This is a known IE6 bug, which (as far as I know) is caused pretty much by what Jennifer already guessed.
-Mika 2009/6/26 Jennifer Whalan <[email protected]>: > Thanks to all who responded to this. Mika's fix solved the problem, by > setting the height of the div only in the style-ie css (adding it to the > other style sheets doubled up the space where the image is placed). > > My guess is that IE6 doesn't calculate the size of the div to the size of > the image in the div, but other browsers do not have this problem. > > > > Thanks > Jennifer > > > > > > Jennifer Whalan > Territory Stories Administrator > Innovation & Access, Northern Territory Library > Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport > Northern Territory Government > > Phone: (08) 8922 0757 > Fax: (08) 8922 0722 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.ntl.nt.gov.au > > The information contained in this message and any attachments may be > confidential information and may be subject to legal privilege, public > interest or legal profession privilege. If you are not the intended > recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or any attachments > is unauthorised. If you have received this document in error, please advise > the sender. No representation or warranty is given that attached files are > free from viruses or other defects. The recipient assumes all responsibility > for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any > attached files. > > ________________________________ > From: Gary Browne [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 26 June 2009 9:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] XMLUI, javascript and IE > > Hi Jennifer, > > Could this be part of the problem as well? > > http://remysharp.com/2007/02/10/ie-7-breaks-getelementbyid/ > > He says that the bug affects both IE6 and IE7. > > I'd be interested to hear whether Mika's fix worked too. > > # Mika, if you're fix worked, could you explain why setting the div height > works? > > Thanks > Gary > > > Gary Browne > Development Programmer > Library IT Services > University of Sydney > ph: 9351-5946 > > > ________________________________ > From: Jennifer Whalan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 5:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dspace-tech] XMLUI, javascript and IE > > Realising that this is outside the scope of dspace, we have a problem > related to a javascript for our xmlui on ie. The following code we find > works perfectly in firefox, but does not display the background image in ie > (specifically IE6, just tested in IE7 and 8 and it works fine). This is a > script to display a random background image on the load of the page. > > The code is: > > <div class="TSbannerImg" id="TSbannerImg"> > <script> > maximumBannerImages = 12; > bannerNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*maximumBannerImages); > document.getElementById('TSbannerImg').style.backgroundImage = > 'url("/themes/TerritoryStories/images/random/ts_MidImg'+bannerNumber+'.jpg")'; > </script> > </div> > > and in the css: > > .TSbannerImg { > background-image: url("../images/random/ts_MidImg1.jpg"); > background-repeat: no-repeat; > padding-top: 150px; > } > > If anybody would be able to give a hint about this, it would be greatly > appreciated. > > > Thanks > Jennifer Whalan > > > Jennifer Whalan > Territory Stories Administrator > Innovation & Access, Northern Territory Library > Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport > Northern Territory Government > > Phone: (08) 8922 0757 > Fax: (08) 8922 0722 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.ntl.nt.gov.au > > The information contained in this message and any attachments may be > confidential information and may be subject to legal privilege, public > interest or legal profession privilege. If you are not the intended > recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or any attachments > is unauthorised. If you have received this document in error, please advise > the sender. No representation or warranty is given that attached files are > free from viruses or other defects. The recipient assumes all responsibility > for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any > attached files. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
