internet-explorer-6

[jquery] Implement + selector for IE6

Hi, I really like the + selector and don't want to add another css rule just for a IE6 workaround. So is there a jquery-way to check all existing css rules if it's using the + selector and to then modify the element. Something like this: if (IE6) for (var rule in $.cssrules) if (rule.selector.find('+')) $(rule).style = ru...

IE6 prototype.js/window.js rendering issue...

Has anyone else ran into the issue where you created a prototype based window using the window.js library and it renders just fine in every browser except IE6? The test page I am trying to use to debug this issue can be viewed at rik.kmshooting.com/test.php As you can see, the window graphics, which are background-image values assign i...

IE Disappearing Bullet Bug in Floated DIV

There is a world of suggestions on forums about this but none have shown any sign of success for me yet. I have a floated div which contains ULs styled to use a bullet image. All compliant browsers show the image fine. When I refresh the page in IE 6 the bullets frequently show up but disappear again when the page is scrolled. In IE 7...

TwinHelix IE PNG Fix not working for unordered list or list items

I am using the TwinHelix IE PNG Fix http://www.twinhelix.com/css/iepngfix/ in order to have PNG transparency support in IE, but for whatever reason it doesn't seem to work in IE 6 for unordered lists and list items. Everything else works fantastic. Has anyone experienced this issue before, and did you find a fix for it? ...

Readonly Input field will not fire OnKeyPress in IE6

I am implementing a special behaviour for the Enter key. The problem is my ASP.net library generates a readonly field; and when users tab into this field (tabbing into it is meaningful; so I want that behaviour) and press Enter to submit the form, it won't submit because it's a readonly field. I wrote a workaround that hooks up your ord...

prototype.js - Element.insert( Element) ignored under IE 6?

I am using IE 6 (corporate mandated version) on XP, as well as (primarily) Firefox 3. In these, I am making a DHTML table using the prototype.js library version 1.6.0.3. I have event handler javascript code to add a row to the table, which works fine under Firefox, but is completely ignored under Internet Explorer. I can walk through ...

IE6 transparency problem for dynamic images

Hello, I am trying to use the various techniques with dynamic png images i.e. images added after the page has been loaded using javascript DOM. All of the techniques I tried seem to fail. Is there a reliable technqiue for the same? Thank you very much for your time. ...

Css fixed display not working in IE6

I'm trying to duplicate the getsatisfaction tab kind of effect - it works fine in IE7 and Firefox and almost every other browser but its all messed up in Explorer 6 - I hate IE6 but heck its the most commonly used browser - my tab is now instead of being overlayed on the side is sitting at the top corner of my page pushing all the page c...

Do I need some kind of IE 6 hack for my page layout?

My site roofcommunityservices.org I am being told has some div shifting issues in IE6. We do not have IE6 here at the office, but I do use the Firefox render tool to view a screenshot si I get the general idea. I am on a Mac and can't see the same issues as my client. Could someone take a look at the site in IE6 PC and tell me what they...

How to retrieve XML DOM in IE ?

I have an HTML form and iframe like this: <form id="frmUpload" target="ifrTarget" action='http://....asmx/SampleMethod'&gt; <input name="title" /><br /> ... <input type="submit"/> </form> <iframe id="ifrTarget" name="ifrTarget"></iframe> Action attribute points to my ASP.NET web service. When the form is submitted, the IFRAME ge...

IE6 and 7, weird margin 'inheritance'

I know about the double margin bug, but this is different.. the scenario is having an element with a bottom margin, then directly below it an element that contains floating elements (which are cleared at the end), the container element could have say a bottom border that should sit just under the floating elements it contains.. however i...

jquery-problem using val() in IE6

Hey, I'm trying to get a textarea's value to update using jquery as outlined in the below code: <button type="button" onclick="setLine();">Set</button> <button type="button" onclick="showLine();">fire!</button><p></p> <textarea id="hello"> </textarea> <script type="text/javascript"> $('#hello').val("hi there"); ...

How best to convince people to upgrade IE?

I recently asked a question that got shot down for being too strongly worded. I'm having another go today because it's something I really am concerned about and I really do want feedback and ideas from the smart people on SO. IE6 isn't quite the bane of my existence, but it's close. I'm a web-developer and spend too much time fixing thi...

window.open() returns undefined or null on 2nd call

I have the follow scenario: I click a link which: opens a popup window called 'popup' which loads a pdf inside of it (in IE6). without closing the popup, i click the link again, which should reopen the pdf inside the popup, but instead a javascript error in thrown: member not found the javascript function used to open the popup is: f...

JavaScript Error "Object does not support this property or method" in IE6

There is no error while loading the page but if i click on the page after successful loading, the js error pop up comes up with "Object does not support this property or method" message. No errors encountered in IE7 or FF3, it is happening only with IE6 What could be the reason for this? Please help. Thanks ...

A link isn't working in IE6

I'm working on the following page: http://jlecologia.com/index.php I want the whole block at the left to be clickable. In Firefox it's fine, but in IE6 the cursor doesn't even change to a hand. Any ideas? ...

My HTML dropdown won't work in IE6

So I'm using an HTML select box with a list of countries and a button to open a small window with more details for the selected item in the HTML select box. Here's how I'm doing this (I apologize in advance for any noobishness here, I'm still pretty new to Javascript): //in header <script type="text/javascript"> function popUp() { ...

Is there any Fix for child selector in IE6

While using :first-child :last-child , in css its works fine in IE7, FF. Is there any possible fix for this. Use of Javascript is fine. If it works without javascript it would be great. ...

Strange bug in IE6 for jQuery Tab

On this Page http://www.eamobile.com/Web/mobile-games In IE6 while we click on the Tab "Top iPhone Games , Top Mobile Games , Staff pics" the class is not changed in the IE6 and while click inside the tab content area its changed. while in FF and IE7 its works fine. please let us know if you have some solution for this. ...

one pixel gap between p tag and input tag

Why is there a one pixel gap created between the top and the bottom of the p tag in the following code in IE6 and IE7 but not in Firefox or IE8? I have been pulling my hair trying to create the search texbox on powerset website and interesting enough they don't have the bug in IE6 or IE7. What am I doing wrong? <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC ...