Fix IE7 scrolling background problem in textarea form fields 

IE6-7 incorrectly scrolls an applied element background for textarea field or overflows an input field in forms. Even the most common css hack suggested is to use the fixed position for background attachment, sometimes this isn’t enough.

IE6 Browser Warning Message Using Conditional comments 

Recently I’ve been talking about Internet Explorer 6 and how support for it is slowly dropping, and soon we will see it disappear for good, but there are still people that use this browser, whether it by choice or that they are forced to, you have to keep in mind that people will view your [...]

5 Important CSS Hacks for IE That You Should Know 

A lot of web developers still finding the best way to build a cross browser website. Especially showing it on ie6 browser, your beautiful looking website in Mozilla can become ugly and hideous website. Whatever the reason is, here I list some of the css hack for ie that I know.

CSS Hack for Internet Explorer 8 

Notwithstanding the improvements in the CSS support in Internet Explorer 8, there may be cases when a CSS hack for that particular browser is necessary.

Quick Tip – Consistent Border Weight in Internet Explorer 

Ever define a border weight in CSS only to find it heavier in Internet Explorer? Today’s tip is on keeping consistent border width across browsers when using shorthand.

Better Image Scaling and Resampling in Internet Explorer 

Oddly enough, but the image scaling by using bicubic interpolation is turned off in Internet Explorer. To fix this you may use the vendor-specific CSS property -ms-interpolation-mode.

Long input helper for jQuery 

This checks while you type if the number of characters entered are less than the actual “viewable” characters in an input field. If the characters typed are more, then the text will appear somewhere on the screen so you can see what you have typed so far.

IE Overflow fix (jQuery) 

The Problem What I hadn’t realised (though kicking myself for not realising earlier) is that IE has a different implementation of overflow compared to Firefox or Safari. In particular, Firefox et al, when overflowing an element, it puts the horizontal overflow scroll bar on the outside of the element. The Solution It’s worth noting that [...]

PNG Fix with jQuery 

Our game plan went like this: 1. If possible, implement the desired look and feel across all browsers using only CSS and semantic markup. 2. When necessary, serve browser-specific styles using CSS filters. 3. Don’t deploy non-semantic markup just to achieve a specific visual objective in non-standards-compliant browsers. 4. Instead, if only junk markup will [...]

Emulating border-color: transparent in Internet Explorer 6 

Fortunately, Internet Explorer 7 supports border-color: transparent, but still, there are hardcore IE6 users and it seems that they will never update their browsers. This post is targetted to the developers that care and dare to make their websites crossbrowser. Thanks to a less known Interner Explorer CSS filter, the transparent border in Internet Explorer [...]