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Public area => Bug reports => The Pub => Archived fixes => Topic started by: TE on March 22nd, 2012, 12:27 PM
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the menu icons are slightly overlapping in IE8 (see attachment):
proposed fix:
.menu > li
display: inline-block
should be changed to display: inline
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I can assure you that IE9 in IE8 mode (in Windows 7) doesn't have this problem...
The only odd/amusing thing is the extra gradient on the menu bar itself. It shouldn't be there... Probably due to a quick hack to provide the gradient in the first place (since IE6-9 all require some filter:gradient crap...)
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My screenshot is native IE8 on a W2k3 Server.. (IE 8 in IE7 mode is fine)
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Native IE8 on WinXP (in a VM) does the same as TE's screenshot. Yay for IE9 supporting 'IE8 rendering'.
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Now I dont feel so stupid :yahoo:
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Holy crap... Thank you, Microsoft........ -_-
What do I do now.
And yes, playing with display styles usually fixes this kind of stuff.
However, there's often a reason for deciding to use this or that style. Too many times, I've fixed something to break it somewhere else. (This is why I was so adamant to implement @remove from: because instead of replacing a rule with another, we can now simply ignore it... Simple example: try cancelling hasLayout on older IEs after it was triggered... Good luck!)
A few days ago I was wondering why I wasn't using the gradient filter on the main menu for IE... Oh, well: it works when you first open it... But if you switch to another menu entry, it'll display a transparent background instead. Fun... Maybe it's only in IE9 in compatibility mode... But I won't tempt the devil.
So, what can I say... Thorsten, can you confirm that not only your fix works, but that it doesn't break anything else...?
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There's not really much reason to feel stupid... if it's not working, it's not working for a reason. Half the battle here is understanding what that reason is.
If it's because you have a totally alien configuration that's a monstrosity under the hood, we might not be able to do too much about it, but if it's reproducible and causing problems, the bigger the problem (or at least, the bigger the impact it has and the more reproduced it is) the more we can figure out WTF is the problem and fix it.Holy crap... Thank you, Microsoft........ -_-
A few days ago I was wondering why I wasn't using the gradient filter on the main menu for IE...
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There's not really much reason to feel stupid... if it's not working, it's not working for a reason. Half the battle here is understanding what that reason is.
:angel:
:edit: Sorry TE, just re-read your 'confirm' response and interpreted correctly this time.
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So, what can I say... Thorsten, can you confirm that not only your fix works, but that it doesn't break anything else...?
Using IE8 developer tools, I can see only one difference between native IE8 and IE8 in IE7 compabilty mode, that's the "inline-block" style,
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So, err... Does it work now, here?
I applied the menu>li change to index.ie8.css.
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Yup, all good in real IE8.
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:cool:
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This PC has IE8 and all the dropdown options drop down below "Home". Does that make sense?
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This PC has IE8 and all the dropdown options drop down below "Home". Does that make sense?
Are you implying that before today (i.e. before the fix), it worked better than now..?
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Yes, but I would wait for someone else's confirmation as this PC seems a bit odd - this is the one that occasionally hangs when going into Forum Profile with no pattern. So in hindsight ignore me unless someone else has the same problem.
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Are you on xp?
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Farjo, post screenshots if you can. :)
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Yes, would be a good idea :P
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test
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Hi, sorry not to reply again yesterday - can only sit at that computer while having a break and my time had run out!
Due to the way the shifts have fallen I'm not in until Thursday :eheh: :D :crazy: :yobrother: :bravo: :yahoo: so I'll have a look at the operating system then, however I'm fairly sure there isn't the software (e.g. Paint) to do a print-screen. I could do an 'artist's impression'?
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Paint comes with Windows itself :/ Failing that, print screen and paste into Word...
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From memory they might have disabled it. They do have Word however the firewall / set-up may not allow me to upload a file - this sounds pessimistic, I'm just 'managing your expectations'.
Did I mention I'm not in until Thursday :eheh:
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WTF are you working in the CIA? XD
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If I told you I'd have to kill you :ph34r:
No I work for the NHS, which is the UK's health provider and one of the biggest organisations in the world. They are ultra-cautious when it comes to IT, specifically networking stuff because of the risks of confidentiality and just plain hacking. We're not allowed to install any software or browse Facebook (and probably many other sites). Every time ?shock / flash? is upgraded it takes about 2 months for the PCs to be updated so iPlayer (British TV replay site) doesn't work, which is a pain when on nights.
So like I say the problems on that computer are likely just specific to that computer due to its unique circumstances.
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Is that why it took months to get Conflickr infected machines cleaned up? ;)
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Ha maybe! "Ooh here's an urgent MS security patch, better take 2 years testing it..."
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Is that also why there was a modestly high profile piece at the time reporting that Windows 95 was still in use in certain places - even in 2009-10?
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LOL no they're not that bad (although my uni were still using IE6 when I left in 2008).
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Still, I'm suspicious about all of this...
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Strangest thing just happened to me. I wrote the post above. Then click Submit. I got redirected to the page with a /new/#new anchor (just "/15/"), and half of the post was missing! I was saying, after this, something along the lines of:
"Maybe Microsoft issued a patch for IE8 that fixes the problem, and a stock XP/2003 doesn't have the fix?"
:edit: It worked, but JS seems to be broken. An issue with the 'subject' variable in the QuickModify object?!
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Well, there is a specific branch for redirectexit just for IE, which is primarily related to whether the URL has # in it or not...
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But I'm not in IE..? And my URL was free of anchors...
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You got redirected to a /new/#new page, that's got an anchor in it...?
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I don't know. It didn't have an anchor. But I'm making sure that if this happens again, I'll go and check thoroughly.
About the quick edit bug -- it was because it attempted to access the subject area when it isn't shown in Mobile mode. Because we need to be able to edit the subject, I simply added an empty <h5> and it's working again.
Phew. (Well, the styling for that h5 sucks though..)