Comments on: Internet Explorer Bug Fix: Disappearing Positioned Anchors

By: ttwhy

ttwhy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:50:39 +0000

thanks! Saved me hours of time. Deoptimisation by MS

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:27:35 +0000

After spending a large amount of time with this and trying everyones different hacks with inconsistent results I added this to the bottom of my html page:

// fix IE bug where hash anchors don’t update scrolltop on some occasions
if (window.location.hash)
window.location = window.location.hash;

I had a unique requirement where I had an email with anchor links jumping to an anchor on my site.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:06:19 +0000

That’s a good one! Btw, how much time do you waste for bugfixing IE?

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:48:03 +0000

A good (and popular) post, Rob. I’d strongly recommend not using the transparent image just to avoid an unnecessary HTTP request. However, on the image topic, setting the background-image does seem like the best solution. You can still get this to work without splicing up your image (and without the additional HTTP request). Just use the same technique as you’d use for CSS sprites. Throw in the image that you’re already using for your background, and either position it so the images align, or just position it so it goes beyond the element (with no repeat flipped on).

By: Moosebutt

Moosebutt — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:14:09 +0000

Ahhhh, crazy useful. Thanks!

By: Aambro

Aambro — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:22:54 +0000

Thank you! The background transparent image did the trick for me. However, the border or putting image in the anchor didn’t.

By: LucasC

LucasC — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:00:50 +0000

have you tried the holy hack? — adding zoom:1 for IE users should trigger the haslayout property.

By: Bharat Bhushan

Bharat Bhushan — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:45:05 +0000

Brilliant Chris Coyier!!!!!!

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:26:58 +0000

Thank you for saving my monitor from a well-placed Judo chop this morning.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:12:22 +0000

I’d recommend using a real (transparent) background image, rather than a made up filename. Otherwise your apache error logs are going to be filled with requests for “fake_image.gif”

Just a thought.