internet-explorer

Altering CSS for nav bar images to accomodate IE

My horizontal nav bar is populated with images for the links that are coming from one image that includes all the sub-images; each nav item image is identified by the pixel location within the larger image. This works perfectly fine in Firefox and Safari, but in IE, all of the images are misplaced too low within the nav bar (can only bar...

Add to a table with javascript

I have a table which looks like this: <table id='t'> <thead> .... </thead> <tbody id='t_tbody'> </tbody> </table> thead is filled with content tbody is empty I want to use javascript to add this (for example) to t_tbody: <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Points</td> <td>Information</td> </tr> How can I d...

Background Image not showing up in IE8

So I have a tiny header image that repeats on the x axis, but for some reason it won't show up in IE8. Anyone know a work around? Thanks in advanced. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <meta http-equiv="Con...

Float Issue in IE

Ok I am making a simulated OS type interface. It should open up windows and have a drag handle. This all works perfectly. Then I added a image for an exit button I floated to the right... this made IE mad and IE screwed with the sizing and positioning =[ I've tried a crap load of things. None of which work. Anyone wana help? website is...

How to Fix my jQuery code in IE?? Works in Firefox..

I am using jQuery to show/hide a div container (#pluginOptionsContainer), and load a page (./plugin_options.php) inside it with the required POST vars sent. What POST data is sent is based on the value of a select list (#pluginDD) and the click of a button (#pluginOptionsBtn)... It works fine in Firefox, but doesn't work in IE.. The '...

Sometimes Explorer_WindowStateChanged does not fire while opening new tab.

I am using Explorer_WindowStateChanged to identified tab change event in IE 7 or IE 8. My problem is, When i open any link in new tab (By right click on link and click on open in new tab), then somtimes Explorer_WindowStateChanged event does not fire and i am not able to detect that a new tab has been opened. Explorer_WindowStateChange...

How can I convince IE to simply display application/json rather than offer to download it?

While debugging jQuery apps that use AJAX, I often have the need to see the json that is being returned by the service to the browser. So I'll drop the URL for the JSON data into the address bar. This is nice with ASPNET because in the event of a coding error, I Can see the ASPNET diagostic in the browser: But when the server-side ...

Should a "script" tag be allowed to remove itself?

We've been having a discussion at our workplace on this with some for and some against the behavior. Wanted to hear views from you guys : <html> <body> <div> Test! <script> document.body.removeChild(document.getElementsByTagName('div')[0]); </script> </div> </body> </html> Should the above script work and do what it's supposed to do?...

How to set document.domain for a dynamically generated IFRAME?

I am implementing CodeMirror (http://marijn.haverbeke.nl/codemirror/) on a page where document.domain needs to be declared (because of other IFRAMES on the page). CodeMirror generates a dynamic IFRAME to provide syntax highlighted code editing. The problem is that IE throws up 'Access Denied' (other browsers are fine) at the following p...

Strange javascript decoding behavior in IE

I run the following html snippet in IE8 and IE7 with non-English characters (we tried both Hebrew and Chinese), and the second link never works properly. The displayed text in the alert box is mangled. This occurs in IE8 and IE7, but not in firefox. It is not dependent on Windows's regional settings. Here is the html snippet (html heade...

jQuery not refreshing tabs content in IE

Hi all! I have a page that is using jQuery tabs. Within one of my tabs I have a div that contains a form (initially hidden) that I want to use to add content to the tab. What I have works perfectly in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. But, in IE 7 the tab will not refresh. The post works and the data gets added to the database, but it si...

My portfolio site crashes IE 7 and IE 6

Hi My portfolio site www.jonathanbranthwaite.co.uk uses heavy JQuery - sliding carousel and lightbox navigation. It works fine in Firefox and Safari, and from what I gather in IE 8. Does anyone know if the code is incorrect or if there is something making it crash, or is this just because of alot of JQuery. Any help would be appreciat...

IE will ignore javascript files included that's using a different encoding ?

Anyone experienced this? Is it a bug? ...

Using javascript to detect browser type

I'm trying to use this line to detect browser type: IE or Firefox. alert(isBrowser("Microsoft")); but I get absolutely nothing, the alert doesn't even pop up. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. What would be the best practice way to detect browser type? ...

Java IE - internet explorer for java

Do you know what can I use to open page in my application and to manage it using for example DOM (when I want to change content of text area for example ?) I'm talking here about something working which can for example support cookies etc. (Even addon) ...

Browser Helper Object doesnot get loaded in IE8

I have a BHO, which i can see it as enabled in Add On's list. But it does not get loaded when i start my IE on the Win2k8 R2 machines(64 bit). I have disabled IE Enhanced security as well but no help. The same BHO gets loaded in other machines. The registry details under (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\Curre...

Is it necessary to turn off DEFLATE for all versions of Internet Explorer?

Following the example, I've configured Apache to only compress text/html for MSIE. Is this necessary for newer versions of Internet Explorer? BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html ...

Table within a scrolling div: Fill div, but prevent unnecessary horizontal scrollbar

div.GridViewScrollContainer { overflow:auto; position: relative; width:100%; height:100%; margin:0; padding:0; } div.GridViewScrollContainer table { border-spacing:0; margin:0; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0; } So, I render a table within a div inside some height/width contrained relatively...

Sharepoint list loses its IssueID column when exported to Excel, why ?

My team current uses a Sharepoint list to manage bugs, issues etc for the project. I frequently use the "Export to Spreadsheet" feature in Sharepoint to manage the list from within Excel, where I can edit, update and sync at my leisure. However, I just got given a shiny new PC, and now whenever I use this feature, the IssueID column dis...

Outstanding issues with jQuery.ajax() in IE8?

I am loading feed-items into a ul using this jQuery .ajax() call, which I basically lifted from http://www.makemineatriple.com/2007/10/bbcnewsticker/ var timestamp = true; //set whether timestamp is displayed in $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "sample-feed.xml", dataType: "xml", succe...