I ran into the same problem with :hover in IE6 and I came across this solution:
http://lawrence.ecorp.net/inet/samples/css-ie-hover.shtml Thanks to something non-standard MS included in IE you can get IE to pretend to support the spec. It worked for me and it seems to be ignored by other browsers (only tried Firefox). --Ben On 8/31/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just discovered our client will be running the application on IE6 :S > > Which means I'll have to find some other way. Is there anything else you > could imagine? > > > On 8/31/07, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It doesn't work in IE 6 because Microsoft, in its ultimate wisdom, decided > that IE 6 should support :hover only on <a> and that :hover on other > elements was not so useful and/or to long to implement and/or some other > very good reasons. > > > > I'm pretty sure Miscrosoft would go bankrupt if every single company was > to sue them for the loss of time and efficiency they suffered to make their > application work with IE. > > > > > > > > ~ Simon > > > > > > On 8/31/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Indeed it works! > > > > > > Firefox and IE7 seem to like this solution, although IE6 doesn't. > Although I'm not sure if that is going to ultimately matter for the project > I'm working on, I've got a solution when I thought there might be none. > > > > > > Thank you Simon, Andrew and Chris. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/31/07, Simon Lessard < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Francisco, > > > > > > > > Try the following selectors > > > > af|table::content tr:hover af|column::cell-text > > > > af|table::content tr:hover af|column::cell-text-band > > > > > > > > > > > > I did not test it though, but it should work. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > ~ Simon > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/31/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thank you for all your tips! > > > > > > > > > > Andrew, your solution might work, but as you put it, it is highly > dependent on the rendered html, which means any change in the hierarchy will > make it stop working. > > > > > > > > > > As for Simon, your solution: > > > > > > > > > > af|table::content tr:hover > > > > > { > > > > > background-color: yellow; > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't work, because I'm using banding. > > > > > > > > > > However if I add > > > > > > > > > > af|column::cell-text{-tr-inhibit: background-color} > > > > > > > > > > af|column::cell-text-band{-tr-inhibit: > background-color} > > > > > > > > > > like Chris suggested, it works fine for the hover, but I lose > banding. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to get hover AND banding together? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/30/07, Jeanne Waldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree as well. The components my team is working on now have a > lot more skinning hooks mainly because we don't want people to have to do > what you are doing. > > > > > > - Jeanne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon Lessard wrote: > > > > > > Yeah, I agree more component parts need their own selector... > > > > > > > > > > > > The following might work, but will cause some problem with > nesting: > > > > > > > > > > > > af|table::content tr:hover > > > > > > { > > > > > > background-color: yellow; > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/30/07, Andrew Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I got it to work, but it is very ugly and a really bad hack: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CSS: > > > > > > > .hoverTable TBODY > TR > TD > TABLE > TBODY > TR > TD { > > > > > > > background-color: transparent; > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > .hoverTable TBODY > TR > TD > TABLE > TBODY > TR:hover { > > > > > > > background-color: yellow; > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XHTML: > > > > > > > <tr:table var="_cookie" > value="#{facesContext.externalContext.request.cookies}" > > > > > > > styleClass="hoverTable"> > > > > > > > <tr:column> > > > > > > > #{_cookie.name} > > > > > > > </tr:column> > > > > > > > <tr:column> > > > > > > > #{_cookie.value} > > > > > > > </tr:column> > > > > > > > </tr:table> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It would be great to get skinning class support on every element > > > > > > > written by any of the Trinidad renderers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe one of the skin experts can shed some light and a better > solution. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/30/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello Andrew, thank you for your tip. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just tried your solution, but it doesn't appear to work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The generated css has this > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .af_table.p_AFContent > TR:hover {background-color:yellow} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However it is mentioned nowhere in the html, nor is it > implicitly used and > > > > > > > > applied to the table... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What could cause this? Are there alternatives? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > Francisco Passos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/29/07, Andrew Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It doesn't look like the table renderer adds any style > classes onto > > > > > > > > > the TR elements. You could use CSS to do it. Have you tried: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > af|table:content > TR:hover { > > > > > > > > > background-color: yellow; > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This should theoretically work in IE7 and the "good" > browsers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/29/07, Francisco Passos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if it is possible to change the css style > for a tr:table > > > > > > > > line > > > > > > > > > > when the mouse is hovering. > > > > > > > > > > And if so, can one do it directly on the skin? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Francisco Passos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
