internet-explorer-6

Simulating position: fixed in IE6 with a div of 100% height?

Hey, I have a sidebar on my webpage that is supposed to span 100% of the page (vertically). It is then supposed to stay there, so when the rest of the content scrolls it does not. To do this, I used: body { height: 100%; } #sidebar { height: 100%; width: 120px; position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; } This works g...

Why asynchronous ASHX generated images doesn't always work in IE6?

If you use an WebHandler inheriting IHttpAsyncHandler, you shouldn't notice that under undetermined specific circumstances the browser MS IE6 won't display it, the request will never finish. Is there a fix for it? ...

Fix or workarount for jQuery dialog in IE6 - major layout issues when the dialog contains a form

I'm working with a jQuery dialog that contains a form. In ie6, there are a couple unexplained inches of padding above the form. When I eliminate the form from the markup, the most serious layout problems go away. I've tried it with no theme (default), Flora, and my themeroller theme and they all seem to have the same problem. I've tried...

Element gains 100% width with a height in IE6

I'm trying to make a horizontal list of links with <ul> wherein all <a> is display:block and has a height. In IE6, it keeps getting 100% width after I set a height for <a>, making it a vertical list. HTML: <ul id="header"> <li><a href="#"><span>ST.KILDA ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE</span></a></li> <li><a href="#"><span>Public Health M...

Run IE6 and IE7 side-by-side on Vista

I have a need to run IE6 on my Vista machine that natively runs IE7. Can someone please help me with set-up / configuration steps? Thanks, Dan ...

Packed/minified javascript failing in IE6 - how to debug?

I have a number of files which I combine and pack to produce a single, minified JS file. The problem is that when I minify the file (using packer), IE6 gives one of its characteristic helpful error messages. Line: 12 // of course, line 12 is an empty line Char: 1 Error: Expected ')' Code: 0 The thing is: it works fine in IE7, Fir...

Is it possible to degrade from IE7 to IE6 for debugging purposes?

Hi all, I'm having IE6 problems on one of my sites and I really wish I had it installed instead of IE7. Anyone know of a quick way to do this? ...

IE6 CSS Trouble

I upgraded a website I've been working on (http://barsannapolis.com) to a CSS Layout, and things appeared to go well for the most part. The site renders correctly in Firefox, Chrome, IE 7, and Safari, but the design appears to be complete borked in IE 6. Does anybody have any guidance regarding how to get the problems fixed. Perhaps t...

Floating Too Far Right!

I've got a record management web application which displays a master record on one screen and AJAXes dynamically built editors into an editor div, which I've used JQuery to make draggable. That works. Even though the div isn't a window, I thought it might be a nice idea to make it act a bit more like one, so I coded in a "close" button....

What is the replacement for the child selector ?

Since IE6 does not support the child selector (see http://kimblim.dk/csstest/#ex1), what is the alternative when dealing with this browser? I do not want to modify the markup, and I'd much much prefer a CSS-only solution... And yes, it is the direct child that I wish to target. Thanks! ...

Mouse coordinates in Internet Explorer

I have a map for my game, I have a script that on a click displays an alert of the mouse coordinates on the map. The map scale is 1 map unit to 2.5 pixels and the map starts at -600, 600 and goes down to 600, 1700. Thus I can't simply throw out the pixels of the mouse. I got it working (and was pretty happy about it) but alas IE (6) ha...

jQuery form submit() is not working in IE6?

Hi, I want to submit a with using jquery as below; $("#formid").submit(); Its working perfect in all browsers except IE6. How to make it work in IE6 ?? ...

Dynamic transparent images using AlphaImageLoader in IE6

The following code works fine when I have an image in IE6 that i want to make transparent. <img src="image.png" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='image.png', sizingMethod='scale')" /> However the following does not. In this example I am using a dynamically generated PNG...

How to vertically align a table column both top and bottom?

..if the columns height is dependent on the height of another column? Solution should work on IE6,7 and Mozilla at least. HTML table layout: +------------------------+----------------------+ | top-aligned paragraph | Here | | | is a | | | very ...

aligning columns in two separate (but related) html tables

I'm implementing a table with a fixed header using this kind of setup: <div style="padding-right:18px"><!-- to account for the scrollbar on the other div --> <table id="head"> <tr> <th>Col 1</th> <th>Col 2</th> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="height:400px; overflow-y:scroll"> <table id="body"> <tr> ...

jQuery $(document).ready() failing in IE6

I have the following code: // Creates a timer to check for elements popping into the dom timer = setInterval(function () { for (p in pixelTypes) { checkElems(pixelTypes[p]); } }, 10); // Add Document finished callback. $(document).ready(f...

Dropdown menu not working in IE6 or IE7 works fine in Firefox

HI all, I'm stuck with a menu on a site I develop. http://charlienutting.com If you hover over the gallery at the top menu bar it should show you a drop down menu. It works fine in Firefox but sucks in IE6 and IE7. Really thankful if someone can help. been about week now to fix this.. Thanks everyone! edit- however if you can see th...

debugging javascript for IE6

firebug is quite useful tool that I can't think myself living without it. I also downloaded the js file that helps you get similar functionality when using IE6 hoping it would help me resolve some issues, however, the messages I receive are not quite friendly such as: "Expected ':' (default2.aspx,16)" - on line 16 there is nothing that ...

image not rendering in ie6

I have a small riddle here: one html page has a comment before img declaration, like this: <!----> <img src='shar.gif' alt='' class='center'/> and another has not: <img src='shar.gif' alt='' class='center'/> Former image is rendered in ie6, while latter is not. Both pages are declared as XHTML 1.0 Transitional, and w3c validator sa...

Getting an absolute URL from a relative one. (IE6 issue)

I'm currently using the following function to 'convert' a relative URL to an absolute one: function qualifyURL(url) { var a = document.createElement('a'); a.href = url; return a.href; } This works quite well in most browsers but IE6 insists on returning the relative URL still! It does the same if I use getAttribute('href'). The o...