internet-explorer

onChange event never firing for <select> in Internet Explorer

I'm using jQuery to bind an event to the onChange handler of a as follows: $("#accounts").change(function() { DoSomething(); }); The problem I'm having is that, while everything works fine in Firefox, the event never gets fired in IE. I'm aware of the fact that IE handles the onChange event differently than Firefox as mentioned here...

Internet explorer shows an error message when I try to open a local html file with parameters

I've got an offline html page on my hdd with some javascript that does different things depending on the url parameters. when I open this page in firefox and opera everything works fine but IE does not allow me to attach anything to the url. it shows an error that reads "windows cannot find 'filename'". I guess the IE takes it for a fil...

Jquery Selector not working on Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer does not like my Jquery selector. Not sure if it's my weak Jquery skills or general Explorer strangeness. Here is the Code: $("#field_"+index+" #field_Label").val(); [div field_1] <input id="field_Label" //... you get the picture. to explain this.. I have a DIV labeled field_1, field_2.. etc.. Internet explorer ...

IE or Firefox,which one has a more logical CSS handling ?

hello there , i know that there is some rules and standards in css handling but i mean which one is closer to a human thinking. for example : when i give a DIV tag a height property of 100px i just want it to be 100px! but in Firefox i should work on min-height or max-width and so on ! there is many like this examlpe , i think IE read c...

Does anyone know of a Firebug equivilant for Internet Explorer?

The question says it all. Inter Explorer's lack of standard compliance has struck, and driven me to the brink of madness. Does anyone know of a Firebug equivalent for IE8? ...

jQuery slide in from outside the screen and IE ofverflow issue

I needed a div to slide in from beyond right edge of the screen. So I defined the CSS: #mydiv { position: relative; left: 2000px; } and to prevent scrollbars: body { overflow-x: hidden; } Then in jQuery: $("#mydiv").animate({"left":"-=2000px"},1500); This solution worked just OK in FF and Chrome but than I found out overflow-x: hi...

Limit on mail body when posting a mailto: form

I've got a HTML form with a lot of input fields, which I use to populate an email. I learned today that using the GET-method will limit the size of what's posted. But from what I can tell, there is no limit when using POST. Well, there probably is since I believe that this is probably my problem. My emails aren't opening in the email cli...

Internet Explorer 8 table cell width bug with colspan set

I have the following html page: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>A title</title> </head> <body> <table style="width:...

weird error in IE in central error page using jsp:include J2EE app

I dont have exact words how to explain this error in IE but will try best...here goes. I've following in web.xml <error-page> <exception-type>javax.servlet.ServletException</exception-type> <location>/errorpages/Error.jsp</location> </error-page> So whenever that exception happens in the application, we go to /errorpages/...

jquery modal dialog and Internet explorer

as usual , interner explorer is causing trouble. I have a modal dialog, which is opened when a button is pressed. When the command is not triggered by the button, it all works just fine. When i have it triggered by the button, only the modal overlay appears, but not the actual dialog. $('#orderbutton').click(function (){ $('#dia...

Do HTML5 custom data attributes “work” in IE 6?

Custom data attributes: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data When I say “work”, I mean, if I’ve got HTML like this: <div id="geoff" data-geoff="geoff de geoff"> will the following JavaScript: var geoff = document.getElementById('geoff'); alert(geoff.dataGeoff); produce, in IE 6, an alert wit...

webex interferes with web application

I received a complaint about buttons disappearing and odd formatting of a web application that I support. Upon troubleshooting, it seemed that the only thing new about the environment (which was previously working fine) was the installation of webex on the client machine. Uninstalling webex resolved the issue. Please mind that webex...

Suggestions on including the web browser control in VB.Net desktop application.

I am writing a desktop app in VB.Net, and I'd like to include a web browser control to automate certain functions the user might have to perform in the browser. I have to render the page so I do not want to use the webrequest to make direct calls. When I publish the app, do I have to be concerned with which version of Internet Explorer t...

Hotspots show up in IE

I'm using a picture with polygonal hotspots. In IE the hotspots are visible and I do not want that effect. How can I prevent this? Thanks Go here: http://animactions.ca/Animactions/volet_entreprise.php with IE and select one ...

Capture IE Process and open Current Tab

It there any way to capture the current IE process and open a link in an existing tab? I am trying to open a link from a windows form and I NEED it to open in the current browser window. ...

Javascript not loading in IE7

Hello, I'm having trouble getting JQuery to load in IE7, works fine in all other browsers, firefox,safari,opera,ie8 just not in IE7. If anybody has any sort of idea why, please do let me know. Many Thanks, Q This is before the <script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/plugins.js" type="text/java...

non-ugly resizing of buttons in MSIE

I attempted to re-size two buttons in MSIE, so they would be extra-large but I get ugly aliasing. {%html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"%} {%head%} {%title%}ugly button{%/title%} {%style%} button { height:100px; margin:2em; width:450px; } {...

.Net ActiveX component is not working from Remote Machines.

hi I have developed ActiveX componet i.e actually wrapper around a .Net Library. Every thing working fine if i launch the application from local ie where the application is hosted. The library actually prints a card. if i launch the application from a remote machine, The print dialog is coming but no printing is happening. Thanking...

Ruby on Rails Invalid Authenticity Token when using IE

Hi, well for some strange reason IE gives me and InvalidAuthenticityToken error almost every time a POST query is used. Seems to be that IE does not like the "/" and "=" characters sometimes found in authenticity_token. So I wondered if anyone has actually found a solution to this? More strange is that no other browser seems to behave t...

How to detect a click or mouse press on IE with Raphael and jQuery

I'm trying to find a way to trigger an event when a mouse clicks on some text generated from Raphael JS. In Firefox, the click event works perfectly, in IE 7 and 8 (I haven't tested earlier versions) neither click nor mousedown work. Click works fine for other raphael objects, e.g. the rectangle in the example. How can I trigger an eve...