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

[Emil Uzelac]

IE10 issue* not issues, autocorrected me sorry :)


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> Yes and that's actually IE10 issues, not other way around :)
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> Please see:
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> 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
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> and this as well, which contains full details about the issue:
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> http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3344974-fix-hover-over-drop-down-menu-in-ie10-when-touch
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> maybe this too:
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> http://prowebdesign.ro/tutorials/hover-on-tablets/index.html
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> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> I'd be happy to move this discussion to a better place if there is one.
>>
>> Bruce Wampler
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