internet-explorer-8

Javascript Password Change Form Validation doesn't work on IE8

Hi, got this function to validate two fields from a changing password form and it's doesn't seem to work at IE8. FF, Opera, Safari and Chrome work. function chk_form_pw() { if(document.getElementById('new_passwd').value == '') { alert("<?php _e('Please enter New Password') ?>"); document.getElementById('new_passwd').focus(); re...

IE8 Back Button Stops Working on ASP .NET Page

If you do a search for "ie8 back button disabled" you'll see a number of blogs with people having difficulties with the Internet Explorer version 8 back button becoming disabled. This now happened to one of my ASP .Net pages. The page uses a user control, aspx page, and a master page. It uses no redirects and seems to be happening whe...

GWT TabLayoutPanel content display problem in IE8

Ok so I've inherited some old GWT code ... It is just a TabLayoutPanel, each tab's content is wrapped in an AbsolutePanel and then added to the TabLayoutPanel. The problem is in IE8 only the first (intially selected) tab displays properly. All other tabs when you change to them have only a 32x32 pixel area for the content so it is obvi...

Whats's wrong with this jquery slider function on ie8?

I really don't get it... what I'm doing wrong here? jQuery(function(){ //vars var conveyor = jQuery(".content-conveyor", jQuery("#slideWrapper")), item = jQuery(".item", jQuery("#slideWrapper")); conveyor.css("width", item.length * parseInt(item.css("width"))); var sliderOpts = { max: (item.length * parseInt(item.c...

IE8 - Enter key won't submit my search field.

Hey guys, I have a search field that is not submitting when the enter key is hit, this issue is only happening on IE8, every other browser is working just fine (even IE6). Please guys I need a hand with his, find below the code I have for it. <div class="box-search"> <input type="text" class="text-box" id="text-search" /...

GWT javascript error in IE8

Using a couple of GWT controls in a very simple way ... however it isn't working properly in IE and I notice that there is a JavaScript error on the page. The GWT setup is a simple TabLayoutPanel taken directly from the example at its documentation page: http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/index.html?com/google/gwt/...

Webslices: Notify user?

Hey! I know it's a long shot since I've not found anything on the web about it but does anyone know if it's possible to send notifications to the user's browser that a change has occurred on a webslice? Thanks dudes and dudettes! ...

Comment author name renders nicely in Chrome, but half blank in IE 8

Hello, In the code below, the $row["username"] is the author of a comment. It renders well in Chrome, but in IE 8, only the top half of it appears. Any idea how to make it so all of it appears in IE 8? Thanks in advance, John The code: echo "<table class=\"commentecho\">"; $count = 1; while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { ...

In jsp css style are not rendering properly sometimes using IE8

Hi All, I am using IE8 Browser. I have a menu bar in my jsp page which has links to other screens. some times my menus are not shown with styles. It just renders as tags... This issue is resolved once i refresh the page.. can anyone help on this issue any suggestions Thanks, Shruti ...

IE8 XSS / Jquery problem

Everything works perfect in Firefox and Chrome but except in IE8 (8.0.6001.18702) This is the test code (Jquery 1.4.2) (same problem with $.post): $(function() { $.get("http://domain2.tld/some.php", {}, function(response) { alert(response); }); }); This code is executed in domain1.tld and it is loaded from domain2.tld, t...

Newly deployed website (in new environment) renders slowly in IE only

We have a brand new deployment environment for testing asp.net website builds. I’ve deployed the latest version of the website to this new server (decent specification, by no means a slouch) but when I hit the new pages in IE they render horrendously slow, taking about a minute to render the page. However, in Firefox and other browsers i...

Looking for a way to disable special handling of CSS on IE8 over an RDP connection?

I'm currently working on a website, and when I test the website locally, everything looks fine, but when I test the website over an RDP connection to the same machine the styles handling is all jacked around. The fonts are all fixed height, the browser settings haven't changed, I just refreshed the page after I reconnected over RDP. He...

GWT doesn't pass Key events in IE8 on FocusPanel

using GWT 2.0.3, with IE8, i'm trying to catch a Key events on a FocusPanel, it works just fine in FF 3.6, Chrome, but not IE8. any ideas why? ...

execCommand insertHtml in Internet Explorer

I'm building a wysiwyg-editor with an editable iframe using execCommands. Now i need to use the command 'insertHtml' which works perfect in Chrome and Firefox but of course it doesn't work in Internet Explorer. What is the standard solution to this problem? It's okay if it only works in IE8 but IE7-support would be nice too. ...

iframe.contentWindow on IE8?

I have an element on page: <iframe vspace="0" hspace="0" style="overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:auto;word-wrap:break-word;border:0px;" id="some-iframe"></iframe> and I'm trying to get contentWindow property of this frame using the following javascript: document.getElementById('some-iframe').contentWindow It's ok under at least ...

Jquery table sorter and IE8

I am using this code and everything works fine in firefox. But on IE8, the class for TH is not set, so no arrows show up. Anyone had this problem? I cannot find anything wrong with this code. Thanks. var myTextExtraction = function(node) { return node.getAttribute('sorting'); } jQuery("#myTable").tablesorter({te...

Online Internet Explorer Simulators

(Tried to find simular questions / duplicates, failed) I develop on a mac. I love my mac. I develop using Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. I love them all for different reasons. But I have to develop for Internet Explorer users as well. I know, I am not unique here. I enjoy using the webkit inspector / firebug to mess with CSS. One of t...

Internet Explorer 8 compatibility issues with eBay

Hello, I have designed a template to list items on ebay and I have some compatibility issues with internet explorer (8 in this case..i assume other version as well). Here is a beta test of the item I've put up for sale with my new template: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=300451388766 The part of the page that ...

IE 8 and getElementById() that is dynamic throws error

I have a function that is called whenever a select changes. If the select had an ID of "foo" there'd be a text field with an ID of "foo_other" after it that by default is styled "display:none". If a value of "Other" is picked from the select, the function is supposed to display the text field, and set focus to it. If anything other than...

How do I get placeholder text in firefox and other browsers that don't support the html5 tag option?

This works in Chrome and any other browser that supports placeholder text in HTML5 <input id="name" name="name" type="text" placeholder="Please enter your name..." required /> <br /> But, it doesn't work in 3.5 and earlier of Firefox, and obviously IE8, and possibly other browsers. How do I achieve the same thing (preferably in HTML...