internet-explorer-6

How to make JQGrid scroll properly in IE6?

I've got a JQGrid that needs to scroll. It works fine in Firefox, but in IE6, the grid stays stationary while the rest of the content scrolls underneath it. What might be a complicating factor is that the grid is inside tabs, inside a dialog. I've googled all over the place, but I can't find a solution for this problem, so I turn to St...

IE6 floated list indentation problem...

I have the following page (which is reduced and modified from ASP.NET MVC default project): <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <title>test</title> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: #fff; ...

Find non-secure http request being sent on secure page triggering IE6 "non-secure items notice"

I have a page that is under SSL. However, in IE6, I get a notification: "This page contains both secure and non-secure items" etc. I've looked at all the HTTP requests for that page in both Firebug and Wireshark, and non of it seems to be sent over plain HTTP, all the resources are being fetched over SSL/TLS. However, IE6 still give...

Radio buttons and textboxes in Flash SWF disappear on IE

Hi there I have developed a Flash application for a client (wedding RSVP) and implemented it on the web. She complains that the textboxes and radio buttons disappear on IE6. Can anyone confirm this for me? http://toolboxstudio.co.za/phoebe/ Please don't submit the RSVP, as I don't want to spam my client, but please just tell me if you...

IE6 dropdown Navigation not working

My dropdown menu is not working in IE6. Here is the css code a:focus { outline:none;} .menu { width:1000px; height:32px; position:relative; z-index:100; font-family:arial, sans-serif; } /* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */ * html .menu { width:1000px; } /* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default lis...

Why does IE6 give an "expected Identifier error" when using jQuery $.fn

I keep getting an expected identifier error at this line in my code =/ $.fn.myPlugin = $.myPlugin; any idea why this might be happening? ...

IE6 + IE7 CSS problem with overflow: hidden; - position: relative; combo.

So I have created a slider for a homepage, that slides some images with a title and teaser text using jQuery. Everything works fine, and I went to check IE and found that IE 6 and 7 kills my slider css completely. I can't figure out why, but for some reason I can't hide the non active slides with overflow: hidden; I've tried tweaking the...

Why is IE7 cutting off the bottom of list items with this CSS?

Hey I have a really annoying IE7 bug that I am trying to work out. The bottom of list items are getting cut off: IE7 Firefox Here is the CSS: /* begin buttons */ ul.buttons { /* general settings */ margin-left: 0; margin-bottom: 0em; ...

Do HTML5 custom data attributes “work” in IE 6?

Custom data attributes: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data When I say “work”, I mean, if I’ve got HTML like this: <div id="geoff" data-geoff="geoff de geoff"> will the following JavaScript: var geoff = document.getElementById('geoff'); alert(geoff.dataGeoff); produce, in IE 6, an alert wit...

Problem in using JQuery in IE6 for dynamic content selection

Hi i am having problem to get value selected in select Element in which options are added dynamically using JQuery's html() in IE6 , but it works in IE8. var column = $('#cmbSearch0')[0].value; ...

Background image is longer than the enclosing div

On a customer website, I have to add a background image for only a contained region of the page (its real content part). The problem is, if the content is short enough, then the image will be clipped. How would be possible to have the image completely visible? I have tried to add the "overflow" CSS attribute but unfortunately it did not...

Major sites browser incompatibilities

Is there a site cataloging the different browser incompatibilities of major (Alexa top 100) sites? One client complained that one portion of the site wasn't rendering properly in IE6, even though that wasn't on our list of supported browsers. They said they doubt major sites like Amazon put out code that doesn't render properly in all ...

Internet Explorer 6 Window Title bar corrupts after ActiveX object initializes.

I have an old application I'm trying to track down a bug in. The problem is that after the ActiveX object loads, the title bar of IE6 corrupts. It goes from displaying what the title was in the html to showing random text, usually a bunch of boxes and ?'s. The ActiveX control is making no attempts to set the window title, and under IE7 a...

How to inform users that webapplication does not support IE6

I have web application and I do not really care about IE6 users. However I would like to have some kind of feature that would inform users that they are using IE6 and that their browser is not supported. I was thinking about two possible solutions: pop-out window (probably Javascript) with text informing the user on every page he visit...

Parsing xml with jQuery in IE6/7 issue

Hi, I have some problem with parsing XML in Ie6/7(original 7 no compatible mode). On Another normal browsers it works. Jquery code: $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "test.xml", dataType: "html", success: function(xml) { $(xml).find('quoteresult').each(function(){ var bid = $(this)...

DIfferences in pictures between ie6 and ie7

BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../images/feedback_trans_tab.png); _background-image: url(../images/feedback_tab_ie6.png) I've seen code like this in a css file feedback_tab_ie6.png is 886 bytes and feedback_trans_tab.png has 1.64Kb Both pics have transparent backgrounds so that you can apply your own background color. Both look the same. yet i...

IE6 PNG transparency fix with Backgroud positioned

So I am using this to fix PNG transparency on background images in IE6 ul li a { background-image: url('/NewSite/Content/Images/Sprite.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 0 -48px; background-image: none; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=/NewSite/Content/Images/Sprit...

IE6 turns jar into zip

Using windows server, I have a path to a file that, when you click the button, executes the jar file and runs the program. At least in firefox. The problem occurs with IE6. It takes my file.jar and turns it into file.zip. Any suggestions here? ...

Prototype setStyle not working in IE6.

Hi, I'm using prototype and setStyle in IE6 is just messing everything up. It's throwing a big error. I've Googled it but cant find a solution. I've identified the line in prototype with the IE script debugger, it's the final else block: setStyle: function(element, styles) { element = $(element); var elementStyle = element.st...

Disappearing IE6 elements.

I don't know what could be causing this issue, but for some reason, elements on my page (list navigation items, specifically), are disappearing in IE6. That is, from IE developer toolbar, I can see that the elements are there, and the DOM/css is correct, but the elements just aren't visible. The odd thing is that if you set or toggle AN...