internet-explorer

Which Javascript version(s) does IE8 supports?

According to Wikipedia, IE8 only supports Javascript 1.5. So they are saying IE8 completely ignores Javascript versions 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9. Should i trust? Is it true? thanks m. ...

sometimes there is a problem with add favorite name

in some of the websites i have, when adding to favorite with IE button the name of the favorite that is auto filled in by the page title is sometimes not getting the name and insted it gets the url where the "/" is replaced by "-" and ":" is removed what is the problem? the websites are hebrew or english, encoding is utf-8 or windows-12...

MultiScreen IE : Manage SHDocVw.InternetExplorerClass

Hi, Manage a webForm to be in one multiScreen env is not very complex and can be made with FormStartPosition manual and Bounds. Starting one InternetExplorer class in one env multiscreen is a lot of problems. Exist some way to manage open IE instances in one defined screen from principal using your setting identification not the ID but t...

RemoteWebDriver InternetExplorer navigate().to() timeout?

i was running a test remotely on internet explorer, and when using navigate().to() selenium returns me this: "12:13:58.770 INFO - WebDriver remote server: Exception: The driver reported that the command timed out. There may be several reasons for this. Check that the destinationsite is in IE's 'Trusted Sites' (accessed from Tools->Intern...

How can I run a local Windows Application and have the output be piped into the Browser.

I have Windows Application (.EXE file is written in C and built with MS-Visual Studio), that outputs ASCII text to stdout. I’m looking to enhance the ASCII text to include limited HTML with a few links. I’d like to invoke this application (.EXE File) and take the output of that application and pipe it into a Browser. This is not a o...

Galleria jQuery plugin briefly shows all images in IE 7 & 8

I'm using the galleria jQuery plugin on a site. When the gallery first loads, all of the images appear briefly & vertically in ie 7 & 8. This doesn't happen when i isolate the gallery, only when i put it on a somewhat heavy page. This leads me to believe that it happens when the page is a little slow to load. Does anybody know a way to...

ActiveX Content in a local web page, and "the mark of the web"

Hi, I'm trying to make a webpage that people will run from their hard drives, locally, and this page will show a .wmv video (which is also stored locally), using Windows Media Player When I run this, IE shows me the "ActiveX Warning" bar at the top, which is what i'm trying to work around. If I load this from a web server, it loads fin...

Background positioning - CSS

Please see attached screenshot The background is a bit off in both IE and chrome (although it was working before? hence the exact numbers??), although in ffox it looked allright.. Here is the code for what I thought was very straight forward... am I missing something? #wrapper{ width:100%; overflow:hidden; position:relat...

Smarty/PHP loop not being passed to IE(Pc) or Chrome/FF(Mac)

Hi, I've been working on a site that has a lot of PHP/Smarty involved, I've been asked to re-skin a webstore checkout process, but during this we've discovered this issue. This particular quirk is one part of a tax calculation that doesn't get sent to the browser in IE for PC and Chrome/FF for the Mac. It's NOT in the output source in th...

How to change the order of toolbar buttons in Internet Explorer?

I know I can simply write to the CommandBandLayout regkey but since I don't know what format it is I'm having doubts if that is safe. Also, this answer suggest it's the wrong solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1239266/how-to-modify-commandbandlayout-reg-key-value But how can I change the order a bit? I have written an Interne...

Why does this window object not have the eval function?

I ran into an interesting (?) problem in the YUI rich edit demo on IE. When looking at the window object for the content editable frame used as the browser I see that the eval function is undefined (by running the following). javascript:alert(document.getElementById("editor_editor").contentWindow.eval) This only happens on IE (I check...

jQuery $.ajax Not Working in IE8 but it works on FireFox & Chrome

I have the following ajax call which works perfectly in Firefox and Chrome but not IE: function getAJAXdates( startDate, numberOfNights, opts ) { var month = startDate.getMonth() + 1; var day = startDate.getDate(); var year = startDate.getFullYear(); var d = new Date(); var randNum = Math.f...

How does one get access to the Flash object's vars in IE?

Is there a way in IE Browsers to access the Flash object? In this case it is made with mootools swiff. It´s working fine in all other browsers, because they can wrap this object correctly. But it does not work in IE. Here is the script: var swfObj = $('mbImage').getElement('object'); swfObj.get('data'); <--- Thats not working in IE ...

Image resize handles in IE's contenteditable mode

How can I selectively turn off image resize handles in IE 7+'s contenteditable mode? I've tried setting the image's contentEditable to false and its onresizestart to "return false" to no avail. I'm using tinyMCE. ...

Render page as a picture

I have question to Java or C# programmers. I want to render some pages in various browsers mainly Firefox and IE and save it as a picture. I have not any serious experience in Java/.Net. Is there any libs/tools for such tasks? I thought about some FF extensions for example but I don't know how to do it in IE. Is the in .Net some libs for...

IE8 compatability mode

How do you detect in JavaScript running in an IE8, whether the browser is using compatability mode or not? ...

IE won't load PDF in a window created with window.open

Here's the problem, which only occurs in Internet Explorer (IE). I have a page that has links to several different types of files. Links from these files execute a Javascript function that opens a new window and loads the specific file. This works great, unless the file I need to open in the new window is a PDF in which case the windo...

Why is window not identical to window.self in Internet Explorer?

There's a convoluted backstory involving how I came across this, but why is the self property not exactly equal to the window itself? In Safari and Firefox and friends, the results are as I'd expect: > window == window.self true > window === window.self true The same isn't true in Internet Explorer, though: >> window == window.s...

How to resize table via javascript in IE?

I've got this table: <table id="correctness" style="overflow: hidden;"> <tr><td style="overflow: hidden;"> <div id="correctness-message"></div> <span class="hide"> <button type="button" class="hide" onclick="new DisplayEffect('correctness').Hide(500);">Hide</button> </span> </td> </tr> </table> and a function for resizing the tabl...

Cross Browser Issue

My background is in WinForms programming and I'm trying to branch out a bit. I'm finding cross-browser issues a frustrating barrier in general, but have a specific one that I just can't seem to work through. I want to display an image and place a semi-transparent bar across the top and bottom. This isn't my ultimate goal, of course, b...