internet-explorer

ie7 innerhtml strange display problem

Hello, I am having a strange problem with ie7 (ie8 in compatibility mode). I have div containers where I am updating values using javascript innhtml to update the values. This works fine in Firefox and ie8. In ie7 the values do not update but if a click on the values and highlight them then they update, also if a change the height of the...

Styled HTML Submit button fails to respond to Return Key.

I have a simple HTML form, thus: <form> <p> <input type="text" name="text" /> </p> <p class="buttonPara"> <input type="submit" name="submit" /> </p> </form> and a simple stylesheet, thus: p.buttonPara { position: relative; } p.buttonPara input { position: absolute; left: 50px; } The submi...

XML ActiveXObject IE. Object doesn't support this action

I am trying to work with xml and javascript. In firefox it works great using XMLHttpRequest but in IE (6-8) I am getting the error: Object doesn't support this action I am using the following function: function createRequestObject(){ var request; try { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); } catch (trymicrosoft) { ...

JSON object in IE6 - How?

Hi Quick questions that probably a piece of cake for someone in the know to asnwer. I have a simple asp.net website that uses JSON for a bunch of stuff (and JSON.stringify) All good in firefox etc, yet, in IE6 I run into an error with JSON being undefined. Is there a way I can include a JSON implementation without breaking what I have...

Disable IE menu while displaying a custom dialog

Is there a way to disable IE's UI (e.g. the File Menu) when showing a custom dialog/window? What I'm after is similar to what happens when you alert() something: the browser UI cannot be interacted with behind the alert box. ...

Why don't people just stop developing sites to cater to IE6?

I don't understand why developers continue to program things to accommodate IE6. People should update the browser they use, right? I've already seen many firms completely stop developing for IE6, with a big article on their front page stating their update recommendations. What are your reasons to continue developing for this buggy old ...

Javascript: Workaround needed: Internet Explorer changes link text when changing the href

Hello all, I have a problem as follows: We're using a rich text editor (TinyMCE, but that's not important here, I think) in our application. Now, with Internet Explorer 8, we've noticed that if you type in content that looks like a web address: www.google.com ...IE helpfully converts it to a link by some native-to-browser function...

Muli-line button in IE

I'm currently in a horrible situation that requires me to style an input of type "button" over two lines. Having a fixed width on the button causes the text within the button to wrap onto two lines in all other browsers except IE. My question is therefore, how do I specify that an input with value="Button to Wrap" wraps onto two lines i...

jQuery hide show problem on Internet Explorer

I have a page with two combos: depending on the option chosen in the first combo the second combo is displayed / hidden. This works fine on FF3.5, but not under IE8. In IE8 the second combo box briefly displays and then disappears. It's running under windows XP SP3. <table width="100%"> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> ...

What is haslayout?

I've read some article on it but didn't get what is actually. can anyone on SO explain me. Is it only related to IE6 only? What does zoom:1? Is layout is a IE only TAG? Edit: I found this info very informative for me Because Internet Explorer is so old (as it was one of the first browsers available), it hasn’t had the luxury...

URL Escaping Chinese/Japanese Unicode Characters for Internet Explorer

I'm trying to URL-escape (percent-encode) non-ascii characters in several URLs I'm dealing with. I'm working with a flash application that loads resources like images and sound clips from these URLs. Since the filenames can contain non-ascii characters, like so: 日本語.jpg I escape them by utf-8 encoding the characters, and then percent-esc...

CKEditor IE8 issue

Has anyone experienced this problem with CKEditor and IE8? Basiclally, when the content included a nested p tag, you cant edit the content. i.e. <div> <p>This content cannot be changed in IE8</p> </div> Anyone have a fix? UPDATED with an example Sorry for pulling this back up, The problem is caused when the div has a width OR a he...

Problem with ASP.NET drop downs in Internet Explorer 8 and zooming

I’ve spotted a problem with ASP.NET drop downs in Internet Explorer 8 with zooming. Note: The problem doesn’t seem to occur in Firefox or Opera. On a page that has drop downs, if you zoom in (CTRL+) and then back out again (CTRL-), the height of the drop downs remains too tall – they seem to remain at the height that they were when the...

IE Browser Testing for Windows 7

Cant seem to get XP Mode working on my evaluation copy of windows 7. Is there any good software out there to test on multiple ie's on windows 7. IETESTER site has been down for at least a week now. ...

file:// urls and Internet Explorer

I have an intranet application, which for many years has made use of the file:// syntax for urls to link to resources on (hopefully) network shares. I know that uploading instead of linking, and perhaps using webDAV would be a better solution, but that is currently outside of the scope of my problem. Until very recently, accessing a fil...

neon-glow effect in IE8

The following css creates a nice neon-glow effect around text { text-shadow: 0em 0em 0.3em white; /* assuming a dark background */ } However it doesn't work in IE7/8 For a reference, compare this page in Firefox and IE Is there a way to get a similar effect in it? ...

innerHTML working in FF but not in IE!

In my JSP i am using a custom tag <showDateFormat/> like: Date From:<showDateFormat/> and in my common.js file i am having function addDateFormatInfo(){ var dateFormatHolder = document.getElementsByTagName("showDateFormat"); if ( dateFormatHolder ){ for ( i = 0 ; i < dateFormatHolder.length; i++ ){ dateFormatH...

Hyperlink display problem for different browsers (Firefox vs Internet Explorer)

Here is how I give a url to my asp.net hyperlink in c# reportHyperLink.NavigateUrl = "\temporary_reports\" + "department_report" + "_" + numberOfTicks + ".xls"; This is how it is displayed in internet explorer. http://myportal/temporary%5Freports/department%5Freport%5F20091126%5F11%5F25%5F56%5F914.xls This is how it is displayed in ...

IE7/IE8 and frozen animated gifs

I'm quite sure this is an old problem. This is how i render my animated gif: <img id='loading' alt='loading' style="display: none; position: relative; left:10px; top:2px;" src="<%= Url.Image("loading.gif") %>" /> This is how I'm desperately trying to show it at the moment: showLoading: function(gifId, butId) { v...

In Jquery on click function is not working for img in IE 6

I tried to bind click and animate function on a img tag. Its works fine in firefox. but went wrong with IE. So i simplified the code and tested only for click . Even click function is not clled. Here is my click function for my img tag with class 'arrowimg'. $('.arrowimg').click(function(){alert("Show me")}); I get this alert in FF bu...