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div not expanding to new content in IE8

I have a div A and another div B inside it. Using jquery i get data and insert into HTML() in div B, div A does not expand its length and div B overflows over the bottom. Here is its CSS: #A { position:absolute; top:30px; left:0; background-color: #FFFFFF; width:920px; display:block; padding: 0 0 30px 0; ...

IE 8 absolute positioned element outside its parent clipping problem

I have an absolute positioned div inside another absolute positioned div. The child div content is much bigger than the parent can contain. This is by design. I need the child div to spill out of its parent. It does so in every other browser except IE 8 (IE 7 looks OK, not sure) In IE8 the part of the child that is out of parent is clipp...

Font turns jagged and blurs when site is displayed in IE Compatibility View

Hi, While testing my site in Internet Explorer Compatibility View, I've noticed the font of a set of small, one-line paragraphs seems to distort, and I can't figure out why. It's fine in all other browsers, and this doesn't appear to be happening anywhere else on the site. Thanks for any help. ...

How can I programmaticaly disable IE compatibility mode?

I have been stuck on this one for a while - I couldn't figure out why a website renders differently in two identical versions of Internet Explorer. Half an hour ago I came across a compatibility mode button in IE which made me really angry. Disabling compatibility mode has fixed my problem. Is there a way to disable it programmaticall...

Javascript not working IE 8 on Windows

Hi Everyone! I have 4 images that I use as a navigation menu, when I click on one it lights up (changes image) and the current goes out, and so on so forth. It works well in chrome and ff (no firebug errors) But in IE8 the functioning of the clicks (where it changes the view of a div) work it just doesn't change the img src here's the...

JQuery UI Tabs in IE appends ajax tab before body!

Wall Info < a title='members' href="ajax_commune_members.aspx"><span>Members</span></a></li> <li><a title='photos' href="ajax_commune_photos.aspx"><span>Photos</span></a></li> </ul> <div id='community_wall'> ...this one is local and is not loaded via ajax!, it is a...

What are some automated test suites for testing IE 6,7,8 compatibility for a website?

I'm looking at several websites that have complex web-clients. They have been developed using Chrome/Safari/Firefox; I would like to test them for compatibility with IE 6/7/8. Are there any automated tests/tools/test suites that will help with the work? Preferably tools that are specific to this kind of problem - and will stress the kin...

IE8 CSS Hover Image Not Clickable JQuery

Hi Everyone! I have an image which is has an onmousedown event . When I hover over it, it displays a seperate image. My hover code looks like this: $(".baur").hover( function () { $(".hoverbaur").show(); }, I've been using this cod...

jQuery Code Errors in IE, but no other browser.

I have the following code snippet.. I get the error Expected identifier, string or number on the line... options.reference = '.' + $(this).attr('class'); and then later in the plugin... Object doesn't support this property or method on the line... if ($target.is(options.reference) || $target.closest(options....

CSS Differentiation based on Browsers

Hi, Unsure if possible but just wondering if there is a means in CSS to distinguish between two browsers, i.e. IE6 and IE8 as I have a style that I need to apply, but the value needs to be different for IE6 and IE8, i.e. ul.sf-menu li li.sfHover ul { left: 14.3em; /* for IE8 */ left: 15em; /* for IE6 */ ...

IE Errors with jQuery Code

This occurs in IE8, and IE7. I am not coding to support IE6, so that doesn't concern me. I have this simple line of jQuery code that runs fine on other browsers, but on IE, I get the error.. Object doesn't support this property or method I have marked the offending line. options.button.click(function (e) { options.me...

Delete certain form data (Selectively) on IE8 or Firefox

I would like to delete certain autocomplete suggestions (from history) on form data on IE8 (as well as in firefox). on the username of a webpage I mistyped my userid and it is coming every time I try to type my name. The autocomplete gives two items one my right id and second the wrong id which I did once in the past How do I selectiv...

CSS positioning with IE8 - expressions not supported

Hello, I have the following code: <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> DIV#left { z-index: 100; position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: #e7e7e7; } DIV#right { z-index: 100; position:absolute; left:100px; top:0px; width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: #e20074; } </style> </head> <bo...

Simple webpage that crashes Internet Explorer 8

Hi, I've tried the following HTML code on several different Windows 7 computers with Internet Explorer 8, and everywhere this crashes Internet Explorer. I have not been able to reproduce this with IE7, or on Windows XP with IE8. <!doctype html> <head> <title>Crashes IE8 on Win7</title> <style> article { display: block; } </style> <scr...

Google Chrome Frame (GCF) problem in IE8 with cache

Maybe it has been asked somewhere, but I am trying to find my question and I am not able to find any answer. Here's my question: I am developing a web application and because of some major JavaScript issue in IE8, I need the user to run "Google Chrome Frame" (To enhance the speed of the web page). I was impressed that my page was work...

IE6 vs IE8 <ul> <li> out of order disply problem. please help

I have out of order display problem in IE6 and IE8. Following is the output screenshot in IE6 and IE8 : http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1875/61807760.jpg Following is my HTML code : <div> <div style="width: 280px; float: left; height: 220px; background:url(images/content_box.gif) no-repeat; text-align: left; padding-left: 20px; padd...

jQuery.change + inline onchange fn() causes fn to execute twice

Posting this even though I found the answer and a workaround, in the hopes that it helps someone else. Basically, when using IE8 and changing an element's value that has both jQuery.change hooked to it and an inline onchange defined, the code in onchange executes twice. We ran into this in an ASP.NET (3.5 or 4.0 does not matter) proje...

Jquery Slider PNG black borders IE8

Greetings, I'm having a lot of trouble with the IE8 buy of getting black borders when using a JQUERY slider, with PNG transparent images. Using a slightly modified version of the Nivio slider. I have searched high and low for fixes and blocks of code but so far none have worked. What happens is that as soon as the img cycles it gets ...

Jquery Templates doesn't show up in IE

Hi, I was trying to use the jquery templates (http://stanlemon.net/projects/jquery-templates.html). What I am trying to do I am trying to fetch an array of objects through JSON and render them using the jquery templates. I get the JSON as follows [{"type":"todo","title":"sample task","description":"this is description","tags":["todo"...

Unwanted horizontal browser scroll bar displayed using IE8.

I have a situation with our silverlight 3 application where the initial load of the main application page shows the browsers horizontal scroll bar. The width and height of the silverlight control are such that I should get a vertical scroll bar (which I do) and no horizontal scroll bar. We have a BrowserScrollHelper class that is being...