internet-explorer

Text underneath link is getting in the way in Internet Explorer

Hello -- I am using the Nivo slideshow (http://nivo.dev7studios.com/) throughout a site i am developing ... it is working great, except that in Internet Explorer the links only work when the mouse is not hovering over the text in the slideshow - in other browsers you can click anywhere in the slideshow (on the image, on the caption, on t...

How can I make IE recognize HTML 5 tags?

What are some good solutions for making my HTML 5 pages compatible with IE (at least IE 7 & 8)? Is there an industry standard that I can use that will make IE recognize things like <article> and <nav>? ...

asp.net OnPreRender doesn't fire after a Redirect in IE

When I run the following logic: 1) from Page1.aspx Response.Redirect("Page2.aspx?Params...") 2) from Page2.aspx Page_Load event Response.Redirect("Page1.aspx") The Page1 OnPreRender event does not fire if the browser is IE8. Its ok with Firefox. It seems that the browser is loading a cached version of the page. Any idea how to f...

IE's document.selection.createRange doesn't include leading or trailing blank lines

I'm trying to extract the exact selection and cursor location from a textarea. As usual, what's easy in most browsers is not in IE. I'm using this: var sel=document.selection.createRange(); var temp=sel.duplicate(); temp.moveToElementText(textarea); temp.setEndPoint("EndToEnd", sel); selectionEnd = temp.text.length; selectionStart ...

JavaScript undefined check

I often see JavaScript code where a function may take in an "options" object and use it like: var name = typeof options.name !== 'undefined' ? options.name : "Bob"; This seems like it would be equivalent to the following: var name = options.name || "Bob"; Now, I understand that in certain situations you may actually care that opti...

Alignment issue on IE 7

Hi, I have a div tag and there is an asp.net TextBox control. I wanted to align the text box to left border. But the text box leaves a space of some 100px on the left. I tried padding:0px, margin:0px, float:left etc... but none solved the issue. It works fine on other browsers. And i already have conditional comments to support differen...

File download: show checkbox to remember action if file is not a direct link

See screenshot. When creating a direct link to a file to be downloaded, IE offers a checkbox to remember the setting. When pushing a file to the client using a script, this checkbox never seems be shown. Is there a way to force its visibility? René ...

Why do ie versions coexist in parallel?

I mean, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, and basically every browser instead of IE has a single 'last build' version which can be updated-to from the browser itself, why does IE need to have IE6, IE7, IE8 coexisting, instead of providing an updater so everyone uses the same version (ideally IE8), which doesn't have as many problems as fo...

IE and Javascript

So I have a registration page that works fine in Firefox, but IE 6-8 give me a 'document.info.altDate1.value' is null or not an object error on submit. This is the body: <DIV id=wrapper> <DIV id=outer-space> <DIV id=hfeed> <H1>Register for <SPAN>Orientation</SPAN></H1> <p style="width:550px;">Orientation fee is NON-REFUNDABLE, but can...

make my activex control removable from manage addons

I have an activex control. I want my users to be able to remove it. This MS article implies that you can remove controls if you installed them yourself: You can only delete ActiveX controls that you have downloaded and installed. You can't delete ActiveX controls that were preinstalled or add-ons of any kind, but you can ...

Why doesn't indexOf work on an array IE8?

The below function works fine on opera, firefox and chrome. However in IE8 it fails on if ( allowed.indexOf(ext[1]) == -1) part. Does anyone know why? Is there any obvious mistake? function CheckMe() { var allowed = new Array('docx','xls','xlsx', 'mp3', 'mp4', '3gp', 'sis', 'sisx', 'mp3', 'wav', 'mid', 'amr', 'jpg', 'gif', 'png', '...

javascript error in IE 8

This is throwing a js error in ie8, FF is good. any ideas? This is line 1340 var cc_meth_cookie =$.cookie("cc_method"); This is line 1339 just in case... $(Choose_PaymentMethodType(1)); Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET...

How to prevent internet explorer from adding slashes after hash in URL

Hello! I am creating my navigation in site using Ajax and urls like example.com/#doStusff,1,2,3 Together with changing page location, I am also changing title of page. It works for FF, Safari but IE after operation add slashes to url's part after the hash and changes title to default one. Can this behavior be prevented or can you provi...

Javascript error on line 946275090 in IE?

I am getting an error only on IE saying object does not support method but the line it is saying is somewhere around 946275090 (I know IE is off on line numbers but not usually this off). I could of swore this type of error had a specific meaning but I for the life of me can't remember. Does it mean something specific when IE return th...

How do I get the URL of the visible tab in Firefox/IE/Chrome?

No, this is not a send me teh codez request. I am writing a small utility for my own amusement. In this regard, I need the utility to read the URL from the visible/active tab on any of the three browsers (Firefox, IE, Chrome) that are currently open, and then go off and do something with that URL. I am assuming I'll need to PInvoke for...

Embed a video in Internet Explorer without Flash

Do I really have to settle with Flash for embedding videos in a web page if I want IE to be able to view it? Isn't there a way to stick a video on a web page in IE without Flash? Seriously. ...

jQuery's delegate conflict with another delegate in IE

It seems that in IE, some delegates may somehow cause another delegate to fail to work. This is one possible case: <html> <head> <script src='jquery-1.4.2.min.js'></script> <script> $(function() { $('#main') .delegate('div', 'click', function() { alert('on div!'); }) .delegate('[name=first]', 'change', func...

How to close internet explorer window on Windows CE 5.0

Hello, is there a way to close IE in Windows CE, I was try window.close(), self.close(), ... and it did not work. I was searching long for the answer, but have found nothing, a last I am asking here for help, if anyone has come to this issue. Thanks for any reply. ...

To remove conflict in http and https in IE I have done below given solution, please someone tell me is it Browser dependent?

<a href="//www.mydomain.com/" title="Commerce Pundit" target="_blank" class="normaltext-11pt-link">Om The Eternity</a> On click on the above link is browser dependent? will it create any problem in any browser in any case? is it good idea to avoid the mentioned conflict? ...

Left Alignment Within Gmail - IE / Firefox Discrepency

Unfortunately I can't post the sample code here, but I'm trying to debug an issue in which an HTML email that displays perfectly in both Firefox and IE standalone, ends up having its text center aligned after its framed by Gmail, but only in Internet Explorer (ie8) Has anyone else had a similar experience? The HTML in question was gene...