Tag Archives: internet explorer

Popup opens as new browser window in Edge and Internet Explorer

Problem: Opening a popup with JavaScript in Edge or Internet Explorer results in a new browser window instead of a popup window. For example:

Communication between the new window and originating site is not possible either, since both popup (above) … Continue reading

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Internet Explorer: ScriptImports is undefined

Today I spent way too much time on hunting down a bug that occurred in Internet Explorer 11 running our intranet solution on SharePoint Online / 2016. The problem showed itself by throwing the following error in the console: The … Continue reading

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Extending the JavaScript console with history recording

The browser JavaScript console is a web developers best friend. Using console.log()  is essential for debugging your web apps. But there are a few annoyances. Two things that bother me for a while are: Reloading the page clears the console. … Continue reading

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Moving web parts in SharePoint (without going insane)

If you’ve ever edited a SharePoint 2013 page with web parts and tried to drag them around, you’ve probably experienced frustration over how bad it works. I don’t know of a quick fix for this, but here are a few … Continue reading

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Forcing JavaScript reload in Internet Explorer

If you develop websites in Internet Explorer you may experience trouble reloading your  updated JavaScript. I ran into this problem myself when developing SharePoint Online  apps using IE11. The JavaScript was located on an external Azure website and did not … Continue reading

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First impressions of Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Having played with Windows 8 Consumer Preview in VirtualBox for a few hours, I wanted to write down some thoughts on my experience. I’m assuming that anyone reading this text is reasonably up-to-date on what’s new in Win8. Metro & … Continue reading

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