IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

[Torsten Oeltjen]

Does anybody know about problems with IE6 on XP SP2:
textanchors in the same html-page have no function.
Netscape, Opera and Firefox do not have any problem with them - only IE6
does not follow these anchors.
Maybe IE security configurations? I didn´t find an option to enable
something to fix the problem...
The only thing I read on SELFHTML:
"Some browsers do have problems with textanchors in tables"
In deed not really helpful...

I includet a html-page (with the textanchor-link) in a php-page (with
the anchors´ target). Only IE won´t work...

Torsten

[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Torsten Oeltjen wrote:
[color=blue]
> Does anybody know about problems with IE6 on XP SP2:
> textanchors in the same html-page have no function.
> Netscape, Opera and Firefox do not have any problem with them - only IE6
> does not follow these anchors.
> Maybe IE security configurations? I didn´t find an option to enable
> something to fix the problem...
> The only thing I read on SELFHTML:
> "Some browsers do have problems with textanchors in tables"
> In deed not really helpful...
>
> I includet a html-page (with the textanchor-link) in a php-page (with
> the anchors´ target). Only IE won´t work...[/color]

Did you use <a name="..."></a> or <a id=".."></a> ?

I found IE6 obeys if you use 'id' instead of 'name' (even on other
elements than <a>), so I use both: <a name=".." id=".."></a>

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[Torsten Oeltjen]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Els schrieb:
[color=blue]
> Did you use <a name="..."></a> or <a id=".."></a> ?
>
> I found IE6 obeys if you use 'id' instead of 'name' (even on other
> elements than <a>), so I use both: <a name=".." id=".."></a>
>[/color]

Using <a name="#top">Lin kname</a> or <a id="#top">Linkn ame</a> or both
doesn´t work in any of my browsers (IE / Netscape / Opera / Firefox).

Using <a href="#top">Lin kname</a> works, but not in IE.

The result using href can be seen here:

http://www.agroliner.de/daf_programm.php

At the bottom of the page the link is called "Seitenanfa ng" with an
arrow up.

[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Torsten Oeltjen wrote:
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> Els schrieb:
>[color=green]
>> Did you use <a name="..."></a> or <a id=".."></a> ?
>>
>> I found IE6 obeys if you use 'id' instead of 'name' (even on other
>> elements than <a>), so I use both: <a name=".." id=".."></a>
>>[/color]
>
> Using <a name="#top">Lin kname</a> or <a id="#top">Linkn ame</a> or both
> doesn´t work in any of my browsers (IE / Netscape / Opera / Firefox).[/color]

Take out the # form the names and ids ;-)

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[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Els wrote:
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> Torsten Oeltjen wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Els schrieb:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Did you use <a name="..."></a> or <a id=".."></a> ?
>>>
>>> I found IE6 obeys if you use 'id' instead of 'name' (even on other
>>> elements than <a>), so I use both: <a name=".." id=".."></a>
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Using <a name="#top">Lin kname</a> or <a id="#top">Linkn ame</a> or both
>> doesn´t work in any of my browsers (IE / Netscape / Opera / Firefox).[/color]
>
> Take out the # form the names and ids ;-)[/color]
^^^^
from

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[Arne]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Once upon a time *Torsten Oeltjen* wrote:
[color=blue]
> Els schrieb:
>[color=green]
>> Did you use <a name="..."></a> or <a id=".."></a> ?
>>
>> I found IE6 obeys if you use 'id' instead of 'name' (even on other
>> elements than <a>), so I use both: <a name=".." id=".."></a>
>>[/color]
>
> Using <a name="#top">Lin kname</a> or <a id="#top">Linkn ame</a> or both
> doesn´t work in any of my browsers (IE / Netscape / Opera / Firefox).
>
> Using <a href="#top">Lin kname</a> works, but not in IE.[/color]

That's the link, not a anchor (a point in a page where a link can jump
to): <a href="#content" >Link to a page anchor</a>

An anchor does not need to be defined with the a tag. Applying the id
attribute to any tag will do: <table id="content">

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Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

In our last episode,
<d86ai8$v8u$1@o nline.de>,
the lovely and talented Torsten Oeltjen
broadcast on comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html:
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> Els schrieb:[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Did you use <a name="..."></a> or <a id=".."></a> ?
>>
>> I found IE6 obeys if you use 'id' instead of 'name' (even on other
>> elements than <a>), so I use both: <a name=".." id=".."></a>
>>[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> Using <a name="#top">Lin kname</a> or <a id="#top">Linkn ame</a> or both
> doesn´t work in any of my browsers (IE / Netscape / Opera / Firefox).[/color]

That's right. A name or id doesn't begin with #. The href may
begin with or contain #.

