An issue with APS and IE 8?

[Sindawe]

Most irritating.  I "updated to IE 8" this past week, and since when I write up a post or reply, if my ramblings go beyond the so many lines in the text box, the curser jumps back the end of of the last default visable line.  For exampe, if this be line 2, then the curser gets wacked beyond line
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13


Like it does not see the carriage return at the end of line 13.  So lines beyond scroll down and out of view.  Anyone else seeing this and have a fix?

[Jim147]

I've seen it. My fix is Chrome.

jim

[Nick1911]

"IT.  This is Nick."

"I "updated to IE 8" this past week, and since when I write up a post or reply, if my ramblings go beyond the..."

"Sir, please try restarting your computer, and installing the most up to date patches."




....



No, really though, I haven't had this problem.  This might have something to do with me only rarely using IE, though.  I'll dig around the internet and see what I can find.

[dogmush]

Wow, I get to quote myself.  Does this add 2 to my post count?

Wow, all the techies on here use firefox huh?



DM and Darius, it's an IE8 bug when you fill in the reply box.

Run it in compatability mode and the jumping around stops.

[Perd Hapley]

Try uninstalling IE8.   

[Sindawe]

Run it in compatability mode and the jumping around stops.

Yep, that did it.  Thanks.

[never_retreat]

The problem lies between the keyboard and the chair.
Try replacing that element and check results.

[tyme]

I've seen that before.  I couldn't reproduce it by numbering a few dozen lines, but pasting a bunch of lorum ipsum paragraphs did it.  Numbering 27 lines, going to the end, and holding shift while pressing pg-up also gets the text box stuck... it won't go all the way to the top.  Compatibility view fixes it

I have to ask why you're using IE for generic web browsing.  Lack of plugins alone is a deal-killer for me, nevermind Microsoft's failure to follow standards, and nevermind their leisurely pace of patching security holes (their schedule seems to be as close to "never" as they can get away with).

The problem lies between the keyboard and the chair.

ITYM problem exists between Redmond and Redmond.

Try uninstalling IE8.

Whatever you do, don't downgrade to IE7.  If you don't understand why, you should have your internet passport revoked.

[Chuck Dye]

Yet another excellent argument for composing in your word processor, copying, and pasting.

Thank you!

[AZRedhawk44]

Out of all the issues with APS, you had to go and pick just one?

[GigaBuist]

If anybody on the technical staff wants to "fix" it there's a <meta> tag you can add into the HTML that'll force IE8 to render like IE7 on a site.

Comes in handy.

[Nick1911]

If anybody on the technical staff wants to "fix" it there's a <meta> tag you can add into the HTML that'll force IE8 to render like IE7 on a site.

Comes in handy.

*Looks left*


*Looks right*


**Crickets**


Welp...  what's the tag?

[Marnoot]

Welp...  what's the tag?

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />