I realize this does not help pre-XP users, but the buttons in 1.2 appear to work fine under IE7.
Chris On 5/13/07, Chris Travers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I guess the question for everyone is: How important is Internet > Explorer support for LSMB 1.x (out of the box at least)? Obviously for 2.x > we can provide a different set of templates without localizable buttons for > businesses requiring IE. > > Lack of IE support would hurt me a bit. And I am guessing that the problems > are likely to be similar for Pocket IE. But I am worried that trying to go > back to submit buttons is going to require hackish i18n support which I am > not thrilled about either. > > In either case, I will be letting people I know at Microsoft why this is a > problem. > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers > > > On 5/13/07, Charley Tiggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can verify that this is, indeed, the problem. I ran into this glitch > > a year ago while working for another company. The fix we used was to > > rename the button to something else, add a hidden field with the > > expected name and use an onClick event to set the hidden field to it's > > proper value. Bug-ugly hack but IE 6 users were then able to perform > > the functions they were trying to do. Same goes for inputs of type > > image as well. > > > > Charley > > > > Joseph R. Hunt, Jr. wrote: > > > A bit of googling found this: > > > > > > > http://narayanraman.blogspot.com/2006/12/button-tag-problems-and-ie-6.html > > > > > > "Discovered that IE and Firefox handle the <button> tag differently. > > > > > > If you have a tag like > > > > > > < button type="submit" name="b" value="abc"> > > > Button Text< /button> > > > > > > When the form is submitted, the value of the parameter "b" is "abc" in > > > firefox (the value attribute) while for IE, it is "Button Text" (the > > > innerText)" > > > > > > ----------- > > > > > > I don't know enough of perl nor of LedgerSMB to verify that this is the > > > problem, but it sure seems to be. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > P.S - it is not a problem with cookies not being enabled. I tested for > > > this. > > > > > > > > > Chris Travers wrote: > > >> Normally, if a cookie expires, you get a Session Expired message and a > > >> request for a password. > > >> > > >> The fact that he is getting kicked back and that this seems to be > > >> happening to multiple IE 6 users suggests that something isnt being > > >> sent to the web server as expected. Does IE6 handle <button> elements > > >> properly? > > >> > > >> I good test would be whether this fails in 1.2 in IE6 but not 1.1 an > IE6. > > >> > > >> Best Wishes, > > >> Chris Travers > > >> > > >> On 5/12/07, *M Lubratt* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > >> > > >> It also sounds like a cookie expiration issue possibly. Try > > >> removing all of your cookies and making sure the browser is > > >> accepting cookies. > > >> > > >> Good Luck! > > >> Mark > > >> > > >> > > >> On 5/12/07, * Chris Travers* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hmm.... Makes me wonder if <button> elements are broken on IE > :-( > > >> > > >> Anyone else confirm that this is the case? If so we may need > > >> to look at some shim to fix it for these users. > > >> > > >> Best Wishes, > > >> Chris Travers > > >> > > >> > > >> On 5/12/07, *Vincent Bono* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > >> > > >> Chris, > > >> > > >> Using IE 6.0.2900 > > >> > > >> but your question made me try it in firefox which works!!!! > > >> > > >> Thanks - odd - since I use this same IE with an sql-ledger > > >> install. > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks Again! > > >> > > >> -Vin > > >> > > >> > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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