internet-explorer-7

Form is not in correct position in IE7

http://www.campbellcustomcoatings.com/index2.php At this site, I'm using css3's box shadow and rgba for the content background. To make it play nice with IE7, i'm using 3 images. The Form element is cleared underneath the main content area and it's supposed to be to the right of it. Any body know why? ...

Footer content positioning problem with WooFoo Contact Form and IE7

I am working with a to client fix a problem on a single page. On all pages, the footer content is positioned and displays properly. However, on this page, when viewed in IE7 the footer content moves up into the body area. The only difference between this page and all the other is the presence of a WooFoo contact form. I have tried a zil...

Embed an image nested inline within an HTML page for IE7+

Is there a way for nesting an image in an HTML page *inline* in IE7? I can't use external resource, all because of a particular server configuration (it's a web dispatcher in maintenance mode that redirects all requests to a single .html page). So I can't afford using the classical embedding by using the following: <html> <img src="m...

How to check if an appended <img /> src attribute is relative or absolute using jQuery & IE7?

I have a website that includes code: <html> <head> </head> <body> <div id="wrap"> <img id="img_1" src="images/sample.gif" alt="Image 1" width="200" height="40" /> </div> </body> </html> I have this JavaScript and jQuery: $(document).ready(function(){ $('#wrap').append('<img id="img_2" src="images/sample_2.gif" alt...

IE 8's Developer Tools: Browser Mode: IE 7, IE 8, but what is IE 8 "Compatibility View"?

In IE 8, we can bring out the Developer Tools. Then on top, there is a Browser Mode: IE 7 IE 8 IE 8 Compatibility View So if IE 7 is to force the page to be shown as if the browser is IE 7, and IE 8 is to force the page to be shown using the standard IE 8 as it is, then what is the extra IE 8 "Compatibility View" for? What use is it...

CSS IE hover issue with flyout menu

I'm trying to create a CSS only menu that will work in IE7+ and FF. Of course, the menu currently works in IE8 and FF. The problem is when you hover over Store Departments > Women's Clothes > Grocery and then just stop hovering (meaning, go directly from hovering over the Grocery to hovering over the document). Then hover over Store Dep...

If I force IE 8's Developer Tools to be "Browser Mode: IE 8" and "Document Mode: IE 7 Standards", is it now IE 7 or IE 8?

If I serve a page using <meta content='IE=EmulateIE7' http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible'> using HTML 4.01 strict, and load this page into IE 8, then the IE 8's Developer Tools shows that it is using: Browser Mode: IE 8 Document Mode: IE 7 Standards Well then, is IE 8 using partly IE 8 engine and partly IE 7 engine? Which part is IE ...

On IE 7, jQuery's fadeIn() and fadeOut() requires the user to move the mouse around the area to see the update, why?

I have some jQuery's fadeIn() and fadeOut() and it works well in IE 7 and IE 8 (with the IE 7 Compatibility Mode) -- It works perfectly on Firefox, Chrome, and Safari as well. However, some part of it will not show any update of elements fading out and new elements fading in, until I move the mouse around that area -- then the whole reg...

Eclipse Helios/Galileo Update sites cannot be accessed on Windows machine with IE7

When starting the update, the following error is displayed: Network connection problems encountered during search. Unable to access "http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios". Error accessing site stream. [Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd] Server return...

Does anyone know of an IE7 emulator?

I'm on Mac running parallels with windows XP and IE8 installed. The options I find either don't work with my version of Firefox or dont install correctly on the windows side. Do you know of any emulators for internet explorer? What I'm looking for is to emulate websites in ie7 and ie6 to check. I know of IE=EmulateIE7 but will that forc...

IE7 hangs when using (to much) ajax calls with async: false

I have the following function in a much larger script that loads translations from a php file: function loadLanguages(language){ var data = new Object(); data.language = language; var dataString = $.toJSON(data); var langSt = $.ajax({ url: "/VID/ajax/loadtranslations.php", data: ({data: dataString}), async: false }).responseT...

SWFObject 2.2 static publishing method and click-to-activate mechanisms in legacy IE

As you know in legacy (and unpatched) Internet Explorer, you have to click on active content (like Flash) to start it. I know Microsoft added the click-to-activate "feature" then removed it a couple of years after but I'm still stuck with customers with this "feature" still there. I would like to use SWFObject 2.2 (latest) to embed Flas...

IE7 ul display:none/block problem

Hi to all. I've got a strange problem with IE7. This is my html: <div class="nav square"> <div> <ul> <li><a href="#square" class="square_lk">[b] square</a></li> <li><a href="#history" class="history_lk">[b] history</a></li> </ul> </div> ...

Background images in list items not showing in IE7

What is it that I am not understanding about IE7 and background images in list items? I'd like to understand this once and for all please because I run into this problem a lot and only get it right with severe hacking. Please take a look at this link, the link menu items in the left and right column are not showing and I am not sure wha...

IE7/IE8 Table Display bug <thead> background image goes behind <table> background image

I have been developing a new page which includes a series of tables. The tables have a background image repeating on the y axis for the <table>. A background image for the <thead> and a background image for the <tfoot> It works fine in all browsers except IE7 + IE8 - I have isolated the problem as: the repeating background image for th...

Extra spacing for TD in IE7

Hi, Below is mycode. Problem is whenever i use float element whose width is more than td:ed(1). It takes extra space. I appreciate your suggestion. <table style="background:#ff0;border:1px solid #ccc; width:100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:30px; border-right:1px solid #ccc; overflow:hidden">1</td> <td>Test</td>...

Floating a child in a overflowed parent with ie7

Hi, So I got some divs... The aim here is to play with some hide-show effects. <div class="container"> <div class="move"> Some dynamic content... </div> </div> .container { width:100px; height:100%; owerflow-y:hidden; } .move { width:300px; height:100%; float:right; } The issue is that in ...

Problem with focusin/focusout using jquery in IE7 and Firefox 3.x.x

Hi people I'm currently pulling my hair of because of a very weird problem. I have some input fields in which I have placed some text using some <span> elements. On two of them my script is working great but on the last one it's acting a bit weird. The HTML structure for the input fields are 100% identical. I'm using the focusin/foc...

Floated lists in a div - IE 7

I have some page elements which are meant to appear in a two column list. <ul id="modules" class="module_container"><!-- begin modules --> <li> <div class="single left" id="component_194"><!-- begin component --> <p>Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat...</p> </div><!-- end component --> </li> <li> <...

Internet Explorer won't load Flash that's requested with AJAX

I have a piece of jQuery that requests a file (using .load() method) with some HTML and an embedded Flash video player. IE7 doesn't seem to load the Flash video player, but it does load all the HTML and applies proper CSS to the elements. It works at least on FF3.6.6. I've tried both static embedding [1] and SWFObject [2]. I've also trie...