internet-explorer

Hiding the text input cursor (the caret) showing through overlayed elements Internet Explorer

I have a form with a special widget that fills in a text input. When the text input has focus, the widget appears above the text input (intentionally above it) and the user clicks options in it, when they're done it disappears and fills in the input. There is a problem with this in IE, when the widget appears above the input, the field's...

Fixing hidden png images in IE6

Hello , I am using Drew Diller’s DD_belatedPNG solution to fix the common problem of showing png images in IE6 browser and it works fine for visible PNGs. Currently i have a hidden JQuery Dialog that has some PNGs inside it, when user clicks on a link the dialog appears, and the PNGs inside that dialog appear not fixed in IE6. Is ther...

How to handle with older IE versions and webdesign?

Hi guys, maybe it's completly my foult to handle so blind, but yes, now I am in a bad situation. Since month I build an auctioneering platform, the deadline is getting shorter and now - at the end of the project - we do a browser test with older browsers (e.g. and the worst: ie6). What should I say? The complete design fails in IE6. T...

Do IE Conditional Comments slow down page load?

I've been having the "CSS hacks" vs "Conditional Comments" argument enough times lately that I thought I'd throw this question out to the Stack Overflow community. <!--[if IE]> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="ie-specific.css" /> <![endif]--> The main argument against using IE Conditional Comments seems to be that you're...

Javascript window.open returns null in 32-bit IE8 on Win7 x64

I have read the related questions on this topic, but haven't yet found a solution to this issue. I have a simple javascript function that calls window.open when a link is clicked: var newwindow; function pop(url) { newwindow=window.open(url,'','height=500,width=532'); if (window.focus) {newwindow.focus();} } This works fine...

Query configuring IE to use a proxy server

If i configure internet explorer to use a proxy server, Does the website which i surf, will be hidden from the system administrator of my lan? Will my ip will hidden to the website administrators of the browsing website ? ...

Getting a collection of every IFRAME on a web page

Hello and thanks for taking the time to read my question! I am currently trying to automate some basic functionality in internet explorer for a few cases where the currently employed method does not work. To do this i am (due to the knowledge of the people i work with) creating some VBScript that uses the IE automation object. I set o...

Pages with Flash won't load until user clicks the X (stop) button on IE

I am building a flash application using flex. From time to time, I see an issue in IE 7 and 8 where the user logs into the site and the browser content pane is completely grey and the entire page (html, javascript and flash) won't load until the user clicks the X (Stop) button next the address bar. As soon as the X is clicked, the html l...

IE8 cache ajaxSubmit

I am using the following function to do a image upload/display The Target is the div where I am updating the content that is returned from the form function. I wanted ajax so I don't have to reload the whole page just to upload and see previews of the image. I upload a image, display it into the preview, I crop it, and do another funct...

how can i test my website with ie6

i worked on a website in the latest firefox and then presented it on a machine that just had ie6 (and it looked horrible). is there anyway i can test what it will look like in IE6 without having to actually download. I see that ie8 has a compatibility mode (to show what it would look like in ie7), is there a similar thing for ie 6? ...

Getting loaded web page HTML source document from PIE web browser in windows mobile

Hi All, We need to get web page HTML source document loaded on the PIE web browser in windows mobile. source code that we tried is listed below: IDispatch* pHtmlDocDispatch; IOleCommandTarget* pOleCommandTarget; WEBVIEWLib::IPIEHTMLDocument2* pHTMLDocument2; WEBVIEWLib::IPIEHTMLWindow2* pHTMLWindow; IPIEHTMLElementCo...

http proxy for debugging purposes

I am looking for a preferably free http proxy to be used for debugging purposes. I already have firebug and firebug lite in my tool set, but firebug lite won't let me see ajax requests in internet explorer. I thought an intercepting proxy might do the feat ...

jQuery IE 6 Error InfiniteCarrousel plugin.

I am having trouble with IE6 on the front page of a website. The code should start an image carousel, with the following statement. $("#carousel").infiniteCarousel(); But i get an error in IE6 (invalid argument), and it seems that IE6 keeps on loading an image file, which is visible in the browser. When i uncomment the line, the err...

Why does the "in" icon on my web page appear in the wrong place in IE8, but not firefox or chrome?

On my web page, I have a link to my LinkedIn profile in the Resume section that uses their icon.. Under Firefox and Chrome, it appears in the correct spot, between a pair of square brackets. However, under IE8 (I haven't tried IE7), the icon appears a couple lines below the brackets. I validated against the w3.org CSS and HTML validator...

Iframe Facebook application and cookies [Internet Explorer]

I have downloaded the IBM P3P editor, created files and uploaded them to my server. And cookies are still not recognized in Internet Explorer. I've checked the P3P validation tool and it seems to validate. The application can be viewed here: apps.facebook.com/naplesnews and the iframe points to www.naplesnews.com/facebook/app/. Again w...

IE Keyboard focus being stolen in popup window

I have a Flash application that integrated Facebook friend connect. When the user initiates Facebook Friend Connect it pops up a new window that prompts the user to log into facebook. On internet explorer when I type in my username and password I intermittently lose key strokes. If I remove the flash page from the HTML content and do th...

Can't select text in input box on IE

I have an input box that is inside of a div, the div has a background image and the input box inside of it is positioned and limited in size / font to work nicely with the background image. In FF everything works as expected, in IE though there is a major issue. I can't select the text inside of the input box using the mouse or use sho...

Anyone know of a utility for viewing/editing cookies on IE?

Is there any utility out there that would allow me to easily view/edit/delete cookies in Internet Explorer 8? In Firefox, I use the Web Developer Toolbar, but I can't find anything that would let me quickly view and delete cookies in IE. I'm trying to debug a PHP page, and this would come in really handy. ...

IE addon development in .net

How do i develop a addon for ie in .net. I am basically looking to develop a inline spell checking addon like IE7Pro. ...

Internet Explorer not rendering html returned from JQuery ajax post

I have a page with an input box whose onkeyup fires a JQuery ajax post based on what was typed (a search field) The ajax call's posted back html is supposed to populate another div on the page. Here is the jquery ajax post: var o = $(me.results).empty().addClass("aj3load"); $.ajax({ type: "POST", dataType: "text", url: me.url, ...