IE9 is still in Beta, but all the same, here is a question:
Using prototype.js 1.6.1, proper form for adding a click event to a link, and override the default link behavior, would be:
mylink.observe('click', function(e){
doSomething();
e.stop();
});
While this works perfectly in every other browser that I tried, IE9 is a unique case. The default event behavior fires and my link takes me to the linked location. It seems that stop() isn't doing its job in IE9.
The following code works perfectly in IE9:
mylink.onclick = function(){
doSomething();
return false;
}
Any idea what I could do to fix the prototype methodology for use in IE9?
IE9 is still in Beta, but all the same, here is a question:
Using prototype.js 1.6.1, proper form for adding a click event to a link, and override the default link behavior, would be:
mylink.observe('click', function(e){
doSomething();
e.stop();
});
While this works perfectly in every other browser that I tried, IE9 is a unique case. The default event behavior fires and my link takes me to the linked location. It seems that stop() isn't doing its job in IE9.
The following code works perfectly in IE9:
mylink.onclick = function(){
doSomething();
return false;
}
Any idea what I could do to fix the prototype methodology for use in IE9?
Share Improve this question edited Jul 20, 2019 at 21:56 Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 5,89372 gold badges61 silver badges133 bronze badges asked Oct 12, 2010 at 21:38 GromeenGromeen 911 silver badge3 bronze badges 2- Why are you devving in IE9 beta for, again? – meder omuraliev Commented Oct 12, 2010 at 21:54
- 1 Just trying to future proof my site. I think prototype 1.7 will alleviate the issue, since they have been working to acmodate IE9 (prototypejs/2010/10/12/prototype-1-7-rc3-support-for-ie9) – Gromeen Commented Oct 15, 2010 at 16:25
2 Answers
Reset to default 9prototype.js versions less than 1.7 does browser-sniffing to apply cross-browser patible fixes.
prototype.js overwrites the native methods with it's implementation, which fails in IE 9; even-though it has support for DOM Level 2 Events.
The newer version of prototype.js doesn't have this issue as it does 'feature detection' rather than 'browser-sniffing'
Change document mode to IE8 standards by putting the following tag inside <head></head>:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />