internet-explorer

Session variables not getting set but only in Internet Explorer and not on all machines

Logging into a site I'm working on functions as expected on my local machine but fails on the remote server but ONLY in Internet Explorer. The kicker is that it works in IE locally, just not on the remote machine. What in the world could cause this? I have stepped through the code on the remote machine and can see the entered login valu...

I have a BrowserHelperObject(BHO) in c++ and i need to block some keyboard controls (Ctrl-o) in a i-frame.

I need to know of a way to prevent the user to 'open a new url' (with Ctrl-o) as soon as he has the focus on my sidebar (right-sided iframe). In fact, my sidebar offers some controls and the user should not be able to 'navigate' to other website through the sidebar. I'm using a bho in C++ using ATL(active template library), but maybe if ...

An IE7 toolbar button, with 2 different *.rc files

I have a IE 7 button toolbar project on Visual C++. My question is, can my button have 2 *.rc files. Means, by default it will use the 1st *.rc file, and when certain condition achieve inside my *.cpp, the button will be using the 2nd *.rc file. Is this allowed in visual studio or IE7? edit: Both rc files has different information for...

Fading in/Fade out text in IE

I had a problem and whipped up a quick solution: fade-in and fade-out a series of quotations. My solution works just as I want it in every browser except any of the IEs. The only problem with the IEs is that the text does not fade in and fade out; the text simply pops into existence. I believe I've run into a similar problem before when...

What is the best way to deal with IE compatibility issue?

I think everything agrees with me here, but IE is the most incompatible browser out there. I deal with ie's incompatibility using different particular css files for each version, to display it correctly? Is there a better way? ...

IE Address bar search. I need to grab what the user types to offer him added results.

Is there a way to grab (in real time, like a onKeyPressed, return what is pressed) what the user types in the address bar. Currently in IE, it offers you a matching list from history depending of what you type. I'm looking for a way to get some sort of handle to the address bar and then listen to what the user is typing. I'm doing a BHO(...

Auto-refresh a side-bar through a BrowserHelperObject when i get focus on a tab page.

I have a sidebar(iframe) that has its own instance on each tab you open. The thing is, the sidebar could be refreshed on tab 1 and not on tab 2. So i want to refresh the sidebar automatically when the user switch to another tab. Ex: user click on tab 2 and the BHO(BrowserHelperObject) refresh the sidebar right away. If anyone need precis...

jquery ie errors?! animate?

ie being quite baffling at the mo! really domn't know how; $("#info").delay(500).animate({ 'left': "0px", }, 250 ); can throw an erro but it does? Thinks its the animate but not sure how? link http://rundell.modernactivity.co.uk/ (line 175-177) works fine in all other browsers. any help welcome... ...

What does IUrlHistoryStg::BindToObject Method do ?

I'm looking for a way to access the address bar search so that i can append some personnal url at the end of the current list, and i found 'IUrlHistoryStg::BindToObject' but there is no documention linked to it. Anyone knows what this method does ? On msdn: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767718%28VS.85%29.aspx ...

"javascript: void(0)" links sometimes break event handlers in internet explorer

A while back I ran in to a problem where after clicking an anchor with "javascript: void(0)" events just stopped firing. I read that following a link puts the page in a different state and in that different state events don't fire. Even though the link is not real, it sometimes confuses IE. Anyway, I removed the "javascript: void(0)"'...

Array indexOf implementation for Internet Explorer

There are plenty of solutions on how to get the indexOf implementation into the Array prototype so that it works under Internet Explorer, however I've stumbled upon an issue that doesn't seem to be addressed anywhere I've looked so far. Using the pretty well agreed upon implementation at MDC, I have the following code that's being probl...

What would cause this behavior in only one person's IE8?

Stack Overflow won't let me post my whole question because I'm an untrusted new user, so if you're interested in this question please visit http://doctype.com/would-cause-behavior-only-one-persons-ie8 The backgrounds in question are drawn with a single-pixel, xy-repeated, semitransparent PNG. This person's IE8 is drawing thi...

jQuery fadeIn is not working in Internet Explorer

I have the following HTML DIV which does not work using FadeIn in IE: $(".tip").fadeIn("slow"); /* Is not working in IE. */ $(".tip").show(); /* Works well in IE, that's weird. */ <div class="tip" style="width: 220px; display: none;"> <div class="tip-header"> <span><b>Title</b></span> <div...

arbitrary word wrap in IE

Firefox wraps text inside spans and divs neatly without expanding them. I'm having trouble achieving this with IE. IE only wraps words at word separators like spaces or hyphens. If the text does not contain spaces or hyphens the span expands in width. How do I get it to wrap arbitrarily and maintain the width of the span (or div) ? ...

[javascript]Where are all functions in IE?

If i want to take all functions and variables declared in my program in firefox i just iterate 'window' object. For example if i have var a=function() {}; i can use a(); or window.a(); in firefox, but not in IE. I have function iterating window object and writing all function names declared in program like that: for (smthng in window) {...

IE7 crashes with flash.ocx version6

Can some one help with the situation im facing....... we have a flash image in our home page and flash 6 is installed in my system and whenever i try to navigate few links on the website the entire browser window gets crashed and this happens only in IE7i.e.,(IE7 with flash.ocx version6).I've tried to replicate the same in different brow...

Change all instances of object to iframe for IE using Jquery

I was wondering if it would be possible to use jquery to change all object tags on a site automatically to iframe for IE 8 and below. I would like this so that it can be xhtml 1.1 valid and not have to be double coded all the time and you would not have to focus on non-standard browsers. The data attribute would have to be changed to sr...

Ie ignore javascript files or code in general

In css when you want something to be ie only you can comment it out and assign ie. I have a jquery plugin that breaks in IE I don't want it to run in ie but I want it to run in all other browsers. How can I do this? this worked! jQuery(function() { if(jQuery.browser.msie){} else {$('.div').corner("round 20px");}; }); ...

IE doesnot clear Flash Object from memory

Hi, I have dynamically added a Flex Object in a HTML page through JavaScript. The Flex object is located in a "div" tag. Now when I call the "removeChild" JavScript function to remove the dynamically added "Object" tag, the object tag gets removed succesfully; however the memory that has increased due to the loading of the Flex Object is...

Why does this JavaScript destroys my layout in Internet Explorer?

I'm using a small CMS for a small site (http://www.ovlu.li/cms/). There I include a JavaScript on the first site to open an image in a popup: <script type="text/javascript"> function pop(file) { helpwindow = window.open(file, "Vaterland", "width=600, height=796", "directories=no", "toolbar=no", "location=no", "status=no", "menubar=no",...