TabStrip behavior between IE7 and IE8

[Trip Hogger]

I have a TabStrip with a RadGrid. 
I have a series of tabs that is enabled or disabled depending if the user selects, adds, deletes or modifies the grid. 
(ex: the "Removed" tab is enabled when the user removes a row from the grid)

Here's how I'm enabling/disabling the tabs:

            for ( var i = 0; i < tabstrip.Tabs.length; i++ )
            {
                //  Get the current tab text.
                var tabText = tabstrip.Tabs[i].Text;

                //  Search for the old count number between the parens,
                //  then truncate it completely.
                tabText = tabText.substring( 0, tabText.indexOf( "(" ) );

                //  Add the new count number, and set the tab text.
                tabText += "(" + tabCounts[i] + ")";
                tabstrip.Tabs[i].SetText( tabText );

                //  Enable/Disable based upon the bit mask.
                //  tab is always enabled.
                var enable = (i == 0) || (tabCounts[i] > 0);
                if ( enable )
                {
                    tabstrip.Tabs[i].Enable();
                }
                else
                {
                    var theTab = tabstrip.Tabs[i];
                    theTab.Disable();
                    theTab.DomElement.setAttribute( "disabled", false );
                }
            }

Functionality wise, it works fine in both IE7 and IE8.  However, in IE8, the text inside the disable tabs is a bold grey-ed out font which is hard to read.  In IE7, the font is black.  Any reason why it's like this?

[T. Tsonev]

Hi Trip,

The difference in the visual appearance is caused by the "disabled" attribute that you set here:

theTab.DomElement.setAttribute( "disabled", false );

Try removing it to see if this resolves the issue.

Greetings,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

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[Trip Hogger]

Tsvetomir,

Thank you for the quick response.  I removed the line but it doesn't change anything.  Is there anything else that you can suggest?

Regards,
Trip

[T. Tsonev]

Hello,

The disabled tabs look the same to me in both IE7 and IE8 (see the attached files). Maybe you have some custom CSS rules that change the appearance?

Can you send as a simple page or a live URL that demonstrates the issue?

Kind regards,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

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