internet-explorer-6

IE6 and IE7 do not handle margins properly on elements with height property

I have an h2 within a div. Both of them have borders. The h2 has a height attribute and a margin. When I view my page in IE6, IE7, or IE8 compatibility view, the h2 is all the way at the top of the div as if the margin is 0. However, if I view it in any other browser, the h2 has some space above it like I would expect. Can anyone tell m...

IE6 Javascript problems with $Revision$ in the filename

We recently started using SVN Keywords to automatically append the current revision number to all our <script src="..."> includes (so it looks like this: <script language="javascript" src="some/javascript.js?v=$Revision: 1234 $"> </script>). This way each time we push a new copy of the code to production, user caches won't cause users t...

jQuery UI Dialog Titlebar and Background Does Not Display in IE6

Hey All, The subject pretty much sums up the issue. In IE6, we are using jQuery UI dialog to display an overlay with a form for the user to fill out; however, the background does not display (completely transparent) and the title bar does not display. Any ideas on a CSS workaround for this? We have the jQuery UI CSS included in the p...

IE6 Shrink-wrap with Rounded Corners

In FF and IE8 things look pretty good. I have a mock up of the drop down that I'm trying to create with rounded corners at bottom here: www.geowinedb.org/drop-down-test/test.html. In IE6 the mega div is extending to the far left edge of the window. What do I need to change/add (e.g. underscore hacks) to get the drop-down to shrink-wra...

IE6 - Element jumps when loading

In IE6 one element (an iframe in a table, to be precise) on my page for a short time appears at an absolutely wrong position, and then, when loading is done, jumps into the correct position. There are many bugs documented on the internet, but I couldn't find any information about how to fix this. The page can be viewed here: http://www.f...

IE 6 hover navigation problems

Hello, I have a navigation on a site which uses subnavigation in the main navigation... The only problem is, in IE6 the submenu pushes the other menuitems away to the side, causing the layout to break and messing up the users view of the site. Im using the computed HTML: <li class="ulHover"> <a></a> <div class="subMenuTop"></div...

ASP.NET Crystal Reports Export PDF to IE6 issue

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. All works fine in FireFox 3.5. I'm having a problem with my ASP.NET 3.5 web application. When I use the ReportDocument.ExportToHTTPResponse IE6 shows the following: %PDF-1.7 %âãÏÓ 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 2 0 R /PageMode /UseNone /ViewerPreferences << /FitWindow true ...

Float over two elements

My problem is rather complex to explain, so I'll show you an example: http://ewolf.bplaced.de/misc/float.htm I want to have a floated element (the blue box) to be be placed over two other elements (red and green) and I want the whole thing to be fixed-width and centered (done by the box with the black border) while the background of the...

How can I make my fixed position work in IE6?

I've have tried this: body {height: 100%;overflow: auto; body #cornerImage {position: absolute;bottom: 0;} and this: { margin:0; padding:0; } html, body { height: 100%; overflow:auto; } body #fixedElement { position:fixed !important; position: absolute; /*ie6 and above*/ bottom: 0; } Neither of these have wor...

JS file generated with PHP does not load at first time in IE6

I have some js file generated with php., name by example "my_file.js.php", served with appropriate content-type for JS. In FF, IE7, Chrome, etc.. all works fine, these files are correctly loaded. But, in IE6, ths is more complicated : - first load of the page : file is not loaded, and consequently, I have some JS errors on my page - I...

Nasty IE6 <ul> <li> stair bug

In that page, the submenu if fine in firefox, but as usual, the nasty explorer is interpreting that differently.... how do you troubleshoot css bug in IE6 what is the css bud there ? here is the page Sorry to ask, I have found the PERFECT SOLUTION... here is the link here is the text : Here is the remedy: ul#menu li { disp...

Cassini with Windows 7 XP Mode

Is there a way to access the Cassini local web server from Windows 7's XP mode? I'm developing on the Windows 7 host machine using Cassini, but would like to test in IE6 running inside the Windows XP guest. ...

How does IE6 render absolute positioning different?

Any hacks to make my absolute positioning render how it is suppose to on IE6? ...

IE6 positioning issue

Here is the CSS...how can I make it layout as it should in IE6? .AuthorName_Pic { width:186px; position:absolute; right:0px; bottom:-120px; padding:20px 10px 20px 15px; margin:20px 0px 0px 0px; background:url(images/ThumbDark.jpg) no-repeat; z-index:100; } ...

Why are some images rendering on IE6 and some are not?

the images are showing up in safari and firefox but not IE6. I have four images, two of them are showing up in IE6 and two are not. If it helps, they are being toggled with an if statement. suggestions? Here is an example of the code, there are four of these chunks: <div class="NavIcons"> <a href="h...

Javascript appendChild name property

So I'm trying to add attributes to a radio button input, specifically the name attribute in Javascript. I'm appending children to a main object and when I use Object.setAttribute("name", value); and subsequently check the innerHTML of the appended input, it does not even contain a name property at all! I'm guessing I'm missing something...

ies4linux with selenium and rspec

I use selenium, usually with firefox, to test my rails apps and it's all fine. I want to run my tests in IE6 as well. I'm in ubuntu, using the ruby selenium-client gem. For IE6 i use ies4linux, this is an executable which is at /home/max/.ies4linux/bin/ie6 I'm editing my selenium conf to try to get it to use the above, but can't get ...

Website surfacing blank pages in IE6

- Since discovering more about my problem I have modified my question A single user is complaining that (on XP and using IE6) they're not able to follow any links around my site. The behaviour they're seeing is clicking a link shows a blank page, but doesn't change the url in the address bar of the browser. Pressing refresh at this poin...

IE6 bumps down content when the parent container is too narrow

In the following example, the right side container appears to the right of the left side one in standards compliant browsers, but in IE6 the blue right side container appears below the left side one. IE6 effectively bumps it down because the parent container is narrower than the total width of the left and right side containers. I hav...

Why does a non-dynamically created iframe shim show, but a dynamically created one does not?

I have a custom control that is made up of a text field and the ajax control toolkit dateextender. In IE6 I'm hitting the z-index bug where the calendar is showing behind select boxes. If I have the shim sitting in the control, initially hidden, it seems to display fine when the calendar is shown, but when I try to dynamically create t...