internet-explorer

How to make an empty anchor tag clickable in IE7?

Hi- I need to make an area within a background image clickable to generate an event for JavaScript use. So, I created an anchor tag and inside that I inserted some relevant text between semantically meaningless tags which I then made hidden: <a href="#"><i>foo</i></a> Then I gave the anchor tag 'display:block' properties, width and he...

scriptable objects in internet explorer content plugin

While there are many guides for Browser Helper Objects, i have a hard time finding resources on how to implement scriptable objects (i.e. besides the main control) for content plugins (i.e. embedded in website). To avoid misunderstandings: the question is about scriptable objects that a plugin object may return to the scripts in a websit...

IE7 context menu options for javascript links

In IE8, Safari, Chrome and Firefox if I right-click on the link the new tab and new window options are disabled. Right-clicking the link in IE7 still has these two options enabled. Is there any way to disabled these options in IE7 for javascript links? Sample Code: <html> <body> <a href="javascript: alert('Hello');">Javascript link</...

CSS: Why is my form submit button on a new line?

On my web site, http://tinyurl.com/yhvj6g Why is it that Internet Explorer is placing my "Find listing" submit button on a new line whereas Firefox & Chrome keep the submit button inline horizontally with the input field (which is the desired result)? I would like Internet Explorer to behave the same as Firefox & Chrome in that it keep...

jquery globalcss IE opacity

I'm using a jquery globalcss plugin to change global stylesheets. It doesn't handle opacity and IE. I've been trying to get it to work with no luck. Here's my attempt to force the plugin to try to understand IE style opacity. function changeCss (property, value, target) { if (property === "opacity") { $(target).globalcss("filt...

JQuery Cycle plugin - IE Transparency issue, who can help?

Hi, I am using the JQuery Cycle plugin to cycle threw a bunch of DIV's, each DIV represents a weddings dress, with a pic, description and accessories etc. All works fine in FF and Chrome, but in IE 6/7 there is a bug with the transparent .pngs. Each time the cycle switches DIV's a strange black fuzzy border is added to the pngs, this i...

Launch local folder from XPSP2+ / IE8

Hi All, We've got an intranet which normally serves all info/documents that appl to the whiole company (employee handbooks, minutes, etc...) Most of these work by having the web server parse a folder and present the files to the user. The problem in this case is that the latest folder is restricted to cerain users. As Kerberos is not ...

How to delete a certain IE cookie from python?

Hello, how can I delete IE 8 cookies for a certain site from Python? TIA ...

What methods are there for (graphically) scaling elements on a web page in Internet Explorer?

I'm making a graphical JavaScript application that has elements rotating and moving across the screen (using CSS transform for Mozilla/WebKit browsers and DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix for Internet Explorer.) Now I want to scale the container of these elements (including its child elements) so that I can simulate zooming out. This w...

CSS: horizontal alignment issue

Hi all, on my web site http://tinyurl.com/yz67d7 Located at the top right corner I have a radio form field for bathrooms (1+, 2+, 3+, 4+). In Firefox/Chrome - these all are horizontally aligned on a single line. However, with IE6+, the bedrooms are split over 2 lines. Any ideas why this is happening. Seems like a CSS issue. ...

IE accept headers changing, why?

I am trying to debug an issue on my server side and I believe it has to do with the accept headers that are being sent from the browser. Here is my question, why would Internet Explorer change "accept" headers from one page to another page? Can I change the request headers from javascript? Here is a request from one page: Accept: ima...

Copy on delete of browser history

I'd like to know if there is a programming hook or some other feature in windows vista and IE 7 or 8 that would let a computer administrator let the user think they were deleting their web browser history but actually just copy it off to another folder. The new folder would use the date and time deletion was attempted as its naming conve...

Change in Machine Key causes IE login cookie to stop working

I just moved to new servers and created a new machine key for all servers in the farm. Since then IE has been giving problems with the login cookies and even if the login username and password are correct, it doesn't let the user login. The only way you can login is by clearing IE8 cache from the IE8 development tools. Is it possible t...

IE behaving weirdly.

Hi, We are setting Window.Location through JavaScript depending on the value selected by the user in a dropdown. The url we are setting the location to does not have HTTP Caching set up explicitly. However, we have observed that in certain cases, the expires header is set in the future by 1 second. Whenever this happens, changing windo...

XHTML/CSS issue IE displaying extra characters

I have a problem with a clients webpage, you can check it out using the link below where you will see that underneath the 'drinks' option an extra 'ks' appears, however it only repeats the last two characters of the 'drinks' option in IE6 not Firefox or Webkit http://www.villagiorestaurant.co.uk/drinks-menu.html Any help would be appre...

Clearing/Editing Internet explorer DNS cache

I am using internet IE 7, IE 8 My application in running in dns fail over environment with primary and back up server. As the primary server is down, failover changes to the secondary server after 2 - 3 minutes. But the problem is, the current opened page in IE is still sending requests to the primary server due to dns caching, which ...

Response Expires not interpreted correctly in IE. Is this fixed with IE 8?

Hi, "IE will use the Expires header value directly in determining if content needs to be refetched." Link to article Does this issue exist with IE8 also? A workaround seems to be setting the "Cache-Control" to "max-age=0", along with the expires header. Are there any other workarounds? Kind regards, ...

What key in windows registry disables IE connection parameter "Automatically Detect Settings" ?

I'm trying to set all the connection settings in IE. I've found how to modify most of them, in the path : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings But I can't find the parameter that sets or unsets "Automatically Detect Settings". Any help ? ...

Back Button (Browser Behavior)

When the back button is pressed in a web browser, is the default action to send a get request or serve from the browsers history? If its browser specific, what would the default actions be for Internet Explorer and Firefox? ...

mailto causing a blank page in IE8 when used with Dojo

For some reason, in IE (IE8 in Win 7 to be precise), when I click on a mailto link, I end up with the current page being replaced by a blank page with mailto in the address bar. Specifically, this is what happens when I click the mailto link: New about:blank tab opens and a security prompt pops up asking if I want to open Outlook. At...