internet-explorer

Permission Denied error in IE when closing popups

Hi everyone! I have a simple web testing application which is supposed to open and close several popups by itself (without user interaction). For this purpose i have a javascript function to access the variable where the popup reference is stored and close it if it´s not null, fairly simple. However I get random errors in IE (in FF it w...

Is relative positioning the ultimate alternative for the nightmare of writing thousands of IE hacks?

I found this very interesting: http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/ultimate-3-column-holy-grail-pixels.htm He avoid using horizontal margin and paddings to avoid problems with IE. I think he "fakes" padding using relative positioning. Have you ever done something like this? I'm a missing a common trend against IE hacks? Does this pract...

a4j:commandButton causes full page reload on IE7

Our process allows users to activate their account, and then configure e-mail preferences. We're using the tag: <a4j:commandButton id="activate" action="#{controller.agreeAction}" image="/img/ok.png" styleClass="activate-button" reRender="mainContent, sideBar" ...

Javascript returns Nan in IE, FF ok

im very new to javascript, and writing this script to add up a shopping cart and print out subtotals and totals. it works in FF but not in IE. this function is called by onclick of one of three select options with a value of 0-25. it is in a js file called in the head. what it does is get the selected values as variables, parseint the...

My Optin form doesn't work in Internet Explorer, but works fine in Firefox.

I have the following code for my optin form: <script language="JavaScript"> function checkSub() { if (document.signup.email.value.indexOf('@', 0) == -1) { alert("Please fill in your valid Email address.\nYour email should be in the following format: [email protected]"); document.signup.email.focus(); return f...

Help! How to get the event handler with IE Dom interfaces?

Hey Gurus, I am working to use IE Dom interface to automate IE page access. I am trying to get all event handlers defined in a page. I am using IHTMLElement object now for this purpose. If the html page defines "onclick=xxx", element.onclick returns the click handler. However, if an event handler is defined in javascript, element.oncl...

IE 8 prompts user on "slow" jQuery script

I have a form with over 100 list items that I must reorder on submit. The following code works to reorder my list without any apparent problems in Firefox; however, IE prompts with the message "A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to a...

Making CSS Render in a simialr way on FireFox 3.0.15/IE 6.0 & 7.0

Following css renders differently depends on the browser (mainly with Firefox) Firefox: the border-left-style:dashed does not seem to take effect as desired and black lines are shown instead. I have captured screen shots FF--> http://pixpin.com/images/81898090171964887806.jpg IE6--> http://pixpin.com/images/32538710129638992535.jpg...

JS window.close() let IE hang

Hi all, for reason I won't bore you with, I'm writing an asp.net application that must open some pages in new browser windows. I managed to open them within a postback (don't ask why, I just needed to) with this code: script = String.Format(@"window.open(""{0}"", ""{1}"");", url, target); ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(page, type...

Enter to reliably submit html form

I have a form with text input + gradient-shaded button with onclick='this.form.submit()' (plus some hidden inputs). In all browsers, clicking on the button works. In Firefox, if I click Enter while in text input, it submits the form. In IE, it does nothing. How can I make it work with IE? ...

extra padding/Margin in Firefox+CHrome None in IE

There is 20px margin/padding below the catmenuconatiner (second navigation bar). This is only showing in firefox and chrome not in IE 6+ Here is the page: www.fish-and-web.blogspot.com Another problem related to the same issue is between the comments. The comment boxes have 15px margin between them. Again, this is only showing in Firef...

Background image fixed with vertical scroll bar in IE, broken by Tapestry5 components/css

I have a gradient background image in my web application, it goes from dark at the top to light at the bottom. In Firefox, this image is handled properly, where upon scrolling vertically downwards on the page, the dark top section disappears. However, when I started testing in IE (I'm using IE8) the background image stays fixed behind t...

Would popup blockers stop a URL which pops up only when the user clicked on something?

I'm currently building a web application that can can track a users actions on a particular website and pop a URL if the user takes certain actions, such as: first click, responding to a question by clicking yes / no, clicking a submit button, or exiting the site. It is important that these URLs are served to the user and are not bloc...

IHtmlWindow3 has screenLeft and screenTop of IE tab .... where are Width and Height?

I've got an IHtmlDocument2 object, and its parentWindow gives me top and left coordinates of the current IE tab window via the IHtmlWindow3 interface ... How can I get the width and height of that tab as well? ...

IE7: element showing even with display: none

I am trying to hide a "required" message when the page is first shown. On FF and IE8 this works, but for some reason the message shows on IE7. Here is the HTML: <div id="passwordDivRequired" class="requiredMsg"> <img src="images/required.png" /> Required </div> And h...

IE7: display problems

I have a fieldset- let's call it "foo"- in a form that is conditionally displayed based on whether a checkbox is checked or not. If the checkbox is clicked, then a javascript function is called which sets the display property of "foo" to "block" or "none". In IE8 and FF a displayed "foo" correctly causes the fieldset below it to move do...

Javascript: change based on whether IE7 or not

I would like to change a line of my javascript code based on whether the browser is IE7 or not. Here is the code for any other browser: function showHint(myId) { document.getElementById(myId).style.display = "inline-block"; } For IE7, I want display = "inline". I've made an attempt at conditional compilation (this showed me how ...

Post Method XMLHttpRequest Forces Login Dialog(IE issue)

We are running windows IIS 6 and use it's native ability to protect files with Windows Authentication as our login method. It works fine, except that when I try to post method XMLHttpRequest from IE i get the login dialog again, which causes the request to fail. The weird thing is that Mozilla and Safari work well. Is there something I...

IE 8 Caching Problem

One of my javascript sources had an extra comma that was throwing an error in IE8. So I opened up my editor, deleted the comma, and saved. I reloaded IE8, but it was still pulling the old js file. I deleted everything in "Delete Browsing History...", and restarted the browser. It is still pulling the old file. I even set up a log on ...

Future of IE9: Opacity + Performance

I just tried the IE9 "Second Internet Explorer Platform Preview" - which supports CSS opacity now. That's nice, but I tried it with one of my website prototypes, and it's quite slow when scrolling etc. Admittedly, the prototype uses hundreds of images with opacity != 1, but everything is snappy with current versions of Firefox, Safari, ...