Hi Jacob,

> You'll need to comment out the filter rule on the navbar-inverse class as well
> (which is the filter actually applied to the navbar).

Fantastic, that did the trick - many thanks for the pointer :-)

> If you want to preserve the header gradient, and don't care about supporting
> IE8, you can just add the following rule to .navbar-inverse (after commenting
> out the filters):

That worked wonderfully too - cheers!

Many, many thanks for this - getting past this has made my day (and it is still 
only 9 in the morning!) - your help is very much appreciated! :-)

Cheers,

Mike

Michael White 
eLearning Liaison and Development (eLD)
Information Services
S8, Library
University of Stirling 
Stirling SCOTLAND 
FK9 4LA 
Email: michael.wh...@stir.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466877 
Fax: +44 (0) 1786 466880
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brown, Jacob [mailto:j.h.br...@tcu.edu]
> Sent: 06 May 2014 22:22
> To: Michael White
> Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: DSpace 4.1, JSPUI and IE 9 menu display issue
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> You'll need to comment out the filter rule on the navbar-inverse class as well
> (which is the filter actually applied to the navbar).
> 
> If you want to preserve the header gradient, and don't care about supporting
> IE8, you can just add the following rule to .navbar-inverse (after commenting
> out the filters):
> 
> background-
> image:url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy5
> 3My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAlIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwMCUiIHZpZ
> XdCb3g9IjAgMCAxIDEiIHByZXNlcnZlQXNwZWN0UmF0aW89Im5vbmUiPgo8bGl
> uZWFyR3JhZGllbnQgaWQ9ImcyNjciIGdyYWRpZW50VW5pdHM9InVzZXJTcGFjZ
> U9uVXNlIiB4MT0iMCUiIHkxPSIwJSIgeDI9IjAlIiB5Mj0iMTAwJSI+CjxzdG9wIHN0b
> 3AtY29sb3I9IiMzQzNDM0MiIG9mZnNldD0iMCIvPjxzdG9wIHN0b3AtY29sb3I9Ii
> MyMjIyMjIiIG9mZnNldD0iMSIvPgo8L2xpbmVhckdyYWRpZW50Pgo8cmVjdCB4
> PSIwIiB5PSIwIiB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiBmaWxsPSJ1cmwoI2cyNjcpIiA
> vPgo8L3N2Zz4=);
> 
> This rule (generated from
> http://ie.microsoft.com/TESTDRIVE/Graphics/SVGGradientBackgroundMaker/
> Default.html) does pretty much the same thing as the vendor-prefixed
> background-image gradients.
> 
> Jacob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael White [mailto:michael.wh...@stir.ac.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 6:00 AM
> To: Brown, Jacob
> Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: DSpace 4.1, JSPUI and IE 9 menu display issue
> 
> Hi Jacob,
> 
> Thanks for the pointers.
> 
> > I can confirm that removing the CSS "filter" property for the navbar fixes 
> > the
> issue on the JSPUI demo (of course, doing so will also remove the gradient).
> 
> Could you possibly provide some more details on how you achieved this as
> I've just been trying but have been unable to get it to work :-(
> 
> I tried commenting out the "filter" property of the navbar in both "bootstrap-
> theme.css" and in "bootstrap-theme.min.css", so I had:
> 
> .navbar {
>   background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear,left 0,left
> 100%,from(#fff),to(#f8f8f8));
>   background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top,#fff,0%,#f8f8f8,100%);
>   background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top,#fff 0,#f8f8f8 100%);
>   background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,#fff 0,#f8f8f8 100%);
>   background-repeat:repeat-x;
>   border-radius:4px;
> 
> /*filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffffff',e
> ndColorstr='#fff8f8f8',GradientType=0);*/
>   -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.15),0 1px 5px
> rgba(0,0,0,0.075);
>   box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.15),0 1px 5px
> rgba(0,0,0,0.075) }
> 
> - but this didn't seem to make any difference. Looking at the source, it
> appears that it is (on the homepage at least!) "bootstrap-theme.min.css" that 
> is
> being used and I did manage to make some progress by adding
> "position:static;" to the navbar definition in that file (against the
> recommendations on the pages you pointed to!) - so I had:
> 
> .navbar {
>   position: static;
>   background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear,left 0,left
> 100%,from(#fff),to(#f8f8f8));
>   background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top,#fff,0%,#f8f8f8,100%);
>   background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top,#fff 0,#f8f8f8 100%);
>   background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,#fff 0,#f8f8f8 100%);
>   background-repeat:repeat-x;
>   border-radius:4px;
> 
> /*filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffffff',e
> ndColorstr='#fff8f8f8',GradientType=0);*/
>   -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.15),0 1px 5px
> rgba(0,0,0,0.075);
>   box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.15),0 1px 5px
> rgba(0,0,0,0.075) }
> 
> - after doing this, the pop-up menus worked fine in IE v9 (hooray!) but the 
> top
> of the page had been pushed down with a load of white space above which is
> no good (boo!) - also tried "position:relative" and "position:fixed" but the
> menus just went back to being broken again with these values (boo hoo!)  . . 
> . .
> 
> I'm definitely no css aficionado (I probably know just about enough to be very
> dangerous) so would welcome any other pointers or suggestions of stuff to
> hack that may help to fix this :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
> Michael White
> eLearning Liaison and Development (eLD)
> Information Services
> S8, Library
> University of Stirling
> Stirling SCOTLAND
> FK9 4LA
> Email: michael.wh...@stir.ac.uk
> Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466877
> Fax: +44 (0) 1786 466880
