topic 4.2.c community: IE9 & dashlet - configuration buttons not showing in Alfresco Archive

4.2.c community: IE9 & dashlet - configuration buttons not showing

steves — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:34:23 GMT

Hi,when using the 4.2.c release and using IE9 (9.0.8112.16421) as client, the dashlets which have configuration buttons (in the title bar), like the wiki dashlet for example, are problematic:the buttons, which are invisble when the mouse isn't in the dashlet box don't become visible when the mouse i

Re: 4.2.c community: IE9 & dashlet - configuration buttons not showing

steves — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:13:07 GMT

am I the only one seeing this behaviour?

Re: 4.2.c community: IE9 & dashlet - configuration buttons not showing

mikehchase — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:52:53 GMT

Your not the only one, I see it (or dont see it) as well. I cant update to 4.2.d, I just updated to 4.2.C. IM on a Windows Server, and the update was no cake walk. Well, its not as bad now that I have a process, but it takes all afternoon to do.

Re: 4.2.c community: IE9 & dashlet - configuration buttons not showing

steves — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:44:00 GMT

I found a workaround. It will help viewing the share interface under IE, but some themes (like the light theme) will have some minor problems with it.

copy the file alfresco-template.ftl from [TOMCAT_INSTALLATION_PATH]/webapps/share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/templates/org/alfresco/include/
to [TOMCAT_INSTALLATION_PATH]/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/templates/org/alfresco/include
and change the meta http-equiv to


<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />
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then restart tomcat