internet-explorer

Custom Search Provider for IE7 using javascript: call - is it possible?

I would like to create a custom search provider for IE7 or IE8 that is not requesting a URL with the search string as a parameter, but calls a JavaScript function instead, passing the search string as an argument to the function. To get started, I tried something really simple in my search provider XML: <Url type="text/html" method="get...

How to share cookies between IE and .net 2.0 WebBrowser control?

I've got a web site that I use to sell a downloadable .net 2.0 Windows Forms application. I use Google Analytics to analyze site traffic. The .net 2.0 application has an embedded WebBrowser control. One way I use the WebBrowser, for example, is to show the customer a page on my web site where they can register their email address. Based ...

How to set IFRAME's background color to the BG-color of it's parent document?

I am working on a Joomla 1.5 website and a little self-contained php application, which I want to show within an IFRAME inserted in an article. The template I am using for the website has a dark grey background and the IFRAME shows grey background when loaded in Firefox (I don't quite know why this is so, but I like it like this). Howeve...

IE 8 div and css cursor

In example bellow when you hover on icons cursor should be changed to different. It works except of IE 8. On IE 8 these icons turned to be unclikable, i.e. not only cursor are not changed, but also Jquery click event does not fire. Consider how the following html code works at FF, IE7 and eventually at IE8: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C...

How to remove border from iframe in IE using javsascript

I am trying to insert an iframe into the browser DOM via javascript and want to remove the border if IE but can't seem to. I have tried these to no avail: iframeElement.style.borderStyle="none"; and iframeElement.style.frameBorder = "0"; Any suggestions will be much appreciated. ...

Submit button clicked via javascript doesn't "submit" in IE6

For reasons I won't go into we need to click a submit button (as opposed to a plain button) via Javascript. We do this by getting a handle to the submit button, then executing the .click() method on this button. This works perfectly in FireFox, but in IE6 it only works partially. The button receives the click, and code associated with...

Right way to deal with an IE Back button issue?

Hi folks, I have a page in an eCom process that works like this: if you want an extra membership card click here. You get the same page and a PHP $_SESSION var is set to recognize your choice, the database is updated with this info, and a hidden amount field is set for the post to the payment gateway. If you go back in FF or Chrome e...

IE7 Overflow & IE7 Background Images

Heyy guys, two problems, both caused by IE7 www.myvintagesecret.com 1)I have a Div called .postheader that holds the title and another div called .clip . As you can see, the clip should hover over the content and not push it down. (use any other browser to test). Its currently giving me a huge gap when it should only go as long as the...

Which is the better way of specifying HTML Fixed Column width (width or style attribute)

I would like to ask what is the better way of specifying HTML column width? the width attribute or the style attribute? Assuming I am using IE 6. Does IE render the width attribute better than style? By width attribute <table width="900"> <tr> <td width="450">A</td> <td colspan="2" width="450">B&C</td> </tr> ...

Problem with rowIndex in Javascript

Hi, i currently have a big problem with the rowIndex in the IE8. When i call the page i have an empty table element. With Javascript i now add Rows and Columns to this table. // Create Elements tr = document.createElement('tr'); td = document.createElement('td'); // Append Elements to existing Table tr.appendChild(td); table.appendChil...

Com error when trying to auto close browser sometimes

I try to close my browser in C# using the following code: private void KillIE() { ShellWindows winShells = new ShellWindowsClass(); foreach (InternetExplorer Browser in winShells ) { Browser.Quit(); } } Sometimes its works but today it doesn't and I cant get it to work. Now all I get...

AJAX popup blocked in IE, but not in FF

Following code displays two buttons: AJAX popup and Direct popup. They are supposed to open the same page in a new window. Direct popup calls just window.open() in onclick event. AJAX popup does AJAX call and then in stateChanged() function calls window.open() just in the same way. Both of them work in FF, but AJAX popup doesn't in IE, ...

View source not showing current gridview. What's happening here?

Using aspnet, c# 3.5, developing in vs2008. Using IE7. I have a web page consisting of a dropdown list and a gridview. The contents of the gridview are mostly dynamically generated in the code behind. When the app runs, the default value for the contents of the gridview are displayed on the page, and can be seen in the viewsource. ...

never cache settings causing an issue

We are currently having an issue with cache settings on a shared workstation at one of our client sites. Basically, they had set their IE browser on their machine to "never" for when to check for new versions of a site. This causes some of our pages to show another user's data after one user logs out and logs back in. What are my options...

Detect IE setting: check for newer versions of stored pages "never"

I understand there isn't a way to interrogate a users IE settings directly due to security reasons, but is there a way to derive this answer with some other mechanism? I would like to stop a user from using my site if the setting "Check for newer versions of stored pages" is set to "Never". Any suggestions? Is there a way I could te...

Postback intermittently not working with ASP.NET 3.5 and IE?

We have an ASP.NET application that we recently migrated onto a new server with IIS7 and .NET 3.5. In this new environment, some users that are on IE (6, 7, or 8) are experiencing bizarre intermittent problems with postback not working on ASP.NET buttons. (you click the button and nothing happens) The issue happens sporadically. Someti...

IE and Firefox different postback Behavior after Server.Transfer

I have 2 aspx pages, in a postback event from page 1, i add data to the current context, then do a server.transfer to page 2. this all works as expected, however due to the server.transfer, the address bar still shows the url for page 1. the weirdness comes when i click a button on page 2. in IE (7 or 8) when i click a button on page ...

Applying css with jQuery stops <select> from showing drop down list

So I've got some <select> tags that I would like to show the entire contents in IE. I've looked around and found a few fixes, but I don't want to include YUI since I'm already using jQuery elsewhere, and would prefer to keep the selects on the page instead of replacing it with DIVs. In the code that I've come up with, FF3 works great. ...

Jquery Autocomplete scroll bar not coming in IE

hi, i am using latest version of jquery autocompletion plugin. and have populated an array(input for autocomplete) abt 800 entries. now strangely when i type a letter which triggers large results(causing a scroll bar), i can see a scrollbar in mozilla but not in Internet explorer. i have only included jquery.autocomplete.css ...

Internet Explorer view selection source

Firefox has this nice feature, highlight text and then view selection source. Is there maybe a way to do this in Internet Explorer 7+? As a developer this is really useful. ...