internet-explorer-7

How can I programmaticaly disable IE compatibility mode?

I have been stuck on this one for a while - I couldn't figure out why a website renders differently in two identical versions of Internet Explorer. Half an hour ago I came across a compatibility mode button in IE which made me really angry. Disabling compatibility mode has fixed my problem. Is there a way to disable it programmaticall...

Nested OL digit.digit style list for IE7 (and below) - Javascript solution?

This was hinted at in another post, but I need some assistance with displaying a list like this in IE7 1. a. b. 1.0 2.0 2.1 2. I think I am limited to JavaScript because of IE7's lack of CSS :before support. For example, this does not work OL { counter-reset: item } LI { display: block } LI:be...

IE7 Display issues

A lot of my floats are showing up on a separate line when viewing in IE7 ... in Ffox, chrome, IE8 etc they look fine. The site in question is: http://208.43.52.30 The places where the float is not working are the location for "events near me", "Show" for the show month buttons .. I'll attach some screenshots IE 8: IE 7: ...

Textarea isn't rendering in IE7

Hello, For some reason my textareas are not being show in IE7. I am using checkboxes in a form, and when they clicked, it called a javascript function that opens up a corresponding textarea. It works fine in every other main browser but not in IE7. Here is an example of the code I'm using. The HTML: <input name="areasOfConcern1" typ...

IE7 anchor tag problem

Hi, I am having a weird problem with a webpage in IE7. The structure is as follows: <a id=".." href="...."> <img id=".." src=".."/> <div class=""> <em> <img class=".." src=".." alt=".."/> </em> <div class="..">My text</div> </div> </a> Everything is "clickable" except the img inside the em tag....

What are some automated test suites for testing IE 6,7,8 compatibility for a website?

I'm looking at several websites that have complex web-clients. They have been developed using Chrome/Safari/Firefox; I would like to test them for compatibility with IE 6/7/8. Are there any automated tests/tools/test suites that will help with the work? Preferably tools that are specific to this kind of problem - and will stress the kin...

IE7 won't display images in dynamically generated iFrame

In order to aid with printing, I'm dynamically generating an iFrame and then populating it with some content. This works on IE6, IE8, Chrome and Firefox on both PC and Mac. The problem is for some reason it's not working right on IE7. In IE7, the images do not display; instead they show as broken images. Same result when viewing. It's s...

Why the gridview layout breaks in IE7?

http://210.22.155.222/group/3431/explore-learncentral You can see it by simply clicking the Members tab. It's fine in Firefox and IE8, each <tr> contains 4 items, but in IE7, the layout is broken,each <tr> with only 2 items. What's wrong in IE7? ...

In IE, I can only send request to server 7 times maximum when using ajax

Hi All I added ajax to a web application with 7 'select' tags, in which selecting an option would populate the following 'select' tags with the related information. And some of these tags can also show another set of radio buttons or checkboxes. In all, you can make more than 10 requests to the server until you get your desired product....

HTTP Doctype header issue causes problems in IE7?

We've built a javascript based widget that our client has embedded in their website. They claim it doesn't work on their site in IE7, and that the problem is the difference in doctype headers at the top of their pages: Ours: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transiti...

jQuery selector behaviour in IE7

Anyone know why: var strId = "xyz"; var oSectionOuter = $( "div#myr-body" ).find( "div#" + strId ); works in IE7 (actually IE8 with "Compatibility Mode") with the HTML below, but this doesn't?: var strId = "xyz"; var oSectionOuter = $( "div#" + strId ); According to Microsoft's "excellent" Javascript debugger, oSectionOuter ends up...

Why are the images not showing in IE7?

I am trying to help out a client. The site is almost ready to go, but there are a series of images that simply disappear in IE7. The site click on the Leadership tab and the whole block of content vanishes. Here is the html for that section: <div id="leadership-content" class="content"> <p class="intro">Leadership for every compan...

IE7 Ajax calls blocked by max connections

I am doing comet long polling to retrieve notifications from the server. There is significant delay when requesting new pages quickly. The long poll request is held for 60 seconds. I'm pretty confident cause is that IE7 is waiting for these requests to complete. The delay is gone if I up the MaxConnectionsPerServer value in the regis...

Syntax Error? Jquery script not working in IE7

I am using the following code to open a modal box when a button is clicked. Works fine in all browsers but IE7 where I get an error. This is the code. Have I done something wrong??? <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var dialogOpts = { modal: true, bgiframe: true, autoOpen: false...

Help with float and jQuery UI button

I used jQuery UI buttons in a project, and they have been working fine. But, in IE7, the icon doesn't float as it should. I realise IE doesn't have rounded corners support yet, but that is OK. Good browsers render it fine IE sucks I start with a button in the HTML <button type="submit"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-mail-closed"><...

Displaying img inline inside floated element for IE

Hi guys. Having a headache with IE. I have an image (24x24) which I'd like to display inline beside my username at the top navigation bar after logging in. It shows nicely in firefox, chrome. problem with IE version 7. The img breaks to another line, and other sibling items in the float back left. CSS below: #nav { b...

Internet Explorer 7 css js table column display bug

Hey everybody, There is a strange bug which I can't solve. The bug is reproducable by this simplified example: css: table.class1 td.subclass1{ display : none } table.class2 td.subclass2{ display : none } html: <table class="class1"> <tr> <td class="subclass1"> Invisible </td> <td class="subclass2"> Visible </td> </tr> </tabl...

Problem with a :hover event in ie7

I have a map with several divs positioned absolutely on the page. Each div has a background image which contains the normal state and the hover state in one file. When the user mouses over the div, the background image is supposed to shift up 25 pixels. In ie7, the background image shifts up 25 pixels, but it also shifts to the right abo...

Internet Explorer 7 Google Map Rendering Problem

Hi I'm having some trouble with IE7 when doing a map. I've made an xml and ajaxed it to grab points based on where the user is on the map. It works well, and in FF, IE8 no problems when they click the points. On IE7 it firstly misses the cross at the top right, has some problems with the border (fixed that with some margin) and more impo...

How to Detect IE7/IE8 "run as administrator" mode with Javascript

How to Detect IE7/IE8 "run as administrator" mode with Javascript? I have a html page that needs to be run in administrator mode. I can detect if it is ie8/7 and when that occurs I pop-up an alert saying the user must be in administrator mode for the page to work (because it runs an active-x that doesn't work other wise). That, howeve...