Table column resize not working for IE7

[Lynne Kues]

Table resize handles do not appear in IE7. Tried in IE7 mode using IE8. Version - Beta 3.4.

[Tobiasz Cudnik]

I can confirm issues also on native IE7. Resize handler does't appear there.

[Tobiasz Cudnik]

It turns out IE7 doesn't allow elements outside of body tag to be available inside the document. Placing it inside of the body makes resize handler editable like other absolutely positioned elements.

It should be easily resolvable using contentEditable feature, which is currently during integration.

[Tobiasz Cudnik]

Unfortunately contentEditable doesn't resolve this issue as IE's resize handlers are still visible (although we may prevent them from real resizing). I think we have to redesign this plugin to render it's resize element outside of document iframe.

[Tobiasz Cudnik]

This is just reference patch, which still have issues with dimensions, mostly on IE.

The good news is the way it makes tableresize plugin to work does not depend on keeping element inside the editor.

[Tobiasz Cudnik]

Second patch doesn't change the way how resizer works, but it's affected by browser's resize handlers which are visible during resize.

This have only visual impact during resizing and works quite well in IE7.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

• There are some foo/bar debug references in the code :/

• We should not really have the resize handlers visible when resizing.

• The scrollbar appears when moving the mouse over the resize spaces.

[Tobiasz Cudnik]

This patch adds workaround compatibility dedicated for IE7 only (native resize handlers are visible during column resize).

We're not able to do anything better now in reasonable time.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

Replying to tobiasz.cudnik:

(native resize handlers are visible during column resize).

Setting unselectable="on" did the trick, helping also simplifying the patch.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

This one will be fixed by #6017.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

Confirmed it fixed at #6017.