internet-explorer-8

Attribute selectors, JavaScript and IE8

I'm attempting to use attribute selectors and CSS for formatting elements. The HTML looks like: <div id="user" highlight="false">User Name</div> The CSS is: [highlight=true] { background-color: red; } [highlight=false] { background-color: white; } And then there's some accompanying JavaScript: if( foo ) { node.setAtt...

jQuery and IE8: Form action and submit problem

I have some code that isn't doing what I want it to in IE8. When you hit the "preview" submit button, a bit of Javascript jumps in and changes the form's action to franchisepreview.php. This sets a session variable so when you go back to the form you won't loose anything. Hitting "Update" or "Insert" goes straight to a query that inserts...

jQuery 1.4 Dynamically created images aspect ratio incorrect in IE8 and max-width

After upgrading to jQuery 1.4, when I try to add an image to a page dynamically using jQuery 1.4 in IE8, the image will lose the correct aspect ratio. This appears to affect only IE8 (IE7 and Firefox work fine) with jQuery 1.4 (1.3.2 works fine). Including the jQuery compatability file does not fix the problem. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-...

IE8 won't download a file with a custom mime/type with UAC enabled

I have a .net service running on the local machine (Windows 7 x64, IE8, .net 3.5, C#) that returns a file to the browser in response to a user action. Using firefox or chrome, the file is downloaded properly and our application is launched via a custom mime type and all is well. However, with IE8, I receive a dialog "unable to download ...

Troubleshooting Help With IE8/Superfish Problem on SOME Computers Only

Our website uses the superfish jQuery plug-in for our menus (http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/), and they work fine in Firefox, IE6, IE7, Safari, Chrome, etc. ... and even in MOST IE8 installations. The problem is, in some IE8 installations, the menus don't work (they highlight on mouseover but don't drop-down the menu)...

Element reference is always null on IE8

I´m trying to reference a submit button: <input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit" /> Tried this: var submit_btn = $('submit'); and also with document.getElementByID('submit'). But it always evaluates to null.. Also tried to loop all form elements to reach the button as lastChild but the result is all...

IE8 input type image is showing border even, when I set border to none

I have used input type image to display my custom style buttons, but for some reason IE8 shows border even when I set in CSS border to none. In other browsers it is not showing border at all. input[type=image] { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; background-color: non...

ASP session not working in IE8, working in Firefox, Chrome

I'm trying to get my site to play a flash video the first time, and only the first time, a user visits the site. Currently, I'm using ASP session tags to install a sessionid cookie into the users browsers. <% Session("name")="blah" Session.Timeout=7 %> This method works fine in FF and Chrome, but IE8 doesn't seem to want to accept the...

Unable to use facebook connect application on IE8: xd_receiver popup does not close.

In both Opera and Firefox, my facebook connect application successfully loads xd_receiver and everything works. In IE8, it loads xd_receiver in the popup as expected, but the popup does not close and the data is not transmitted to my app. The url the popup is visiting is the correct xd_receiver page, as is hinted by the fact that every...

Getting unordered list in front of image slide-show in IE8, IE7 and probably IE6...

I have a simple (absolutely positioned) image slide-show that consists of a few images that rotate every few seconds. To have different areas of the changing image click-able, I also have an unordered list containing the different links, relatively positioned in order to use z-index. This works just fine in Firefox (3.6), Safari (windo...

Spaces Between Table Rows In IE7/8

I would like there to be spaces between rows of my table in IE7/8. I did this: .selector tr { display: block; padding-bottom: 3px; } Which works in Firefox but not in IE7/8 where the 3px gap doesn't appear. ...

Can't connect to a TLS web service using C# and digest authentication, Firefox succeeds where IE8 fails

Hi all, I'm trying to connect to a web service using C# and digest authentication, but every time I got the 401 - Not Authorized error. But when I try to reach the service over Firefox, everything's OK. When I use IE8, my password is not accepted and I got a 401. Do you have any ideas? Thanks for the help. Here's the test code I'm us...

jQuery sortable very slow in IE8

I've appended a sortable jQuery plugin to my list of divs using 1.4.1 jQuery. The function that is called on the page load is pretty simple. $(function() { $('#divEditFieldOrderModal_FieldList').sortable( { axis: 'y', cursor: 'pointer', placeholder: 'sortOrderPlaceholder' }); }); This divEditFieldOrderModal_FieldList contain...

IE8 won't load JavaScript file in "Compatibility View."

Here's my JS insert: <script type="text/javascript" src="include/profile.js"></script> In IE8 with "Compatibility View," the file never loads. The first line in the file is a simple alert() call, so that I know it loaded. Change the browser to Standards View, and it loads fine. Also, if I add: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" cont...

Problem in IE8 with toggle()

Here: http://api.jquery.com/toggle/ Anyone knows why the second example (Hello and Good Bye Example) does not work in IE8 ? ...

Why is this not working in IE8?

I'm having problems with the jQuery stuff for IE8. It works well in Firefox and Safari, but not IE8. http://www.ninjasliveclancodes.com/ When I click bump or add code, it doesn't show the error messages. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? ...

sifr 3 not working in IE 8 64bit (windows 7)

hi all... love sifr - use it all the time... but i've noticed that it does not replace text in IE 8 64bit version... works fine in regular IE 8 on windows 7, but not the 64bit version... for a test, anyone viewing this on a 64bit windows machine please take a look at the demo itself in IE 64bit: http://dev.novemberborn.net/sifr3/svn/t...

IE8 table disappearing border-top

Hi I have a table with border-top set to 2px. This works in every browser except IE8. CSS: <style type="text/css"> .mytable { border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-top: 2px solid #43848C; width: 300px; margin:0 2em 1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #72afb6; } .mytable tr { border-color: #72afb6; ...

Django login cookies for Subdomains with underscores broken in IE8?

In my Django login I always rewrite a logged in users url to have their username in it. So if the username is "joe" I rewrite the url to be "joe.example.com". This works great except on IE8 for usernames with underscores like "joe_schmoe". IE8 won't login the users when the url is like: "joe_schmoe.example.com". In my settings file I...

IE 8 open second window

How do you add a nomerge switch on the new shortcut for IE8 ...