[Solved] Menu javascript error in IE7 only

[Chad Thiele]

If you load this page with IE7 there will be a javacript error and IE7 won't load the site correctly. If you load it in IE8, FF, etc... it runs fine.

The line with the error is this:

jQuery('#siteUserMenuWithBase').tMenu();

Which is a call to turn the siteUserMenuWithBase id into a Telerik Menu.

Any ideas why IE7 isn't liking this? Can't get anything to really get into a debugger... ;(

Thanks in advance!

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Chad Thiele,

I think that for some reason in IE7 the JavaScript files loaded with google.load are retrieved asyncronously. As a result the tMenu() function is not registerd properly when the telerik.menu.js file is loaded. I suggest you try including jquery.js with <script> tag and see if this helps.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
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[Chad Thiele]

Thanks for the quick response. I made the change, but LitmusApp is still showing that the page doesn't load correctly on IE7.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Chad Thiele,

I downloaded the output HTML of your page and tested it in IE7. It worked as expected at my end. Unfortunately I cannot debug a remote web site that easily. You can try removing the JavaScript files one by one to see which one is causing the problem. For some reason the menu javascript does not seem to find and properly extend the jQuery object this means this code:

$.fn.tMenu = function(options) {
        options = $.extend({}, $.fn.tMenu.defaults, options);

        return this.each(function() {
            options = $.meta ? $.extend({}, options, $(this).data()) : options;

            if (!$(this).data('tMenu'))
                $(this).data('tMenu', new $t.menu(this, options));
        });
    };
does not execute right.

I also found that you re using the <base /> tag. Could you  try removing it to see if it makes a difference?

I have attached the test HTML file that I used.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
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[Chad Thiele]

Thanks! It's working now.

Apparently, IE7 didn't like the <base> tag in the way I used it... luckily I didn't need it anymore. :D

Much appreciated!