[Solved] IE8 Problem

[Niklas Lindwall]

Hi,

We have som weird IE8 behaviour when having anchor links in a page.
Try this on your demo:
1. Insert the following tag in html view:

<a href="#content">Skip to main content</a>

2. Flip to design view and back to html view again. The code now look like:

<a href="#content" shape="rect">Skip to main content</a>

Any ideas where the shape="rect" came from?
Forcing the page to render with IE7 engine is one way to solve the problem.
Any better idea?

Regards
Niklas

[Rumen]

Hi Niklas,

The shape="rect" issue is IE8-specific problem and it was fixed in the SP1 release of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q1 2009.

Like with every new browser (version) launch, there are always breaking changes into the browser itself that lead to negative side effects to the controls themselves. However, as a browser is officially launched, the Telerik RadControls suite is quickly updated to address the new browser-related problems. This has been the case with the release of RadControls Q1 2009 SP1, the current official release, targeting IE8.

This week however we found another problematic scenario in IE8 where this problem exist and we fixed it in the latest internal build 2009.1.506.

Sincerely,
Rumen
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[Niklas Lindwall]

Hi,

I have now tried version 2009.1.402.35 but the behavior is still the same.
Any ideas?

Regards
Niklas

[Rumen]

Hello Niklas Lindwall,

You have downloaded the latest SP1 build but the latest internal build. You can download the internal build from the following link http://www.telerik.com/account/downloads/internal-builds.aspx

This is the latest build: Telerik.Web.UI_2009_1_508_trial_hotfix.zip

Best regards,
Rumen
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[Niklas Lindwall]

Thanks,

That seems to work nicely!
Any news when this will be included in a official release.

Regards Niklas

[efter]

Hi Rumen,

We are experienceing the same shape="rect" being inserted into <a> tags issue and have seen you've suggested upgrading to the latest 2009 SP1 build. However, for us to upgrade requires quite a lot of work that hasn't been signed-off yet. Therefore I just wanted to find out from you, are there any workarounds for this that we can implement before we're in a position to upgrade?

Many thanks,
Ewan

[Niklas Lindwall]

Hi,

The easy way is just to force the page to render in IE7 mode with a meta tag.
Here is a link how to accomplish that.
Might be a solution until you are ready to upgrade.

/Niklas