Internet explorer compatibility issue

The immediate solution would be to change to another browser like FF. If someone wants to come up with a fix, I'll be happy to get it in. It is almost certainly an issue in the CSS style sheet for those who want to look into it.

ping

can someone knowledgeable with CSS and IE have a look at this, I assume it must be something fairly easy to solve but???

Phillipe,

The behavior described is a work-around for a bug in IE up to version 6. The SELECT component in IE was rendered as an OS component, not an HTML component, so it acts as if it has an infinite z-index. Therefore, it always shows through floated elements like the a.info hover popups.

The standard work-around for IE is to use javascript to hide all SELECT elements when a floated element is displayed, and then to unhide the SELECT elements when the floated element is finished displaying.

This IE specific work-around is implemented in libfreepbx.javascripts.js with the following functions:

function hideSelects(b)
function doHideSelects(event)
function doShowSelects(event)
function setAllInfoToHideSelects()

The work-around can be turned off by changing:

function body_loaded(){setAllInfoToHideSelects();updateInfoTargets();}

to

function body_loaded(){/*setAllInfoToHideSelects();*/updateInfoTargets();}

However, I think it would be better to remove the work-around code all together. The location of the info popups barely overlaps any SELECT boxes, so it shouldn't cause any problems. If the overlap is a concern, the CSS could be updated to move the info popup 5 pixels to the left. Also, the original IE bug has been fixed since IE 7, so it shouldn't be an issue going forward.

Thanks, Seth

(In [6220]) fixes #2854 select boxes disapearing on ie7 - could use some verification that IE6 still works

(In [6221]) Merged revisions 6220 via svnmerge from re #2854 http://svn.freepbx.org/freepbx/trunk

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r6220 | p_lindheimer | 2008-07-30 18:41:38 -0700 (Wed, 30 Jul 2008) | 1 line

fixes #2854 select boxes disapearing on ie7 - could use some verification that IE6 still works

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