So after a continued search for a similar problem i finally found what i think is the answer.
http://xqus.com/jquery-and-ie-headache it appears the IE set a global variable for each element with the same ID. so calling login_box = $('#login_box'); causes IE to fail. you can either add var to the front e.g. var login_box = ... or you can change the name of the variable itself. my_login_box etc... from the man himself. hopefully this helps anyone who comes across the same problem.. On May 27, 7:44 pm, Bob O <sngndn...@gmail.com> wrote: > My code runs great in every browser but IE6 IE7 and IE8. it breaks and > causes all scripts to fail. > > i setup Visual Web Developer in my VM like a blog post told me, and > when i load the page i get > > Microsoft JScript runtime error: Object doesn't support this property > or method > > that seem to break on this line > > login_button = $('#login_button'); > > its basically my setup for the jQuery UI dialog. > > This is the entire piece > > $(document).ready(function() { > > // buttons > login_button = $('#login_button'); > whistle_button = $('#whistle_banner_btn'); > victim_button = $('#victim_banner_btn'); > join_button = $('#join_fight_banner_btn'); > sub_blow_button = $('#blow_the_whistle'); > sub_spread_word = $('#spread_the_word'); > > // divs > login_box = $('#login_box'); > whistle_box = $('#whistle_box'); > join_box = $('#join_box'); > > login_box.hide(); > whistle_box.hide(); > join_box.hide(); > > // div setups > login_box.dialog({width: 400, modal: true, resizable: false, > autoOpen: false}); > whistle_box.dialog({width: 500, modal: true, resizable: false, > autoOpen: false}); > join_box.dialog({width: 500, modal: true, resizable: false, > autoOpen: false}); > > // actions > > login_button.click(function() { > login_box.dialog("open"); > return false; > }); > > whistle_button.click(function() { > whistle_box.dialog("open"); > return false; > }); > > victim_button.click(function() { > join_box.dialog("open"); > return false; > }); > > join_button.click(function() { > join_box.dialog("open"); > return false; > }); > > sub_blow_button.click(function() { > whistle_box.dialog("open"); > return false; > }); > > sub_spread_word.click(function() { > join_box.dialog("open"); > return false; > }); > > }); > > im not a js expert, so im hoping someone can point me in the right > direction..
