[TYPO3-core] Re: Re: Re: Re: RFC#14546: Cleanup: IE 6 does not support alpha-transparent-pngs which looks "&%/§$%&" with sprites

[JoH asenau]

> Default behavior:
> In IE, the Icons are shown all the time, as IE doesn't handle
> mouseenter / mouseout in a way being usable to show the icons on
> hover. 

Since when? AFAIK the problem is not related to IE but to the way ExtJS is handling that stuff.

> Therefore JS sets all the div (span?) containing all the icons to
> visible, instead of registering as event handler.

Why? Like the meta tag that "fixes" the switch to compatibility this is just a workaround instead of a real fix.
 
> So I see two possibilities:
> * JS error and therefore setting visibility fails
> * PNG script doesn't recognize icons, as they're are not visible, yet
> (so exchange the order of the JS?)

No - fix the behaviour so that each supported version of IE does handle mouseenter / mouseout correctly.
Looks like a job for the Code Cleanup team.

Cheers

Joey

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