internet-explorer-6

IE 6 vs. position:fixed

Hello. position:fixed that doesn't work for Internet explorer 6. I can't really understand the fixes found on google. I need it to work in IE6, IE7, IE8 & FireFox 3.0. <!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" l...

Does IETester run the ACTUAL same code that existed for IE6 / IE7? Or is it an emulation?

I just realized (yes, this was stupid of me) that IE8 Compatibility Mode is NOT IE7. All the time I assumed they would be switching back to the IE7 binaries, which apparently they aren't, as indicated by another question I found here in SO. My question is... Does anyone know how IETester works? Does it run the actual binaries for IE6/7?...

CSS and JavaScript Conditionally Repositioning onScroll an Absolutely Positioned DIV

We have a client who desires some extremely long pages. Say 4000px plus. They would like to have a back to top element that appears at 1200px from top in the nav column and then continues to reposition as you scroll to say 200 from top. This sounds to me like something CSS cannot, at present, do especially if IE 6 needs to be accommod...

jQuery IE6 click problem

Is there any reason why the click doesn't work in IE6 on the following JQuery code? See ...$('#toggleVAT').click(function... It works in IE7 and FF? function switchButton(to){ if(to === 'INC'){ $('#toggleVAT').removeClass("exc"); $('#toggleVAT').addClass("inc"); $('#toggleVAT em').text("inc."); } else { $('#toggleVAT').addCl...

How to draw vertical text with CSS cross-browser?

Hi, i want to rotate a single word of text by 90 degrees cross-browser (>= ie6, >= ff2, webkit). ...

When will IE6 no longer be supported?

As we all know supporting IE6 with its many well documented quirks is painful but a necessary part of development and supporting with web based technologies. My question is “does anyone know when IE6 is scheduled for end of official Microsoft support (or retirement) or if Microsoft will force an update to IE7 or IE8”? ...

PHP Sessions/cookies not storing correctly when using IE6/IE7

Hi guys, We have a local intranet site that everyone on the network uses, maybe 5% (or even less) of the users that use the site have problems where the session isn't stored properly. I've tried defining a path manually (C:/Coookieess) and checking to see what's going on, and whereas most users sessions are created and remain just fine...

IE6 Z-Index Difference Between 2 Servers

So, I have 2 servers that serve pages. I am running ColdFusion on Windows Server 2003 with IIS6. I created the site and synchronized the files between the 2 servers. In the right hand side of my site is a popup div for the search. On Server1 in IE6, this div works perfectly, on server 2 it gets cut off. Due to the synchronization so...

Installing VB6 app causes IE6 errors???

I have a VB 6 app that I've inherited, and made some small updates to, but now when it is scripted to install (for SMS, using BITS_INST.exe) and I install it from that script, I get the following javascript error on our portal on links that are attempting to open new windows: Error: 'window.open(...)' is null or not an object This app ...

Scrolling DIVs in IE6 with CSS

I've been writing a small notice board site in ASP.NET and nothing i do will make it work properly in IE6. The main page has a header DIV, with the content region below it. Within this region are three further regions, a search facility in the top left, a list of notices below it, and the currently displayed notice to the right of these ...

100% height in ie6

#loading { position: absolute; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; } in ie >= 7 it’s works perfectly, but in ie6 height equal line height ...

How to completely disable all Internet Explorer Script Error dialogs

Can someone plzzzzzz tell me how to disable Internet Explorer Script Error - says: An Error has occured in the script on this page ... Error: Unspecified error ... Please don't Say to Go to Tools -> I.Options -> Advanced ...turning off debugging etc etc.. I have tried all that and this popup dialog still com...

CONDITION CSS differentiate between IE6 to IE7

i want to declare a style different to ie6 and ie7 , but my condition in css recognized by IE7 as IE6. I use XP and explorer 7. This the code i use : <!--[if !IE]> #mainDiv{text-align:-moz-center;} #skyBanner {top:0px;left:0px; position:fixed;visibility:hidden;} <![endif]--> <!--[if lt IE 7]> body > #skyBanner { position: fi...

Check for IE6 in a jQuery selector

Is there any way to do something conditionally in jquery only if IE6 is the browser? An example of the kind of thing I'm looking for is as follows: $("#someselector").IsIE6().css("position", "relative").css("left", 40); I'm plagued by a strange problem with the JQuery UI dialog and adding this code resolves the issue, but obviously m...

Dynamically Resizing Gridview using JQuery not working in IE6

jQuery("#divID").width(); When I resize the div using the mouse it works fine in other browsers but not IE6. For some reason the width doesn't update unless I refresh the page. Anyone experience this problem with IE6? Any solutions out there? Thanks ...

How to help users get a better browsing experience?

As I found out today, it looks like YouTube is going to stop supporting IE6 pretty soon. This begs the question, should we, as applications builders, be the ones that are helping our users to get a better Internet experience? Should we, like Google, provide messages to users with outdated browsers? Should we be explaining to them wh...

jQuery UI .dialog() method failing silently in IE6

Hi, I'm having some trouble with IE6 and jQuery UI. I have a popup dialog (modal, if it matters), that displays a "yes/no" dialog to the user with some information. In order to facilitate this, I build the dialog with autoOpen = false, and then I call $('#popup').show() later on as needed, in response to various different events. Now, in...

Text Alignment problem

How to control a running text? This is a user generated content, where user used to give with out giving space to the text. for example: abcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefgh This goes beyond the specific block. Is there is a way to wrap the text? how can i control it and i also want that to be worked...

Is there a chart that displays browser usage in different sectors, for instance local authorities?

Hi, I'm a frontend web developer working for a company at the moment that has a lot of RIA design going on in the backend but it also caters almost entirely for UK local authorities and social workers. For those of you not too enlightened about local authorities/councils here in the UK, they tend to be rather slow on the uptake of new ...

JavaScript Cookie returns null values in IE6 Only

I have a page where I grab a value from the query string and add it into a cookie. The value is used for a couple of different items on the page. If the user returns to the page and the value isn't in the query string, the value is pulled back from the cookie. I have tried doing my own cookie setting and retrieval in JavaScript as well...