internet-explorer-8

IE8 no honoring display:none

I have the following markup on a page and unfortunately I do not have direct access to it. . This page is opened in an iframe. There is other code on the page but it is not relevant so I have not posted it. The only access to target the code in via css. I want to not display the close button so I added this to the css file img[alt='Cl...

Jquery tabs and IE8

hi, i am using jquery to create the following using this code <script> $(document).ready(function() { $("#content").tabs({ fx: { opacity: 'toggle' } }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#documents").tabs({ fx: { opacity: 'toggle' } }); }); </script> Here it is in firefox ...

Sync scrolling of two frames (browser-agnostic, please!)

I have a web page made of three frames, something like this: +----------------+ | 0 | +-------+--------+ | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | +-------+--------+ Frames 1 and 2 are for comparing some similar data. I'd like to sync the vertical scrollbars on these frames (setting the scroll bar value on...

Internet Explorer buggy when accessing a custom weblogic provider

I've created a custom Weblogic Security Authentication Provider on version 10.3 that includes a custom login module to validate users. As part of the provider, I've implemented the ServletAuthenticationFilter and added one filter. The filter acts as a common log on page for all the applications within the domain. When we access any secu...

How to force delete cookies even if one window is still open?

Apparently in IE8, there is this option 'Preserve Favorites website data', even if I uncheck it the browser will still keep the cookies until the last window is closed. Problem scenario. say I logged in to somesite.com, then without logging out, I closed the window, but there was still another IE8 window open. In this case IE8 will keep...

Performance problems when loading local JSON via <script> elements in IE8

I have a web page with some JS scripts that needs to work locally, e.g. from hard disk or a CD-ROM. The scripts load JSON data from files by inserting <script> tags. This worked fine in IE6, but now in IE8 it takes an enormous amount of time: it went from "instantly" to 3-10 seconds. The main data file is 45KB large. How can I solve thi...

Different width result in different browser $("#div1").width() ?

I am using jquery to determine the width of the control:- $("#div1").width(); There is a difference in width of the div between IE8 (in compatibility view) and Firefox. Width is not same. e.g ie : 1887 FF : 1898 How to tackle it? ...

Forcing intranet users to view webpage in IE8 mode, not compatibility mode

Although I'm specifying <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" /> But due to IE's "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View" setting, my app isn't being viewed in IE8, but in compatibility mode. Anyone know if there is a way round this??? ...

Why is my JavaScript Twitter feed not working in Internet Explorer?

We're rolling out a redesign of helpcurenow.org, and we've implemented a Twitter feed in the footer. (I'm the design & front end guy, my coworker is the scripting & backend guy). All is well with the Twitter feed in all major browsers except internet explorer, version 8 and later. However we have no clue why IE is not pulling the feed...

How do i prevent the textbox cursor from blinking throu a overlayed DIV under IE8?

this occurs only under IE8, FireFox hides the cursor as you would expect. the DIV in question has a absolut position and z-index: 2 (increasing the z-index does not help) just removing the focus from the textbox is not a desired solution. ...

dximagetransform.matrix, absolutely position child elements not rotating in IE 8 standards mode

I've looked all over for more information on this, and would like to know why it happens. Here's the code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> </head> <body> <div style="position:absolute; top:200px; left:200px; height:200px;...

How to change security configutarion in IE8 for Intranet pages, such that Javascript can close a Window without asking?

I am developing a system that uses a little Internet page as a front-end for the whole program. Since I need to use ActiveX (sigh), the page must work on Internet Explorer. However, after some actions have been done the page needs to close itself. Using window.close() on Javascript it works, but before closing it prompts the user if it ...

Embedded media player gets inconsistent currentPosition on both IE8 and Firefox3

I have a embedded media player in the browser that is controlled by javascript to handle all the mediaChange event. The code looks like mediaChangeHandler: function(media) { if (media && this.offset && !this.offsetJumpPerformed) { if (parseFloat(media.duration) > this.offset) { pos = parseInt(pos); t...

Jquery cycle in IE8 causes image to disappear and reload again

Actually the original implementation it worked fine, but i changed something which caused it to behave like this. When it cycles thru various divs it causes divs to reload again and showing in between empty black background. It works fine on Moxilla. Can some one help. Site: http://travelling-monk.com ...

IE8 error with Certificate

I have installed a certificate with multiple Common Names on a Red Hat server in the jks format. The web page can be accessed with Firefox and the certificate gets imported. However, IE8 gives the error "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". I added the cert with MMC and its properties shows "This certificate has an nonvali...

Problem opening a csv file through asp on ie8?

Hi, From my asp application, i am trying to open a csv file onto ie8. The same code is working fine on ie6 although. Below is the code: Set objStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") objStream.Open objStream.Type = adTypeBinary objStream.LoadFromFile strFilePath ContentType = "application/msexcel" Response.AddHead...

Focus CSS tag in Internet Explorer 8

This is driving me nuts. http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/examples/exampleitem/focus_pseudo_class This is an example of using the hover pseudo-class. Works fine in Chrome and IE. When I save locally it works fine in Chrome but won't work in IE. What am I doing wrong!? <link rel="Stylesheet" href="style.css" /> <form> <p>1) Name:<...

Cannot open xls file in IE

We have JSF web application that generates XLS file and gives user link to thes file. All works fine if access this file via HTTP. But IE(8) cannot open/save this xls file via HTTPS. There is following error message: Internet Explorer cannot download ...466088C5C313F92808BDB0AFF3447 from testhost. Internet Explorer was not able to op...

Webpage alignment is not getting centered in IE8

The alignment of webpage is not getting centered in IE8. It works in Firefox, Chrome. Here is the URL: Website URL Your help is appreciated. ...

How can I fix this error in Fiddler: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Hi, For some reason I cannot monitor my asp.net page's request/responses to my local host in IE 8.0. I use fiddler and I modified he url as this -by adding a dot before the semicolon- http://localhost.:52749/JQuery/Chapter16-AJAX/PersonEditor.aspx I get this error: [Fiddler] Connection to localhost. failed. Exception Text: No connec...