internet-explorer-7

Element.prototype in IE7?

I'm trying to extend all dom elements so i can get and remove their children. The function is below (works in FF and Chrome). Is there an equivalent in IE7 to extend the base dom object? if (!Element.get) { Element.prototype.get = function(id) { for (var i = 0; i < this.childNodes.length; i++) { if (this.childNodes[i].id == id) { ...

IE7 and Firefox 3 Rendering Difference

Here is an outline of a page I'm developing. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!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" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/test.css" /> ...

Has anyone experienced sIFR (436) vanishing in IE7, then returning if you resize the browser?

Has anyone experienced sIFR (436) vanishing in IE7, then returning if you resize the browser? It's only been happening with sIFR 436. Thanks, Wilson ...

Why does my jquery form validation not work for IE7? It works in FF, Opera, Safari, etc.

Hi All! I recently used jquery and the form validation plugin on a form we're testing at our community college: www.mchenry.edu/parentorientation Right off the bat, (if viewed with FF, Opera, Safari, etc.) when you click submit w/o entering any values, you get some nice error messages in the form, the intended effect. However, if yo...

IE7 Defaults Elements to 100% Width

I've got a really frustrating problem with a web application I work on (I didn't originally write it). It uses frames for the layout scarily enough. The problem I'm having is that all elements with a background colour and border set via CSS default to 100% width. I've just tested div elements, paragraph elements etc. I removed the s...

ie save onunload bug

I have a dynamic ajaxy app, and I save the state when the user closes the explorer window. It works ok in all browsers but in IE there is problem. After I close twice the application tab, i can't connect anymore to the server. My theory is that the connection to the server fail to complete while the tab is being closed and somehow ie7 ...

Printing an HTML email that contains a table longer than 1 page

When I try printing an HTML-email with a table that stretches multiple pages then Windows-Mail and IE7 will only print whatever fits on the first page but Firefox prints everything just fine. Any thoughts how I can make the Microsoft products print the entire thing? Regards, Pieter ...

CSS IE7 slow overlay

When i press a button an overlay appears. In Firefox the overlay is fast, nothing special. But in IE7 the overlay is very slow. I was wonder why? Here is my CSS: .DocOverlayShow { background: url("/Graphics/overlay bg.png"); top:0px; left:0px; width:100%; position:fixed; padding:10px; } .DocAddCommentBox { color: #000; mar...

.aspx page Response.BinaryWrite image on IE7

I maintain an application that has a .aspx page that loads on image from the database and uses Response.BinaryWrite() to write it back to the client. This worked perfectly not long ago. Two things have changed, we upgraded the application to .NET 3.5 and they upgraded all the computers at work to IE7. Everything works fine on Firefox...

Javascript IE7: Object Expected

I get Error "Object Expected" on line 1, char 1 (where-ever this is) on my script here in IE7. It works fine in Firefox, and the error console prints nothing. I tried multiple ways to call my function but none works: <a href="javascript:doit()">Turingmaschine starten</a> <a href="#" onclick="doit()">Turingmaschine starten</a> What co...

How to prevent 3px extra bottom padding on list items in IE7

I have a page where the infamous 3px extra vertical space (below each li element) is being rendered in IE7 on all my list items. I have a specific situation where I need text absolutely positioned within the li, so that its container can be set to a smaller width, & the text extends beyond the container. Here's the code I'm using: <styl...

IE7 is clipping my text. How do I adjust its attitude?

Hi All, A few days ago I re-skinned my website, http://emle.nl. Development of this skin was primarily done using safari, and as expected, it all renders fine using firefox and opera. I've had to make a few small tweaks for IE7, but nothing much, except for one problem... The date indicators for a post are cut off in IE. This problem s...

Why does IE7 display my webpage incorrectly?

If you look at www.kwikhousesale.co.uk in any FF, Google Chrome, Opera, IE8 etc. it displays fine. However, when using IE7 all the text shifts to the right resulting in much of the text appearing off the page. Please could somebody help me to resolve this issue? ...

Problem Rendering SIFR with revision 436 on IE6 and IE7

Hi, I seem to have a problem with SIFR3. I'm using version 436 and from all my testing it appears to be a problem associated with IE6 and IE7 as I cannot replicate the issue in Firefox, Chrome, Safari for Windows, or even IE8. The problem is occurring on my company's website and can be seen here: http://www.wyldeia.co.uk/blog.php When...

Why is the UpdatePanel Response size changing on alternate requests?

We are using UpdatePanel in a small portion of a large page and have noticed a performance problem where IE7 becomes CPU bound and the control within the UpdatePanel takes a long time (upwards of 30 seconds) to render. We also noticed that Firefox does not seem to suffer from these delays. We ran both Fiddler (for IE) and Firebug (for ...

Flash Player 10 won't uninstall from IE 7

I have a computer on my network where the Flash Player 10 ActiveX control installation is messed up in IE7, and isn't recognized as Flash Player 10 by javascript, so that any website you go to that tries to identify your flash player warns you that you need to update, and sometimes just displays alternative content (SWFObject, for instan...

Need to make div and css based pages work in IE 7

I am working on a project where I need to build the pages using div tags and css. The pages look fine in Firefox, Opera, Safari and IE 8, but my client who is using IE7 is complaining of layout problems in IE 7. Can someone take a look and tell me how to fix the code so it will work in all the browsers, especially IE 7? Links and css ...

Problem with inputs with IE7

I have following code in html: <div> <div style="float:left;margin:0.5em"> <span class="title">Label1</span><br/> <input type="text" name="name1" size="8" /> </div> <div style="float:left;margin:0.5em"> <span class="title">Label2</span><br/> <input type="text" name="name2" size="12" /> </div> <div style="float:...

Bizzarre bug in IE7 (surprise)

On this url, the text below the Flash piece in the footer will sometimes disappear in IE7, if you slowly scroll up and down a few times. It is difficult to reproduce, but it seems to be related to the flash covering up part of the window and then not refreshing after it's gone. Diffifult to explain, but any help would be great. link ...

How to get zoom level in Internet Explorer 7? (javascript)

In Internet Explorer 7 some properties (mouse coordinates) are treated as physical while others are logical (offset). This essentially required Web developers to be aware of or calculate the zoom state. In IE8 release all properties are logical. ...