internet-explorer

Meta-refresh doesn't work?

I have a page using something along the lines of <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://example.com/" /> but for certain users on a certain workstation this doesn't work. The is in IE. Is there something wrong with cookies or a setting somewhere which would cause this to fail? I never heard of such a thing. ...

Testing the rendering speed of IE on a specific page

If my goal is to test the rendering speed in IE of a specific web page through repeated loads (merely using a javascript onload event for timing and viewing the page doesn't cut it), what would be a good way to do it? My current attempt was by using the IE WebBrowser object in VB and C#, though I'm open to other suggestions. Below is s...

why does my css render wrong in IE?

you will notice the hover css for the links in the main nav area (grey bar under logo) for this site http://testing.ksischool.com/ works fine in firefox, but IE7 chops off the bottom few padding pixels. why? ...

IE Add On (Browser Helper Object)

Is it possible to create an add on for IE using C# isntead of C++? If so, can anyone provide some resources for getting started on this? ...

jQuery - Compatibility Problem with Internet Explorer 7??

Hi, I have this code that dynamically slides up a Div over an image when mouse over it. It works perfectly in Firefox and Google Chrome, but in Internet Explorer 7 everything runs really slow and nothing happen. The jquery code is this: jQuery.fn.masque = function(class) { $(this).hover(function(){ $(this).find(class).stop().animate...

Why is ContentEditable removing “ID” from div

I am having problems with getting a HTML editor working. We are using “contentEditable” to implement it, however when any paragraph formatting option is done without contents selected, IE removes the ID from one of the divs in the page. The problem repeats for me with the HTML, just save it to a file, then open it in IE enable jsc...

A serious issue with jQuery and ActiveX security?

Has anyone not noticed that JQuery uses ActiveX controls? When a user has limited their activex security they will get script prompt popups and a yellow bar accross the top of their browser window. -This setting is by default on Windows Servers. -Internet Cafe's dont support Active X. -Company internal workstations dont support this. ...

Can I change or control the color of the IFRAME area before the content loads?

I have a site where portions of the content are loaded into IFrames. The problem I'm having is that the inside content of the iFrame is white until the page itself loads, and the content has a different background color (blue, in this case). So I have these white squares on the screen until the contents load. Is there any way to speci...

IE CSS alignment issues

I have the following CSS that i have "hacked" with PHP because it doesn't align properly in IE7. Is there a better way to do this without resorting to PHP? #Menu { width: 100%; height: 32px; padding-top: <?php if(preg_match('/msie/i', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])){echo '22px';}else{echo '40px';}?>; p...

Design order: Firefox, IE, or both?

When coding new javascript heavy websites, which order or web browser do you code for? I can see these possible orders, but I am not sure which I like best: Code for one first and get it working well, then start testing with other and fix errors as I go. This will allow for the most rapid development (with Firefox at least) but I've ...

Embedding images in a single html file in IE

What is the best way to embed images in a single html file in IE?, i don't want a round trip request to a PHP file to decode the base64 data. I read about MHTML, is that the only way? if yes, how can I resolve the style "background-image: url(images/top.png);"? Regards, Manoj ...

SoapHttpClientProtocol authentication caching

We encounter a strange problem when making web service calls via SoapHttpClientProtocol in .Net. We have UseDefaultAuthentication set to true. In Internet Explorer an account with less permissions has saved passwords (and in fact created a pass-through). When the web service calls are made under an account with more permissions, the call...

Best replacement for var flashElements = document.getElementsByTagName("EMBED");

I want to find all flash objects on a random page (to make them wmode=transparent so they wont hide a menu). IE does not support EMBED in: document.getElementsByTagName("EMBED"); Any idea what is the most efficent to find all embeds (no jQuery...) Also for the more advanced: I came across sites where the embed tag was written as eMBE...

How do you avoid security message in IE7 when using HTTPS?

In IE7 my web site always causes the browser to prompt a "Security Information" dialogue box: This page contains both secure and non-secure items. Do you want to display the non-secure items? How can I avoid getting this message when traveling between non-secure and secure pages (HTTP to HTTPS)? ...

HTML entities and charset in IE

I am displaying html entity &#10003; (a check mark: ✓) in an html document that uses iso-8859-1 for the character set. In Firefox, it displays as a check mark. In IE, it displays as a square box. Switching to UTF-8 doesn't seem to make a difference. Is there a reliable way to display these entities in IE 6 & 7 without using images? ...

styleWithCSS for IE

I'm building a custom RTE that converts user input to a homebrewn markup, now idiot that I am I did this using an iframe with designMode = "On" and got it to work in firefox using styleWithCSS = false so that I could easily convert the <b> (yes... b :( ) into my markup which would then output the proper code instead of me having to read ...

How to keep your table from "flexing" in IE6/7

I have some tabular data with some functionality to "view details" that fires off an ajax call to append a few new elements to the DOM (usually I insert another TR just after the selected row and innerHTML or append inside a TD with a colspan. My question is this, in IE6/7 my columns flex. Currently I don't have a "static" width per co...

What is the best solution for using transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6?

Lack of proper PNG support in IE6 is a well-known issue, with several solutions. There does not appear to be a clear best accepted practice or method. What do you propose the best solution is, and why? ...

IE toolbars - getting tabbing to work correctly

hey all, I've implemented an IE toolbar, hooking up the TranslateAcceleratorIO, HasFocusIO and UIActivateIO methods of the IInputObject interface. Tabbing between my toolbar and the rest of the IE interface works great... but only after you've tabbed in to the toolbar for the first time? What I've noticed is that the expected calls to ...

flash interaction with javascript internet explorer

I have a flash object interacting with a javascript function. The interaction works fine in every browser except in IE (all versions) I have tried with swfobject and with classic embeding. AllowScriptAccess is set to "always". Is there any cause for this flaw ? Thanks ...