[theme-reviewers] Windows 8/RT + IE10 Drop Down Menu Solution?

[Emil Uzelac]

Yes and that's actually IE10 issues, not other way around :)

Please see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/jj583807%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#dont_hide_with_hover
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/jj152135%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

and this as well, which contains full details about the issue:

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3344974-fix-hover-over-drop-down-menu-in-ie10-when-touch

maybe this too:

http://prowebdesign.ro/tutorials/hover-on-tablets/index.html




On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've recently been getting user feedback that the "standard" CSS drop-down
> menus in my theme don't work on Windows 8/RT with IE10. These are the
> typical CSS drop-down menus probably used by most WordPress themes (with
> minor variations - but they mostly use the same CSS basics).
>
> After some research, this problem exists because Microsoft is adamant
> about keeping IE10 "standards compliant", and not using the trickery used
> by other browser on touch devices. The problem affects many millions of web
> sites, and Microsoft expects them all to fix their sites to be IE 10
> compliant. So be it.
>
> Win RT may or may not get more than a few percentage points of market
> share, but this seems like a problem we all have here. After many hours of
> searching, I can't find any actual, easy solution to this problem: making
> the standard CSS drop-down menus so many of our themes use work with
> Windows 8/RT and IE10 on touch screens. I was hoping for a JavaScript
> solution, or some easy CSS tweak, but I certainly can't find one.
>
> Has anyone solved this for the typical WordPress theme CSS menu? It would
> help us all if we had an easy, common solution to this problem. Maybe even
> get it added to core WP? This would help tons of users and theme developers.
>
> I'd be happy to move this discussion to a better place if there is one.
>
> Bruce Wampler
>
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