Smartmenus and IE8 problem

[caveman]

Hi,

I have a problem with the Smartmenus 1.0-beta on IE8, when you run on this mode or even you open it with a IE8, the menu appears like a tree menu and not like a horizontal menu.

This is the way you can test it:

Download IEtester or change on IE10 or IE11 the document mode on the developer tools to IE8.

Browse your smartmenus code and open the index file.

This is the result:

Ietester

IE 11 (with ie8 mode)

¿There is any way to fix this problem? I have severals computers with IE8 and i can’t upgrade their ie to a newer version due a restriction of the javascript app/code that im using.

Thanks.

[admin]

Hi,

This happens because Respond.js does not work when a page is loaded directly from the hard drive and not from a web server. And without Respond.js IE8 can’t load the desktop styles and that’s why it displays the mobile-first collapsible version of the menu.

If you install the demo on a web server and load it via http/https it should work just fine in IE8.

Cheers!

[caveman]

Hi Admin,

It’s is strange but with the version 0.97 this problem not occurs.

I tested with an apache server but still same results.

Regards.

[admin]

Sorry for this delay! Just got back from my summer vacation.

v0.9.7 isn’t mobile first and doesn’t need Respond.js to render the desktop styles in IE7/8. Not sure why it didn’t work when you accessed the demo via a web server. If you install the default demo on a web server and load it via http://…, it should work just fine – it’s practically the same as loading:

http://vadikom.github.io/smartmenus/src/demo/

in IE8.

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