> http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/staff/about/teams/aldt/#eld
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brown, Jacob [mailto:j.h.br...@tcu.edu]
> > Sent: 05 May 2014 16:46
> > To: Michael White; dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: DSpace 4.1, JSPUI and IE 9 menu display issue
> >
> > This seems more like a Bootstrap 3 issue (although the theme
> > developers could have corrected it); see these related SO questions:
> >
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14664948/twitter-bootstrap-button-
> > dropdown-not-working-in-ie9
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13256144/z-index-issue-in-twitter-
> > bootstrap-header
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13916326/z-index-issue-with-twitter
> > -
> > bootstrap-dropdown-menu
> >
> > I can confirm that removing the CSS "filter" property for the navbar
> > fixes the issue on the JSPUI demo (of course, doing so will also remove the
> gradient).
> >
> > Jacob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael White [mailto:michael.wh...@stir.ac.uk]
> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 8:43 AM
> > To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] DSpace 4.1, JSPUI and IE 9 menu display
> > issue
> >
> > Hi again,
> >
> > > Setting up a DSpace 4.1 DEV system, with the new JSPUI, I've noticed
> > > an issue with the display of the "pop-up menus" in the navigation
> > > bar when using IE v9
> > > - it works fine on the other browsers I have at my disposal.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Has anyone else seen anything like this?
> >
> > I'm guessing from the lack of responses that others haven't come
> > across this (yet)?
> >
> > I've just tested my IE v9 against http://demo.dspace.org/jspui/ and I
> > note the same problem (options don't appear on the pop-up menus, and
> > pop-up menus appear behind other elements on the page, a la
> > http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/misc/storre/dspace4-menu-ie9.png).
> >
> > Does anyone else out there have access to IE v9? Do you see the same
> > issue with http://demo.dspace.org/jspui/ (or is it just me)?
> >
> > I also checked the "DSpace v4.x with JSPUI" sites listed in
> > http://registry.duraspace.org/registry/dspace and saw the same issue
> > when accessing each of these (so this definitely doesn't look like an
> > issue specific to my implementation of DSpace v4!).
> >
> > Does anyone else have v4.1 with JSPUI up and running? Are you able to
> > confirm if it works OK for you in IE v9 or not?
> >
> > I'm trying to get a handle on whether or not this is an issue with the
> > specific version of IE 9 we have deployed here (v9.0.8112.16421), or
> > if it is a more general compatibility issue between IE (v9) and the JSPUI in
> DSpace v4.1 . . .
> >
> > A brief search for information on DSpace Browser Compatibility seems
> > to suggest this is still under discussion to some extent for v4 -
> > https://jira.duraspace.org/i#browse/DS-1831 - so perhaps IE v9 just
> > isn't compatible?
> >
> > More importantly, I need to find a way around this before we can
> > upgrade to DSpace v4 as this version of IE 9 is currently widely
> > deployed on staff machines here! :-(
> >
> > Any thoughts, observations or suggestions welcome.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Michael White
> > eLearning Liaison and Development (eLD) Information Services S8,
> > Library University of Stirling Stirling SCOTLAND
> > FK9 4LA
> > Email: michael.wh...@stir.ac.uk
> > Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466877
> > Fax: +44 (0) 1786 466880
> > http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/staff/about/teams/aldt/#eld
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael White
> > > Sent: 29 April 2014 09:44
> > > To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: DSpace 4.1, JSPUI and IE 9 menu display issue
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Setting up a DSpace 4.1 DEV system, with the new JSPUI, I've noticed
> > > an issue with the display of the "pop-up menus" in the navigation
> > > bar when using IE v9
> > > - it works fine on the other browsers I have at my disposal.
> > >
> > > When hovering over a menu item with a pop-up menu (e.g. "Sign on
> > > to:"), the pop-up area appears but most of the menu items are
> > > missing and what does appear is not hyperlinked - also the menu
> > > appears behind other components on the screen - here is a screen
> > > shot showing what I
> > mean:
> > >
> > > http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/misc/storre/dspace4-menu-ie9.png
> > >
> > > I've tried playing with Browser/Document modes, but that just made
> > > things worse!
> > >
> > > Has anyone else seen anything like this? Anyone have any ideas how
> > > to address this issue?
> > >
> > > Unfortunately IE 9 is still widely deployed here so I really need to
> > > resolve this if at all possible!
> > >
> > > Any assistance or pointers welcome.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Michael White
> > > eLearning Liaison and Development (eLD) Information Services S8,
> > > Library University of Stirling Stirling SCOTLAND
> > > FK9 4LA
> > > Email: michael.wh...@stir.ac.uk
> > > Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466877
> > > Fax: +44 (0) 1786 466880
> > > http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/staff/about/teams/aldt/#eld
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > universities for graduate employment*.
> > 94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six
> > months of graduation.
> > *The Telegraph
> > The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number
> > SC 011159.
> >
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of graduation.
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