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Page doesn't fully load in IE7 or IE8 (but works in other browsers)

I've come across a really strange problem where a page I'm trying to test in IE7 and IE8 is taking forever to load. The problem is that it works in all other browsers just fine (yes... even IE6). The page just keeps loading saying: '(1 item remaining) Waiting for http://...' Does anyone know of any reason this could be happening? ...

Why is the resize event constantly firing when I assign it a handler with a timeout?

I assigned a timeout to my window.resize handler so that I wouldn't call my sizable amount resize code every time the resize event fires. My code looks like this: <script> function init() { var hasTimedOut = false; var resizeHandler = function() { // do stuff return false; }; window.onresize = function() { if (hasTi...

jQuery .load Not Working In IE7

I'm looking for some help with the following code, in which I'm trying to dynamically load some PHP content into a DIV: <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#test").click(function(event){ event.preventDefault(); $('#folders').load('loadfolders.php'); }); }); </script> This code works fine ...

IE 7 bug? - prompt save / open when downloading file - c# asp.net 3.5

I have an aspx page with linkbuttons that fire javascript to pop open a new aspx page to stream files to the browser for downloading by users. When developing and unit testing on XP SP3, IE 7 and FireFox 3.5, using the following code (key being the "attachment" part in the Content-Disposition tag), both prompt a dialog box asking if I w...

<div> overflow:auto does not show scrollbar until resize

I have a element on my form that looks like this: <div style="overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;height:100%;width:100%"> In IE7 when the page first renders, there are no scrollbars. However, if I resize the page (even just 1 pixel) the scroll bars appear properly. Is there something I can do so that the scrollbars show properly whe...

CSS padding on input element breaks ie6 ie7

After a bunch of googling and searching, I can't seem to find any info on this. The problem: In ie6 and ie7, the text entered into a styled input is displayed "cut in half", with some of the text clipped off in the middle and the remainder hidden underneath the bottom of the input. Picture the word FOOBAR inside the input. You would o...

IE7 doesn't render part of page until the window resizes or switch between tabs

I have a problem with IE7. I have a fixed layout for keeping the header and a sidepanel fixed on a page leaving only the "main content" area switch can happily scroll it's content. This layout works perfectly fine for IE6 and IE8, but sometimes one page may start "hiding" the content that should be showing in the "main content" area....

ie7 z-index problem

Hi, I've isolated a little test case of IE7's z-index bug, but don't know how to fix it. I have been playing with z-index all day long. What is wrong with z-index in IE7? ...

IE7 jQuery Sortable bug?

Hello, I'm trying to create a 3 column page with jQuery where users can move boxes between the three columns (something simular to iGoogle). In firefox and safari the dragging works perfectly fine. In IE7, once you drag a box once it works fine but then that box cannot be moved after that. I've tried re-applying the jQuery Sortable p...

Facebox content looks terrible in Internet Explorer 7

I'm using the Facebox jQuery plugin from FamSpam to load external page content (from the same server) into a Facebox popup. The content looks great in all browsers except IE 7. It looks like IE 7 is rendering this content the same as it renders other content when in 'Quirks Mode'. The fonts are not solid and sharp, the font that the tex...

top ten ie7 css bugs?

What css properties you avoid building web pages for ie7? What you usually check first when you see page that does not render well in ie7? UPD: as a programmer is not a designer usually, i think that it would be useful to collect short list of bugs which generate most share of failures, not going deep into css implementations. Programm...

where is that tool where I can load IE6 and IE7 on the same computer?

where is that tool where I can load IE6 and IE7 on the same computer? testing for cross-browser issues. ...

Text input readonly attribute not recognized in IE7?

I am setting readonly="readonly" (in other words, true) via javascript: document.getElementById("my_id").setAttribute("readonly", "readonly"); This is having the intended effect (making the field no longer editable, but its contents are submitted with the form) in FF, Safari and Chrome, but not for IE7. In IE7 I can still modify the c...

Applying hasLayout to the i element via zoom or inline-block causes it to line break in IE7

I've had to apply hasLayout to the <i> element to avoid an IE7 bug in which sentences with italics obscured images that those sentences were on the same horizontal line as. I've done so using either the zoom property or the display: inline-block property. But now, any phrase in italics causes the italic portion to behave as if it were ...

Gwt application does not appear in IE7

Hi, I created a gwt application.... It runs under current Chrome, FIlefox,Opera, IE8 but it does not work under IE7 at least on certain machines. It means the embedded gwt application is not visible at all. There is no javascript error. (Checked with Web Visual Studio) The version of IE is 7.0.6001.18000. The javascript is turned o...

IE7 CSS z-index overlay

Given this situation: HTML <div class="container-module"> Some content. <a id="show-overlay" href="#">Show overlay</a> <div id="overlay"> Overlay content. </div> </div> <div class="container-module"> Some content. </div> CSS .container-module { height: 50px; z-index: 1; } .overlay { background: white; dis...

Centering Text in IE 7 / Conditional CSS

i'm really banging my head on this one. The site looks great in everything but IE7 and I've tried everything I know to make it center. http://talentforceinc.com/Employer%5FHome.html I've got conditional CSS for IE declared, and have added inline text-align:center tags, but for an unknown reason the text in the multi-colored bar on the...

Custom Button WebControlAdapter IE7 Problem

Hi I'm having a little problem implementing a custom WebControlAdapter for button. I am following the sliding doors pattern to output the following HTML: <button value="submit" name="Button1" id="Button1" type="Submit" onclick="__doPostBack('Button1','')"><span>Button</span></button> in place of the standard: <input id="Button1" ty...

Are css styles applied differently in ie7 for rails error pages?

I've come across a weird bug for ie7 where the css styles get applied differently when I access "/400.html" and "/500.html" directly as opposed to being redirected to it by a controller. The controller code for redirection is: respond_to do |format| format.html { render :file => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/404.html", :status => "404 Not ...

How to fix Internet explorer 7 bug when using percentage widths for layout?

Hello, Please help me in this. I need to create a layout using percentage widths. I have a wrapper that is 100% width. Now I have a DIV (the main wrapper.. I want to keep it at 94% width percentage.. 94% of 100% body).. okay fine So to make this simple. -> BODY 100% width set --> CONTAINER 94% width ---> FIRST CHILD DIV 70% float l...