internet-explorer-8

Determine if in IE8 Compatibility Mode using conditionals

Hi, I understand from my research that IE8 does annoying things like forcing itself into IE7 mode for local intranet hosts and local IP ranges. I understand from a previous question that there is no way to use conditional statements as, irrespective of whether IE8 is rendering in IE8 or IE7 mode, it will still only use the <!--[if IE 8]...

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...

Calendar is showing behide the iframe in asp.net

Hi, Am using calendar extendar to select the date. Based on date am showing the records in pdf using iframe. after showing the record if i click the date calendar is going behind the iframe. Only in IE7 and IE8 its not working. below IE7 its working. Am have tried z index. but no use. Please can anyone solve my prob. This is my code ...

How do I view an JavaScript object in IE8's Developer Tools?

Hi All, How do I view a Javascript object in IE8's Developer Tools? In WebKit and Firebug, I can fire a command at the console which returns an object and it'll show me a tree of the object that I can navigate. In Internet Explorer, all I get is: >>getSelection(); {...} Is there a way to get a similar tree view in IE8's Developer Too...

Unable to View Source of an XML file using IE8

i have a web-page that returns XML with an xsl stylesheet transform, e.g.: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='/css/homepage.xsl'?> <MyData> ... </MyData> It properly displays the transformed XSL as HTML. But when i try to view the XML source, Internet Explorer gives me the error: The X...

CSS/HTML problem in IE - how to fix?

I'm working on this page here: http://noasimon.co.il/ It looks fine in firefox, chrome, opera and IE8 But when I turn on the "compatibility view" in IE8, the menu images go below the text. Another problem which happens only in this view is in this page: http://noasimon.co.il/exhibition2010 The thumbnails go too far left outside the v...

Setting image markup to a div is not loading the image

I am using Visual studio 2008 in Windows 7. After an ajax call, I am building an image markup dynamically and setting it to a div like this. var imageLocation="<%= Url.Action("Show", "Images", new { Id = Model.LoginUser.UserId })%>"; var markup = '<img class="profile-Image" src="' + imageLocation + '"/>'; $('.divImgdisplay').html(mark...

Java applet compatibility with IE8 security feature

We have a memory intensive java applet that runs in IE. The client is trying to upgrade to IE8. They want to enable the security feature Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks. But when they do and try to access our application, they get the following error message: "– “Internet Explorer has stopped trying to res...

contenteditable div with 'text-align: right' in IE8 doesn't show caret

I'm creating a contentEditable div within a table cell to capture user input. The problem is, when I align the text to the right IE8 does not show a text input caret. Every other browser I've tried works. It works if I don't use "text-align: right". It also works if the caret is anywhere other than the far right of the div. Here's some s...

Internet explorer 8 blue colored textboxes in my PC

Hello, I use Firefox in daily use. While testing own web-application in Internet Explorer, I've get bug like this(as example facebook.com page): As example I capture facebook.com website. Blue colored textboxes. This issue then I catch in other web-sites. How to fix this problem? I haven't installed any plugin to IE and haven't cust...

-ms-filter with javascript

How do I implement the -ms-filter in javascript? I tried the following which does not work: document.getElementById(ba[i]).style.sFilter = 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=' + value*10 + ')'; Another question. If I want to change the font color of an element I used the following (which worked in everything exce...

jQuery.toggle() doesn't work on table rows in IE

Has anyone else had this problem or know of a workaround? Here's a quick example of a block of code that doesn't work in IE8, but is fine in FF. HTML: <h1>Toggle Test</h1> <a onclick="toggleme();">Click here</a> <table> <tr><td>Some visible text</td></tr> <tr id="hidden" style="display:none;"><td>Some hidden text</td></tr> </t...

Image not positioning properly under floated divs in IE8

I'm trying to build a dynamic chart using images, and it looks fine in standards-compliant browsers, but in IE8 the baseline and everything below it is jumping up to the side of the chart. Anything in particular I could do to keep it in its proper place? <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> div.float { float: left; } .float i...

Internet Explorer 8 in Windows XP

I have witnessed how Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is in Windows XP and how it is in Windows Vista/7. Quite strangely, IE8 seems to be acting like IE7 for certain aspects of CSS and JavaScript (maybe for other elements too). Am I the one who is seeing things? Otherwise, if this is true why is this happening and what are the major differences...

GWT 2.0.3 on IE8 image LoadHandler Not Called intermittently

Hi, has anyone encountered a problem where you register a LoadHandler on the image, and when the image is loaded the LoadHandler doesn't get called sometimes? Is there some voodoo to make it work? Like some ridiculous order of initialization? This is driving me nuts. The code works on Firefox, Chrome, IE6 and IE7. The image is attac...

Why is my .NET 2.0 ActiveX Control reporting it's version as 0.0.0.1 in IE's Manage Add-ons?

From the Details section of the property tab of my control's dll: File version 9.0.1.38589 Product version 9.0.1.38589 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("9.0.1.38589")] Shows up in reflector. However, for some reason Manage Add-ons is reporting the control as version 0.0.0.1. I've been unable to find any information on how this number is d...

Why does Jquery .attr() not work on my object in IE 7 / 8 ?

I have this very peculiar IE issue where the .attr() function will not select anything. var tabID = $(selectedTab).attr('id'); selectedTab is a variable passed from an onclick method of a div like below: <div id="WhatisaDog" onclick="handleSelectedTab(this);" class="tab tabPassive"></div> The issue I am seeing in the IE developer t...

Outlook attachments and Javascript

So I have a security issue with my fresh install of Outlook 2003 (on Windows 7 + Internet Explorer 8). I just received an email with an HTML page attached. I (stupidly) double clicked the attachment, which opened up IE, and which contained javascript that ran and took me to a malware site. Some interesting facts: (1) When I create an...

jquery, IE 8 Invalid argument error

Hello All, This code works fine in FF, Chrome & Safari, but IE 8 is throwing several Invalid Argument Errors when I run it: <script type="text/javascript"> $(window).load(function() { $('div .box').each(function() { $(this).width($(this).find('img').width()); }); }); </script> You can see it in ...

Does the 2k length limit for URLs on IE still exist for IE 7 and IE 8?

Does the 2k length limit for URLs on IE still exist for IE 7 and IE 8? (the post IE 6 era) ...