internet-explorer-6

Dragging a copy of all selected elements from a select box--possible?

I have a picklist web interface: a pair of select elements with a pair of buttons (a left-pointing arrow and a right-pointing arrow) between them. Users can move items between the two columns by, eg, selecting one of options in the left column and clicking on the right-pointing arrow. Now I have an enhancement request: someone wants to...

IE6 table busting out of div

IE6 drives me nuts. The following HTML works fine in every post-millenial browser except IE6. The right hand div scrolls to show the table. In IE6 the table bursts out of the size constraints of the div. Can some kind genius please tell me what I have to do to get IE6 to respect the width of this div and scroll like a good browser? <!...

IE6 - Elements won't disappear

Hi all, I'm having some major problems trying to get images and paragraphs to disappear in IE6, in my text-only style sheet. I've tested the code in Chrome, FF, Opera, Safari, IE7 & 8, and every thing is working everywhere else... (surprise!) but of course, not in IE6. You can view a demo with CSS code in the here http://www.kebo.ca/d...

Click event for div with two floated elements on IE6

I have a <div> with two floated elements inside of it. I'm using jQuery to attach a click event handler to this <div>. The handler only gets called when I click one of the two floated elements. The empty space inside of the <div> does not work. Here's what the markup looks like: <div class="wrapper"> <h4>Some lovely header text here<...

iframe doesn't move in IE6!

I am working on a message board link text to site and I have it displaying correctly in FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera and IE8. My problem is that in IE6 the iframe containing the Google ads is fixed on the screen, it does not move when the message board area is scrolled and for the life of me I can not figure out how to fix it. Removing the ...

How can I go about automating the testing of the migration of local web apps from IE6 to IE8?

I have been researching this a wee bit and it seems to boil down to: 'Eyeball Mark 1' The best tip seems to be the use of SuperPreview from Microsoft's Expression team. If anyone has automated a way to go about this I would love to hear about it. Also, I believe that SuperPreview requires a work around for a password protected app to...

IE6 website display problem (background or padding issue?)

I'm trying to get a website to display properly in IE6 and IE7. Here is a screenshot of how it looks in IE6. IE8, Safari, Firefox, etc. all display this site correctly. Could someone give me a hint as to what is causing the distortion in IE6? If you want to take a look at the page source, the site is: www.devaswami.com Get the CSS ...

ASP.Net: IE6 making invalid requests

I have a live site where every error is logged and e-mailed to me. I've been getting a lot of "Padding is invalid and cannot be removed." errors on requests to WebResource.axd. Looking closely, the request is erroneous. This is the request in question: /webresource.axd?d=mgqvdy8omlq71j1set2ida2&ampt=633700045603820000 And this i...

jQuery IE7 - Click only registers to first element in path

$('div#Categories > div.categories a#showhide').click(function(){ // Get the subManufacturers list var subCatList = $(this).parent().find('ul#hiddenSubCategories'); // If collapsed do expand if (subCatList.css('display') == 'none') { subCatList.slideDown('slow'); $(this).f...

Rich Grid (grouping, sorting, paging, etc) that work on ie6

Hi there: I m looking for a feature rich grid ( sorting, grouping, paging , ideally filtering, etc) grid that will work well under ie6. I would prefer it to be an open source solution with a big community. However the client experience is the priority. The most obvious contender so far is ExtJs or GXT. I have a .net serverside , quit...

How do I get IE6 to take ContentType seriously?

I'm fighting with a third-party ActiveX control that we are using to load TIFF images into the client browser from an ASP.Net(3.5) web form. The ActiveX control registers itself correctly (as far as I can tell) as the MIME handler for TIFF images and works correctly every time a file is double-clicked locally. However, IE6 and the Acti...

object doesn't support this action in IE6 with jQuery

For some reason the following line of javascript is giving me an error object doesn't support this action in IE6: item = ui.item.get(0); Any ideas? I'm completely lost. ...

how can i fix ie select width?

I don't have enough space to change its width on click or any stuff like that. I need the main select to keep its orginal size with wider options. I'm using jQuery / IE6 10x ...

Toggled() text input field not working in IE6 in Jquery 1.3.2

In IE6 after showing() or toggling() an initially hidden text input field it is impossible to enter any text in the box. It is also impossible to focus() on the element. I am using jquery 1.3.2 Here is the code... Any ideas? $(document).ready(function(){ $(".hide").click(function(){ $(".form").toggle(); }) }) and ...

JQuery Cycle Plugin doesn't work in IE - Who can help?

Hi, I am currently developing a site for a client which uses the JQuery cycle plugin to move through a number of divs which contain pictures and info about wedding dresses. All works fine in Firefox, but when I test in IE6 + IE7 the divs are all stacked on top of each other vertically and they soan right down the screen for 1000's of p...

CSS with IE6 Drop Down Issue

Hi All, I've been working on getting a menu up and running with pure CSS. I've got it working in all the browsers except for IE6. Here is my CSS. /**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~** NAVIGATION MENUS ~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**/ #topNavigation { width: 750px; background-color: #EC2327; ...

IE6: JavaScript hyperlink not working

I'm using JavaScript to sort a table on an HTML hyperlink: This sort from Low-to-High: <a id="asc" href="#" onclick="javascript:sort('asc');">Low</a> It works great in Firefox/Chrome/Safari but does not work in IE6. Live site at: http://tinyurl.com/ykzwb2 Click the Sort "High" or Sort "Low" link. Any idea why it works in all brow...

Prototype Javascript, working in Mozilla but not in IE

Dear Experts, I am using JavaScript Library from prototype v.1.6.0.3 I found out that the basic notation $ is working fine in Mozilla, but not in IE6. Here is simple example Element.hide('div123'); --> working at IE & Mozilla $('div123').hide(); --> working only at Mozilla I am wondering what i am missing here, as I also have some...

a way to tell if options do not fit inside of a select - in IE

In IE6, and possibly 7, if you set the width of an to any value other then auto, if the options inside of that select are wider then the select's width, they get cut off. this is bad. Firefox is smart enough to not do this. Question: How can i tell if the options are being cut off with javascript? How have you dealt with this issue ...

Determining which User Control to call based on browser

I have two user controls in my ASP.Net project, one that is explictly for use with Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and another that should be used when the user's browser is not IE6. How would I go about setting it up so that this happens; is this something I can put in a master page? ...