block trick.

I am trying to design a form that uses the CSS inline-block display value for a table-like arrangement. I know that some browsers including Firefox 2 don't know how to handle it, so I used this method to make it work in all browsers. However, sometimes when I try it in Firefox 2, the browser freezes. My CPU usage gets stuck near 100% and...

Mozilla 3.0.8 and Chrome height in em bug workaround.

I've got a textarea inside a div: <div id="textareawrapper"> <textarea id="chat"></textarea> </div> ...and CSS: #textareawrapper { border 1px dashed pink; margin:0;padding:0; position: absolute;bottom: 0em;left:7.5em;right:7.5em;height: 7em; } #textareawrapper textarea {margin:0;padding:0;width: 100%;height:7em;} IE 7...

JQuery if then else using URL parser plugin quest for elegance take 2

This is my second question about this topic, the original question can be found here: JQuery if then else using URL parser plugin, there must be a more elegant solution! If you are sitting comfortably I shall begin! I have built a web page which contains a list of questions. Each question has an answer contained in a Div after it. The ...

Submit form via image

Is there any way that user submits the form using image instead of the form button while the request made is still the POST rather than GET? It seems that submitting form via image will result into the GET request. I do not want to post it in this manner as I will be posting the account credentials . For instance, I want to log in. Any h...

Why are linkbuttons not grayed out when disabled in FireFox?

Why when I set enabled=false on a button does it not render correctly in Firefox? Instead of graying out the link it is still blue. [UPDATE] ASP.net already removes such tags on the link so the only thing that is needed is to grey out he link. In other words a CSS style change not a functionality change. The following effectively re...

Make Firebug output errors somewhere persistent

I have some error in my JavaScript which should open a dialog with an image in it (works) and then call the JQZoom plugin on that image (doesn't work). I think Firebug outputs some error into the console. My code is supposed to intercept the click of a hypertext link and then return false to prevent the browser from moving to another p...

Latest version of XML not loaded in Firefox though works OK in IE

I am using AS2. I load an XML file in my movie. Somehow, the XML file is loaded. Now. if I change the XML file, the latest XML file do not appear in FireFox while lates XML file appears in IE. Can anybody tell what is the problem ...

XBAP iFrame in hidden div problem in FireFox

I have an XBAP that is in an IFRAME, wrap inside a DIV, which can be hidden and shown at the users will. But, in FireFox, after hiding the DIV and later re-showing it, the XBAP disappears. I have tried all sorts of refresh methods I can find, but nothing seems to work. I don't want to reload the XBAP as its showing information specifi...

IE7 - proxy - Content-Length populated but no sign of any content !

hello, i am writing a web proxy in C#, and i have noticed a difference between firefox and IE. when my proxy catches requests from IE, i analyse the request - sometimes its a GET and sometimes its a POST. when it is a POST, i analyse the Content-Length field, and make sure this matches the actual content (the body), which is placed aft...

Ajax.BeginForm does not work in firefox

When I use Ajax.BeginForm with updateTargetId, it works fine in IE - replacing the html inside updateTargetId's tag. The same thing redirects the page to form's action. Does Ajax.BeginForm work in firefox? ...