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Former Member
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Hi

Is there a way you can stop the Applet from displaying "Click to activate this control" or "Press Spacebar or Enter to activate and use this control" messages?

These are causing me problems with my web page, which I've attempted to describe below.

I have a web page with several applets in it, as shown below

This is very simplified, but hopefully you get the idea.

When I view this page the P1 div shows as expected. When I click the "P2" button the P2 div is shown as expected. Unfortunately, when I then click on the P2 applet, the P1 applet displays a "Press Spacebar or Enter to activate and use this control" message. I then need to click the P1 button, click on the P1 applet to get rid of this, then click the P2 button again.

Hope this made sense to someone who can help!!

Thanks

Nick

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Former Member
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I know this is an older issue. And if one stays current with updates (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com), this should no longer be an issue. However, I came across recently an environment where this was still happening. The specific patch/update that is needed is [947864|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947864].

Former Member
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Here's a supposed hack to get around this issue...

http://www.melbournechapter.net/wordpress/programming-languages/javascript/cman/2006/06/09/ie-fix-cl...

Also, allegedly Microsoft and Eolas settled the lawsuit that resulted in this "feature" being added, so perhaps a future IE patch will switch it back to the original (and correct) behavior.

This weirdness isn't limited to applets, it affects pretty much any active content, including flash.

Former Member
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Thanks Rick

I couldn't actually get this to work, so I've decided to use the same applet object and use setQueryTemplate() and setDisplayTemplate() to move between my two options.

Former Member
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Blame Microsoft...they added this "feature" in an IE security service pack...

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Sorry I hit the Post instead of Preview button

Here is my sample code which should have been included

I'm having real trouble posting it so this is even more simplified than I had intended

I have a style called pageDiv with the following settings

width=100%

height=80%

overflow=hidden

display=none

My body has two DIV elements of class pageDiv, one called P1 and the other P2. The onload event of the body displays P1.

P1 and P2 each have an iGrid applet in them.

Finally I have two buttons, the first of which hides P2 and shows P1, the second of which does the opposite.

Hopefully not too obscure!