internet-explorer-6

$.ajax not working properly on IE6

Basically, I have something like this: $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "my_url", cache: true, success: function(data) { /* code here */ }, dataType: 'json' }); This code is working in all tested browsers (IE7/8, chrome, safari, firefox) but in IE6 the success function is no...

Why do textfields become disabled in IE6 for no reason?

I have made few changes on this huge JSF page, which is full of Javascript as well. I dont know which change make the problem happen. The problem is: after some Javascript is executed, all the text fields in the page become readonly. The problem is not occurring in IE7 nor in Firefox. I have debugged all the javascript, there is no erro...

Two column div layout, with one taking the remainder

Given the following html: <body> <div style="float: left; background: red">Hi</div> <div style="float: left; background: blue">Hi again</div> </body> I want the 2nd div to take the remainder of the width off the page. Setting width 100% will make it wrap to the next line, and I don't know what else to set to fix it. The left column ne...

Giving height to absolutely positioned DIVs in IE6

It's almost 2010 and I'm still dealing with IE6 bugs. sigh. So, here's a new one (to me) that I'm having trouble finding a answer to via google. I'm creating a DIV with an inner-shadow. The div needs to be flexible in width and height. To accomplish this, I'm giving the DIV a background image of the inner-shadow. I then add 3 additiona...

joomla template: How do I fix all text centered on IE6?

Well my template is looking greate on everything there is to be but IE6... (which it is quite normal so far) the issue is my text is align to the center (nowhere in the CSS there is nothing but * {margin:0px auto} that indicated to align anything to center) I'm pissed with this! I've text-align everything I could think of so far and noth...

IE6 textBox.focus(); causing "Unexpected call to method or property access"

The issue is now resovled :) Thanks for everyone's help and attention! I'm getting the JS error "Unexpected call to method or property access" in IE6 intermittently on the line "oAutoCompleteTextBox.focus();". Hopefully, someone has seen this issue before and can provide some insight on how to solve it. Below is the context of the usa...

In IE 6/7/8: HTML inserted into <p></p> (with jQuery) not conforming to set width of the <p></p>.

So I've got this markup: <div id="text-container"> <p></p> </div> with this style (redundant, I know): #text-container {display:block: width:220px; height:280px;} #text-container p {display:block; width:220px; height:60px;} and this bit of jQuery plugging simple content into the paragraph: $("#text-container p").text(data); Wo...

What's the best way to emulate a firebug workflow for css in IE6?

So I do quite a lot of CSS development, and I work with Firefox / Firebug A LOT. I generally know how to debug for IE6/IE7 (as far as techniques) and if I have the source, I can easily just edit the actual files and run a local server on a linux machine and test it in IE, going back and forth until it's fixed. I find myself lately being...

Exceptionally slow javascript performance on one laptop out of a few dozen

I'm working on a web application using a pretty heavy amount of javascript. On the majority of computers (all running IE6...unfortunately), the average document.ready time is about 2 seconds. While this isn't great, it's at least useable. The problem is one computer has ridiculously slow javascript document.ready times. Something that w...

css3 IE 6 issue

Hi I am executing the foll code in Firefox it works fine i am basically using CSS3 for creating rounded borders. Please tell what changes I need to make to get the same output in IE6 Below is the code <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> background-color: #ccc; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; border: 1px sol...

select all text in input form in internet explorer 6

Hi, i'm trying to get an input box to get auto-selected when the user clicks on it the code i'm using : <input type="text" onclick="this.focus();this.select();" value="i like pie"> tried with the solution provided here the problem is that the code works for FF, Opera, Internet Explorer 8/7 but not for IE 6... any ideas how to make i...

A few IE6 quirks that I am unable to solve..

I have been working on a site for a client and I am about to wrap it up.. but unfortunately IE6 is being a pain in the buttocks. My main problems are on this page: http://seaport.bythepixel.com/#storage The list items dont have bullets The spacing below the floated items are not being cleared correctly. I applied "clear:both" to my...

On forcing download: File Download dialog opens twice in IE6 SP1

My ASP.Net page is supposed to create a document and force its download (open a "File Download" dialog). It works fine on most browsers but for some reason, on IE6 SP1 (windows 2000) the "File Download" dialog opens twice. Any ideas why? My very simple code (C#): protected void bnCreateDocument_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ...

Div in IE6 is not fixing itself on the bottom

I have a div fix on bottom of the page it is working fine in IE7, IE8, FF and chrome. But in IE6 it is not fixing itself on the bottom how can I fix that. ...

IE CSS DIsplay Issue

Hi, The products on the below page are getting displayed correctly in FF, Safari and IE8: http://www.toomanydesigns.com/thefix/top10_watches/ However, IE6 is having issues. Does anyone know what I need to do to get it to display correctly in IE6? Thanks ...

Clicking A tag in IE6 and FF using jQuery

I have a div that is returned from an ajax call which contains an a. I need to click it in javascript, however I cannot find a way that works in both IE6 and FF. This works in FF but generates an object required error in IE6: $('#mylink').click(); This works in IE6 but generates a $("#mylink").get(0).click is not a function error in ...

CSS Overflow Problem in IE6 - Element Does Not Appear/Show Up

The only thing worse than having a CSS problem in IE6 is having a CSS Problem in IE6 that's different from everyone else's. I have a div, with a fixed width and height, and overflow set to scroll. It works find in IE7/8, FF, Chrome, so on. The div is invisible. It doesn't show up. It's as if I put display:none on it. If I remove ove...

IE6 and addClass() in Jquery

This doesn't seem to work in Jquery $(document).ready(function() { $(".navlist li").each(function() { var href = $(this).find("a").attr("href"); if ($(this).find("a").attr("href") == window.location.pathname) { $(this).attr("class", "active"); } }); }); in my html <div id="main-navigati...

Cannot include a javascript file from an external javascript file in IE6

My problem is that I need to dynamically include a javascript file from another external javascript file. I'm trying to do it by using this function: function addCustomScriptTag(url) { var scriptTag=document.createElement('script'); scriptTag.type = 'text/javascript'; scriptTag.src=url; var myElement = document....

CSS background-color on table td displaying incorrectly in Internet Explorer 6

I have some pretty simple HTML and CSS that doesn't work in Internet Explorer 6. <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <style> table td.one.read {background-color:#FFD700;} table td.two.read {background-color:#0000ff;} table td.three.read {background-color:#ff8c00;} </style> </...