[color=blue]
> Using <a href="#top">Lin kname</a> works, but not in IE.[/color]
[color=blue]
> The result using href can be seen here:
> http://www.agroliner.de/daf_programm.php
> At the bottom of the page the link is called "Seitenanfa ng" with an
> arrow up.[/color]

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[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Arne wrote:
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> An anchor does not need to be defined with the a tag. Applying the id
> attribute to any tag will do: <table id="content">[/color]

Not in all browsers though.
(I forgot which browsers need the name attribute, but I know they're
out there...)

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[Torsten Oeltjen]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Els schrieb:[color=blue]
>
> Take out the # from the names and ids ;-)
>[/color]

Sorry - call me fool, but that doesn´t work, too...
<a name="top">Link name</a>
or
<a id="top">Linkna me</a>
:-?

[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Torsten Oeltjen wrote:
[color=blue]
> Els schrieb:[color=green]
>>
>> Take out the # from the names and ids ;-)[/color]
>
> Sorry - call me fool, but that doesn´t work, too...
> <a name="top">Link name</a>
> or
> <a id="top">Linkna me</a>
>:-?[/color]

Show me the page where it doesn't work?

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[Torsten Oeltjen]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Els schrieb:[color=blue]
>
> Show me the page where it doesn't work?
>[/color]

It´s this page:

http://www.agroliner.de/daf_programm.php

The link is called "Seitenanfa ng" at (the bottom of the page)

[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Torsten Oeltjen wrote:
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> Els schrieb:[color=green]
>>
>> Show me the page where it doesn't work?
>>[/color]
>
> It´s this page:
> http://www.agroliner.de/daf_programm.php
>
> The link is called "Seitenanfa ng" at (the bottom of the page)[/color]

That's not a link.

Change:
<a name="top" class="textklei nrest">Seitenan fang</a>
to:
<a href="#top" class="textklei nrest">Seitenan fang</a>

The anchor where the link will lead is higher up in the code (of
course), and looks like this: <a name="top"></a>
That's the bit you may change to <a name="top" id="top"></a> to get it
to work in all browsers.


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[Torsten Oeltjen]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Els schrieb:[color=blue]
>
> That's not a link.
>
> Change:
> <a name="top" class="textklei nrest">Seitenan fang</a>
> to:
> <a href="#top" class="textklei nrest">Seitenan fang</a>
>
> The anchor where the link will lead is higher up in the code (of
> course), and looks like this: <a name="top"></a>
> That's the bit you may change to <a name="top" id="top"></a> to get it
> to work in all browsers.
>
>[/color]

Believe it or not...that was the first of all tries ;-)
....and the one not working in my IE.

I "rebuilt" the code and launched the page again.
Would you like to try it again with your IE?
In mine nothing happens when clicking the link "Seitenanfang". ..

[Els]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Torsten Oeltjen wrote:
[color=blue]
> Els schrieb:[color=green]
>>
>> That's not a link.
>>
>> Change:
>> <a name="top" class="textklei nrest">Seitenan fang</a>
>> to:
>> <a href="#top" class="textklei nrest">Seitenan fang</a>
>>
>> The anchor where the link will lead is higher up in the code (of
>> course), and looks like this: <a name="top"></a>
>> That's the bit you may change to <a name="top" id="top"></a> to get it
>> to work in all browsers.
>>
>>[/color]
>
> Believe it or not...that was the first of all tries ;-)
> ...and the one not working in my IE.
>
> I "rebuilt" the code and launched the page again.
> Would you like to try it again with your IE?
> In mine nothing happens when clicking the link "Seitenanfang". ..[/color]

You didn't change <a name="top"></a> to <a name="top" id="top"></a>.

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[Torsten Oeltjen]

Re: IE6 doesn´t follow textanchors

Els schrieb:
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>
> You didn't change <a name="top"></a> to <a name="top" id="top"></a>.
>[/color]

Now I did... but no changes.