internet-explorer

Why is my Aspx page rendering different HTML in FireFox and IE

I have come across a problem where, my asp.net code is being rendered differently on Firefox and IE. When I say differently, I mean, A linkButton in IE renders as anchor tags. On Firefox however, it renders as a span code example <ItemTemplate> <div id="<%#Eval("Id","{0}") %>"> <asp:LinkButton ID="ProductName" runat="server" ...

Ie8 doesn't pass session cookie for ajax request

I have simple php application, it works on all browsers except on IE8 beta 2, problem occurs when I try to update table field using Ajax call (jQuery post method). Using IE8 debugger I figure out that IE8 doesn't send session cookie so php scripts redirects to login page instead of executing requested action. What can I do to make this...

Shadowbox in IE

I'm opening a .flv in shadowbox, works fine in Firefox, but opens below the overlay in IE. I looked on their site, and double checked the <doctype>. That's fine, but still have the problem. Any other ideas? ...

.NET: How to make WebBrowser control launch in IE, display HTML, out of process?

i want to create a WebBrowser control, give it the HTML to display, then make it appear out of process in its own Internet Explorer window. Can it be done? yes it has to be out of process i already have a technique that involves writing a temporary file. i want to remove this hack solution i have three other questions on stackov...

Beyond stumped; Odd JQuery Cycle behavior in IE

I'm using the JQuery Cycle Plugin in an attempt to fade in/out images for a slide show. I am able to get it working in Firefox and Safari, however, when I view in Internet Explorer, I see very unexpected behavior. In Internet Explorer, the cycling is happening as expected, but some of the images do not display. They simply display a r...

Why some object doesn't have constructor in IE?

Below javascript has different effect in different browsers. document.write(this.location.constructor); document.write("<br/>"); document.write(this.constructor); document.write("<br/>"); In Chrome, the page has function Location() { [native code] } function DOMWindow() { [native code] } In Firefox, the page has [object Location]...

Setting the height of a SELECT in IE

IE seems to ignore the height set in CSS when rendering a HTML SELECT. Are there any work around's for this or do we have to just accept IE will not look as good as other browsers? ...

Risk of using contentEditable in IE

We have to add a basic HTML editor to our product. As we only support IE at present (most customers are still on IE 6), I have been told to use the Internet Explorer built-in XHTML editing capabilities – e.g. <div contentEditable="true"> as explained at "Editing a Web Page" . Apart from not working in other browsers. (The management do...

How to force ie to ask for digital certificate

Well... I have a web page that requires a digital certificate. When i first Load the page I get a dialogue window asking for the certificate. If I select it then everything work great :) However, if I press cancel and then re-enter the page I am not prompted for the certificate... The page is rendered and a "The page requires a client c...

jQuery keypress() event not firing?

I am trying to fire an event on the right and left arrow key presses with jQuery. Using the following code, I can fire events on any of the alphanumeric keys, but the cursor keys (up, down, left, right) fire nothing. I am developing the site primarily for IE users because it is a line of business app. Am I doing something wrong here? $(...

Is it possible to disable IE8 "accelerators" on my website?

I'm a web developer focused on UI. Many interface features in my web application are based on double-clicking. In IE, this brings up that new annoying "accelerators" icon which interferes with my user interface. Is it possible to disable "accelerators" on my pages? Maybe with some new stupid IE-specific meta tag? ...

CSS rollover problems with Internet Explorer 7

I wrote some CSS in my HTML code to create rollover buttons. Then i tried to run it with IE 7 and surprise! it doesn't run. In fact it shows both the button and underlying rollover. How can i get around IE's inability to cache background images? Preferably using CSS but javascript 'will' be tried. Sample CSS: #Menu { width: 100...

Table showed different in IE from Opera

Hi, I have a table with a code like this: <table cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="no"> <thead> <tr><th>Date</th><th>Length</th><th>Time</th></tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td>31. January1</td><td>28 km</td><td>3 hours</tr> </tbody></table> The problem is that in IE the table has frame and a tableborder = 1. What to do? Thanks ...

How can I get the untruncated text value of an <OPTION> element?

I have HTML output similar to this: <select> <option value="1">Item1 </option> </select> How do I use JavaScript to get the value "Item1 " (with the space) rather than "Item1"? In Internet Explorer all the properties I've tried, e.g. text, innerHTML, data, nodeValue return "Item1" instead of "Item1 ". Interestingly in Firefox, textC...

How to disable javacript error messages?

I know this seams a trivial question... But how can I disable the annoying javascript error messages? I am inserting data into an unfinished web application and I keep getting about 30 errors for every form I submit... It's driving me crazy... I'm using ie7 Please note that I already tried "Internet options - Advanced - Browsing", dis...

InternetExplorer.Application object and cookie container

I have the following console application written in VB.NET: Sub Main() Dim ie As Object = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") ie.Visible = True ie.Navigate2("http://localhost:4631/Default.aspx") End Sub This program uses the InternetExplorer.Application automation object to launch an IE window and navigate a given...

Clear Internet Explorer 6.0 browsing history using Script

Hi, I was using the following script to delete the browsing history in IE 7.0 RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255 But now I need a script to clear browsing history in IE 6.0 I get an error that "missing entry ClearMyTracksByProcess" I have passed different parameters like 2 ,5 etc and wasn't successful. ...

Acceptable CSS hacks/fixes

Is there a list of 'good' clean CSS hacks, which are certain to be future-proof? For example, zoom:1 is safe, as long as it's only served to IE, and you remember it's there. The very common hack of using child selectors is not safe because IE7 supports them. Using height:1% just feels dirty (but that might just be me). I know of ie7-...

What are the DotNet 2.0 or 3.5, IE, XSL and XSL-FO capabilities?

Hi, I am total noob with XSL and XSL-FO and I am looking for some advice on the possibilities and limitations with DotNet 2.0 and 3.5 when using XSL for formatting XML Data For reporting purposes. Here is what I was looking to do. 1)Get data from a SQL 2005 DB based on some business rules 2) Output to xml from SQL directly or create...

Accessing hardware from within Internet Explorer

Is it possible to access hardware devices (web-cams, magnetic card readers, etc.) from within Internet explorer? If yes, what technologies are used? And are there any .Net examples. In my case, I need to access a magnetic card reader that would be attached to the client computer. The web-app would need to be able to access the reader ...