[Users] IE 9 problem with checkboxes in layer selector

Thu Sep 29 01:07:39 CEST 2011

Thanks a lot! Upgrading fixed the problem. I was not aware that there 
was a version after 3.3.1.
Cheers,
Tim
On 29/09/11 11:02, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
> Ah, now I see what you mean. You have to upgrade to Ext JS 3.4.0.
> Lower Ext JS versions don't support IE9.
>
> Andreas.
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Tim-Hinnerk Heuer
> <heuert at landcareresearch.co.nz>  wrote:
>> Thanks Andreas and Peter. But neither fixed the problem. I had also tried
>> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
>> and
>> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />
>>
>> All to the same effect. I also tried
>> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
>> Which I had in there from the start of this problem.
>>
>> I checked 'view source', reloading etc, but still have the same problem.
>> Isn't it weird? I had put IE=edge in there before to fix another IE-problem.
>> There are so many IE hacks in this application now... I wish I could just
>> put a page in that says that IE is not supported and people should download
>> a proper browser, but that is unfortunately not an option. Politics...
>>
>> The "good" news is that our company is still using IE 7 and 8 and this
>> problem is not so bad yet. But this problem was reported by an IE 9 user, so
>> there are people using it.
>>
>> Any ideas? Because the problem does not happen with the GeoExt examples, so
>> I suspect it's somewhere in my code. I might poke around a bit more.
>>
>> Thanks for any input.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 29/09/11 02:24, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
>>
>> Instead of forcing IE7 mode, what happens if you use the HTML doctype, i.e.
>> start your HTML document with
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE HTML>
>>
>> This is good practice anyway.
>>
>> Andreas.
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2011 11:22 PM,<Peter.Jehle at tba.llv.li>  wrote:
>>> Hi Tim
>>> I also have the problem with the checkboxes.
>>> I don't have a solution for the problem.
>>> I did place a meta-tag in my HTML-File, that tells IE to use IE7 mode.
>>> This is not the solution for the problem, bat a quick and dirty hack to
>>> make sure that users can check an unceck layers until there's a solution. I
>>> hope, the issue will be solved by the community
>>> Here's the HTML meta element for the header section
>>>
>>>
>>> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: users-bounces at geoext.org [mailto:users-bounces at geoext.org] Im Auftrag
>>> von Tim-Hinnerk Heuer
>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. September 2011 05:06
>>> An: users at geoext.org
>>> Betreff: [Users] IE 9 problem with checkboxes in layer selector
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know, we all hate IE, but unfortunately we have to support it here...
>>>
>>> In IE9 (and only in IE9) I get a very strange problem with the checkboxes
>>> and radio buttons in the layer panel:
>>> The checkboxes that are not ticked are not tickable and the checkboxes
>>> that are ticked are not untickable. Same with radio buttons for base layers,
>>> but in that case they are just not tickable but untickable.
>>>
>>> Now, i thought it would have to do something with my code and events that
>>> i attached to the layer nodes, but the stupid developer tools of
>>> IE9 didn't even jump into my code at all. GeoExt is fairly black box to me
>>> and I'm using the minified version atm which doesn't make debugging easier.
>>> If no one had this problem before, i might have to download the debug
>>> version and see if i can find the problem.
>>>
>>> But please do help if you can. Any comments will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim
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