Forum:CSS :active and IE8

I'm working on the BattleForge Wiki and want to use the CSS :active pseudo class on a div. This usage is valid according to CSS2 and works in both Firefox and IE8, but it does not work on Wikia. IE8 seems to be rendering pages in compatibility mode, in which :active only works on links. Anyone have any suggestions? --Aliyon 00:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * It's generally best to use CSS that you know will show up 100% of the time, as opposed to rendering for specific browsers, specific settings, or not at all. Making things look good is great, but being safe is also important. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 01:01, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * True, I managed to cobble together a workable solution using :hover which works in both browsers. But, I still find the fact that wiki pages in IE8 are being rendered in IE7 compatibility mode disturbing. --Aliyon 03:31, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * You can easilly deactivate compatibility mode even if the button near the address bar is absent.
 * My system is in french so i might not tell you the actual text but, there's a button at right of the the button for the main page, i dont say right next to it, the one you need click looks like a gear. Click on it, and select something like "Compatibility mode options".
 * In the small windows that popup, there's a list of sites that you set up to be in compatibility mode. Wikia will not be in there, i think. You must clear the checkbox under the list of sites that say something like "use compatibility list from Microsoft". That thing was installed by Windows Update and i deactivate it since i prefer dealing with this myself. — TulipVorlax 03:41, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a known issue that Wikia shows in IE7 compatibility mode on IE8 at the moment. Getting ourselves taken off the list is planned - we've done some testing in IE8 standards mode and everything seems to be working fine. That is, except for what appears to be a MediaWiki core issue with the edit window - it's a strange one, where the MediaWiki edit window keeps trying to scroll the point where you're editing to the bottom of the edit window - see for details. (If it's not fixed in MediaWiki soon, we'll probably look into it in more detail ourselves.) 16:18, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah i dont like that behavior too. I was unsure it was a bug. I'm glad that now i know it will be fixed someday. — TulipVorlax 19:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)