internet-explorer

Why does this website freeze in IE 7 but not in any other browser?

I built a Parts Catalog for a company recently. It works perfectly in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. However, in IE 7, every single page works except for the actual parts page itself: http://www.swstruckbodiesandtrailers.com/index.php?pageId=69 It actually locks the entire browser up, and after reviewing the source, I have no idea why. ...

Simple jQuery callbacks break in IE.

I have a few functions like this: $(this).find('.subnav').fadeIn(200, buttonHide ); Now, buttonHide, in this case, is a function I've declared elsewhere. Once the 200ms fadeIn is complete, I want to call that function. Great. Works in FF and Safari. In IE, though, it returns an error as undefined. In fact, I experienced the SAME prob...

IE6 fix for site

Here is the url to the site in question: http://www.katiesamsonlaxfest.com/index.html The site looks fine in all the browsers except IE6 and below. I would like if possible to find an easy css fix because as you can see the content is not contained within the divs. ...

JSP / servlet / IE combination doesn't submit form detail on Enter

Using IE 7, JDK 1.6 and Sun Web server 7. Inside the jsp form, we have: <input type="text" name="id" maxlength="20" /> <input ... type="submit" name="send" value="Send"/> i.e. a text box and a "Submit" button (called Send). and the servlet has: if (request.getParameter("send") != null && request.getParameter("send").trim().length()...

JS expand empty range in IE

I have a caret in the textarea (no selection). I need to make selection out of it. For example: "This is a te|xt" var caret = document.selection.createRange (); // got empty range between "e" and "x" caret.moveEnd('character'); // Move endpoint one character right, now it must be "x" alert (caret.text); // empty !!! What is wrong? ...

JS caret to selection by pressing button in IE

I have a caret in the textarea (no selection). I need to make selection out of it by pressing a button. For example: "This is a te|xt" var range = document.selection.createRange (); range.moveEnd('character'); range.select(); alert (range.htmlText); But when I press button, the text on the button is being selected, not in the text fie...

.php vs .html . Why is IE rendering them differently?

I copied one of the html pages in a project and just changed the extension from html to php. The rendering is identical in all browsers but IE. It seems that IE treats the pages differently based on the extension. I checked the HTTP headers and they are the same for both pages. Did anyone have the same problem? ...

swf sending servlet doesn't work on IE

hi im trying to render the swf on jsp page i can show local files "waf.swf" but whenever i use the servlet address it fails on IE but works on firefox this is the servlet code ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream(); response.setContentType("application/x-shockwave-flash"); response.setContentLength(length); response.setH...

ActiveX component installation is blocked by IE.

HI I have created a ActiveX componed and packed into a cab file 1) Created the setup for Class Library that I would like to be exposed for COM access. 2) Create the CAB setup project taking the Project output from the setup created in the setup 1. 3) Embedded the object tag in a sample html file Now when I launch the sample html...

jQuery Mouse Flicker in IE

When I execute a jQuery function like .fadeIn, .fadeOut, .slideUp, .slideDown, .toggle, etc. in IE the mouse always flickers and the hourglass quickly flickers in and out of view next to the cursor. I've tried different methods of hiding the mouse entirely while the animation is going on to no avail, plus I don't want that in most cases...

jQuery + Superfish + Supersubs + Prototype + IE = FAIL!

I am using the Superfish menu plugin for jQuery to display a vertical menu on some pages. I am also using the Supersubs.js plugin to make sure each level in the menu system is as wide as the widest LI element. I have taken the EXAMPLE.HTML file that is included in the download zip file and simply added the prototype.js library to the s...

Where can I find a list of things that break Javascript in IE 7 & 8?

Some of my scripts work fine in FireFox, but give errors in ie7 & 8. Where can I find resources on how to avoid/fix these errors? For example, I get this error in ie7 & 8 but no error in FireFox 3: Expected ')' ...

JSP / servlet combination doesn’t submit form on Enter if only form element is a submit button

This is a follow on to my previous question: JSP / servlet / IE combination doesn’t submit form detail on Enter Inside the form, we have: <input ... type="submit" name="confirm" value="Confirm"/> There are no input fields on this form. This form appears at the end of a workflow and is essentially a verification to proceed. This fo...

Transparent PNG animate problem on Internet Explorer

CSS Code: #btn{ background: url(transparent.png) no-repeat; filter: alpha(opacity=0); -moz-opacity: 0; -khtml-opacity: 0; opacity: 0; } JavaScript/jQuery: $("#btn").animate({opacity:1,"margin-left":"-25px"}); I don't have any problem with the code above on Firefox, Chrome and others. But it does not work on any version of...

ScrollIntoView For Table Row Not Working in IE 8

Hi, Can someone please explain why the following does not work in IE8. Basically i'm just trying to scroll a Table Row into view contained within an overflow DIV. Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> <script language="javascript" src='scrip...

Adding a class to an element in quirksmode

I try to add a class to a td-element using javascript with the internet explorer 8 in quirks-mode. That seems to work, because I can see the added class when I view the source, but my css doens't affect it so nothing visually changes at all. I simply add a html class to change the background-color but nothing happens. It works when runni...

How do you fix the occasional blank page when submitting a form?

The most troublesome bug is the occasional ones,there is no definite way to reproduce it. I've searched a lot on this topic, the most probable reason is the charset, and I've take some actions by setting the default charset as utf8 in .htaccess(I'm using apache), but it still happens,again occasionally Have you guys any tips other t...

CSS: Making a non-root block element occupy the whole page

Is it possible with only CSS to make a block element occupy the whole page("busy box") when the element is on a non-root level where width and height set to 100% stretch it only as big as the parent element? I could have done it using absolute size but that would require javascript to adjust to the current size of the page. This m...

how to use .Net localization framework when embedding a winforms control in internet explorer

I have a standalone winforms application localized in 4 languages. For authentication and security reasons, I had to embed the main control in internet explorer (to be able to use an authentication session cookie created earlier when the user sign-in with his browser). I embedded the control in IE by making my assembly and main control ...

SSL Nonsecure Items Prompt

Hi Everyone, Would you happen to know of any tools that can be used to find which item on a webpage is causing the following prompt, "This item contains both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsecure items?" I have a web based program, programmed in classic asp. On an SSL site, we are getting the above prompt. ...