internet-explorer

IE image display problems..

hey folks, i'm working on a site at the moment: companhiadopijama.com.br/new and i'm having the weirdest issues with IE (7 & 8).. 6 i don't care so much about atm. my PNG's are displaying with a partial black background on hover (in my menu) & my JPG's in the jquery roundabout are first showing up, then changing to white to black gradi...

<script> inside javascript code document.write()

Hi, I got a portion of javascript code embedded in HTML (generated on the server side) that looks like this: function winWriteMail2(){ var win = open('','wininfo', 'width=400,height=300,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); win.document.open(); win.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=...

HTML/JS Debugger

We are searching for an HTML/JS debugger specifically suited for IE that can handle popup windows as well. We tested Firebug Lite which is good but it has its restrictions when compared to Firebug. We also tried IE Companion but there are some problems when it comes to in-place editing and popups. Do you recommend a good debugger? ...

How to inform users that his browser is not supported

Hello, I'm working at a small company and we are developing a web application. With the very few resources we have available, we can't afford to assemble the development team we would like to (we are only two people). The web app is becoming very complex over time and it is very difficult to keep progress with IEx, Firefox, Safari, and ...

How to make IE fireevent on Client Side Image Map

I need to simulate a mouse click using IE on a client side image map. Which object should invoke the fireEvent()? It cannot be simply the <area> object since it could be referenced by 2 different <img>s. It cannot be the <img> since we need a way to tell which part of the img is clicked which is defined in the <area> tag? I've done som...

IE does not display a .NET Windows Form control.

I have an identical asp.net application hosted on two computers, PC1 and PC3 on the intranet. The .NET control is hosted using the object tag. The following three url when executed on PC1 work properly: http://pc1/test/test.aspx (The other two urls have pc1 replaced with pc3 and localhost) All three urls in IE v8 show the page with t...

Internet Explorer 7 freezing when W3C valid CSS is added

My Ruby on Rails app is using LivePipe Modals. ( http://livepipe.net/ ) Everything has been fine until I added a "width: 800px;" property my CSS file. Now, IE7 freezes solid whenever I open a Modal. I have a div with the squeeze class wrapping the content of my page. div.squeeze { width: 800px; margin: auto; } If I take out ...

Recommended method for loading a URL via a scheduled task on Windows

I have a webpage hosted on a Windows box that I need to assure gets loaded at least once/day. My current plan is to create a scheduled task that opens Internet Explorer and hits the URL: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" myurl.com/script_to_run_daily.aspx This was simple to setup and works fine, but it strikes me as a ...

Javascript IE6/7/8 change input type

The following javascript snippet will change the type of an INPUT, for instance from text to password. It's being used to allow users to display their password on-screen when typing it in: document.save_form.password_confirm.type= 'text'; ... document.save_form.password_confirm.type= 'password'; This works great in FF/Chrome but in IE...

Passing data between HTTPS and HTTP

I've recently faced a problem involving passing data (small amount), from a page to an iframe. It was simple when both pages were http - i've used query string to pass information to the iframe and javascript to signal the parent page of process completion. When iframe location was changed to https, there was a problem accessing the pa...

IE letting URLS break the containing DIV, but FF shows fine. Fix?

hey folks, So im integrating this Twitter widget into xhtml. ( http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15354 ) The code is: <dl id="twitter_update_list"></dl> ...then a couple lines of javascript. Heres the issue. Why would IE display long urls (links within the list item) as breaking the containing DIV? Meanwhile FF just c...

Why is IE letting a URL link break its container div?

Shows fine in FF, (continues the URL down to the next line, nice and clean). But IE lets it break passed the right border of the div. The NEWS section of this page: http://www.albuquerquecupcakecreations.com/index.php Any thoughts are appreciated! Thanks! ...

Finding an elements XPath using IE Developer tool

Hello, Is there a way to find an element's XPath using IE Developer Tool? Thanks, Teddy ...

Managed BHOs not instantiated using Protected Mode

I am writing a BHO for IE using C#. The code I'm concerned with is this: public class BHO : IObjectWithSite, IOleCommandTarget { ... public BHO() { MessageBox.Show("Constructor called"); } public int SetSite(object site) { MessageBox.Show("SetSite called!"); if( site != null ) { ...

div background image appear nicely in Firefox, disappear in IE6 & 7

Hi all, I'm really really new to HTML/CSS, but somehow decided to plunge head on to using 960 Grid System, which I found helpful. I know some says it's unsemantic, but I've been involved and at the end, tangled in the problem stated above. I've tried a few codes like overflow: hidden, overflow: auto, display: block, etc that I found on o...

What is the default CSS border property for an HTML button in IE?

I have the below code: <button onmousemove="this.style.border='2px #555555 solid';" onmouseout="this.style.border='';">Test</button> On mousemove, it correctly changes the border as specified. On mouseout my intention is to change the border back to the original. This works in Gecko based browsers but not in IE. IE removes all the...

accessing Browser's javascript from Java applet with MS Internet Explorer

I'm using JSObject plugin to write a cookie through the java applet and it worked with SUN's Java. but, With MS JVM the javascript command returning undefined I'm issuing the following from my Applet: String s1 = "document.cookie='logged=1'"; aobj = new Object[] { s1 }; JSObject.getWindow(MyAppletWindow).call("eval", aobj); any clue...

How to Access AppData in IE Protected Mode (from a Managed BHO)

I am writing an IE Extension (BHO) in C#. When run in protected mode (IE's new UAC-compliant mode which forces all extensions to run at low-integrity), it fails because it cannot access user.config in the appdata folder. Is there some way to mark files are readable by lower-integrity processes? Failing that, is there some way to f...

Mouse pointer plug in

I am developing a website where i am using CSS based layouts with absoulate positions. I would like to know is there any plug in for IE 8 which will tell based on the mouse where i am moving with the position (In Pixels). I want to know with out any JS. I am looking is there any external plug in which will allow me to find out the posi...

Communicating with users on other web pages

This question is part user experience, part engineering. I am trying to find a nice, clean way to have a user communicate with my web page while they are on another web page. I have web services that will accept HTTP POST/GET, so AJAX and other asynchronous niceties are welcome - don't worry about the details of their communication, the...