that is really smelly, IMHO -- Elijah
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Matt <m...@thekrusefamily.com> wrote: > > On Jan 23, 12:48 pm, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Specifically, I have a modal dialog plugin which needs to "detect" IE6 > > > and IE7 in quirks mode. IE6 detection is needed for deciding whether > > > or not to add an iframe behind the overlay to prevent element bleed- > > > through. > > This first one is real tricky. I'm not sure what a good solution might > > be. Anyone have any thoughts? > > This is one of the few cases where javascript experts agree that there > is no possible feature detection that can address the problem. > The generally agreed upon solution is to use conditional comments (as > mentioned by others in this thread). > > In its simplest form: > > var useIframe=false; /*...@cc_on useIframe=true; @*/ > > I prefer to use this, as I've done in my context menu plugin: > > useIframe:/*...@cc_on @*//*...@if (@_win32) true, @else @*/false,/*...@end > @*/ > > Since the problem only exists on windows, this will save other > platforms from the unnecessary inclusion of the iframe. > > No one should be using browser sniffing or inferring this problem from > things like maxHeight! This problem and solution has been around for > many years and developers should be familiar with it by now. > > Matt > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
