IE issues!

[havik]

I was wondering if anyone wanted to take a look at this.
I have a side panel that slides up and down the side of the page.

The problem with this is in IE. Whenever the panel slides, the background images for the divs reload. It's almost unnoticeable when I test it, but I know it may display incorrectly on slower machines.

If the side panel doesn't appear, then that's another issue with IE, sometimes the entire side panel won't appear unless you either reload the page or click on the site map link on the side menu.

Here's a link to the example:

http://www.e-bsc.ca/english/sitemap.shtml

Note: All the other pages don't have the sliding side panel in place yet, this is only a test.
The sliding side panel can be found on the page "side_panel(test).html", which is only included on the sitemap thus far.

I've also posted this in the css and html forums.

Any ideas, assistance, links, or whatever will be much appreciated.

Havik

[Jona]

I noticed that in IE 6 that the scrolling table on the left is cut-off at the bottom, leaving the last image half visible. Maybe you should extend the height of that <div>.

[havik]

Thanks for taking the time to look at it. The error you found is that the feedback (the last image) gets cut off some at the bottom of the scroll. I'm assuming its the feedback image since everything looks fine on my comp.

I'm going to remedy this by adding a feature that'll detect the size of the browser window and will disable the slide if the height of the panel is larger than the height of the browser window.

Any ideas about the rest of the stuff? I can't find much help elsewhere.

Havik

[Jona]

Hard as I may try, I can't help. I don't know how to do what you're asking. I wish I did... I really do. Sorry, man. :(

[Ice3T]

Well I cannot help for that...

But one thing I think will be easy to change is the bottom links area with the HOME FAQ LINKS... whenever you pass the mouse throught the links for example left to right, the cursor changes to text style and then back to hand style, I find the text style is not usefull since there is no text, I think just default style of cursor between the links may be an improvement as little as it may be.

[JackTheTripper]

Looked at it a few minutes ago and am looking now. Now I'm getting an 'Object Required' error and no scrolling.

Earlier I did not see anything wrong. Using IE 5.5 SP2. But I also have a pretty fast system.

Crazy idea here but do you think it's because it's a background image? If so (here's the crazy part) maybe try 2 divs, one stacked ontop of the other. Bottom one with the image, but not as a background, then the main content in the second upper one.


*edit* it's working again

[havik]

Originally posted by JackTheTripper

Crazy idea here but do you think it's because it's a background image? If so (here's the crazy part) maybe try 2 divs, one stacked ontop of the other. Bottom one with the image, but not as a background, then the main content in the second upper one.


It works. The images do not reload whenever the panel is sliding, they simply slide with the panel (which is what I wanted).

See, any idea may seem crazy but it can turn out to be the right idea. I'm sure people thought Einstien was crazy in his day, but now he's a genuis.

Thanks for the help by the way.

Havik

EDITED: to correct spelling mistakes :D

[JackTheTripper]

Guess I'm an idiot savant, not just an idiot. :p

No problem. :cool: