Very small form buttons with IE8 and Maxthon 2 [FIXED]

1^# 2009-5-8 15:01

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A few days ago I've updated to Internet Explorer 8 and a stange problem appeared. All form buttons (submit, etc.) are displayed extremly small on the screen.
First I thought it was a problem from Maxthon v1 - but it also appears when using Maxthon v2. Let's check IE8! Same thing - Darn!

Started searching the web and in Internet Explorer 8 there's an option (under Advanced) called "Enable visual styles on buttons and controls in webpages". Unchecking this option solves the problem in IE8. So, problem solved, you think...

NOT! The problem still appears in Maxthon v1 and v2! Hmmm, searched the Maxthon forum for days but nothin' that could solve my problem. Not even changing the useragent or using the "Compatible View" plugin.

The solution for this problem is very simple to solve with the Filter option from Maxthon v2. Just add a simple CSS line in the <head> tag of every webpage and the style is set for input fields. Any other styles required by the webpage are no problem - they shall overwrite my own custom settings (if needed).

This filter is attached to this topic - so anyone havin' the same problem is helped a little bit. Hope the Maxthon team can solve this weird thing in upcoming versions.

Here's a sample of button display without the filter activated:
Here's a sample of button display with this filter activated:

This is the filter to load:

System Specs:
- AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.60Ghz
- Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 (fully up-to-date)
- Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702

Maxthon Info:

Free:

[General]
Version = 2.5.1.4751 UNICODE
Nick =
Email = SharedAccount
Id = 0
Proxy = IE

[Modules]
MxProxy2.dll = 1.0.0.4121
MxTool.dll = 1.0.0.1
MxFav.dll = 2.0.0.19
MxPp.dll = 1.0.0.276
MxSk.dll = 1.0.0.426
Maxzlib.dll = 1.2.3.0
MxDb.dll = 3.5.3.125

MxWebBoost.dll = 1.0.2.1267
MxPageSearch.dll = 1.0.0.1892
MxCapScr.dll = 1.0.0.755
MxSpellCheck.dll = 1.0.0.71
MxGuardian.dll = 1.0.0.666
MxHistory.dll = 1.0.0.302
MxUp.exe = 1.0.0.52
MxDownloadServer.exe = 1.0.0.8251

[Settings]
Auto Popup Filter = 1
Content Filter = 1
Float Filter = 0
Text Filter = 1
Multi-Thread Tab = 1
IE Version = 8.0.6001.18702
Debug Mode = 0

[Plugins]
MaxTor = 1.2.0
Compatibility View = 1.1.0

[IE Plugins]

[Filters]
Windows Live Hotmail AD Remover.xml = 1
Input font.xml = 1

[ Last edited by (forum)jatrck at 2009-5-9 01:44 ]

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ntzphyr Karma +1 Nice stuff 2009-5-8 18:01

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2^# 2009-5-8 18:11

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Quote:

Original posted by (forum)jatrck at 2009-5-8 16:01

The solution for this problem is very simple to solve with the Filter option from Maxthon v2. Just add a simple CSS line in the tag of every webpage and the style is set for input fields. Any other styles required by the webpage are no problem - they shall overwrite my own custom settings (if needed).

This filter is attached to this topic - so anyone havin' the same problem is helped a little bit. Hope the Maxthon team can solve this weird thing in upcoming versions.

Here's a sample of button display without the filter activated:19882
Here's a sample of button display with this filter activated:19881

This is the filter to load: 19880

Thanx for the filters although I'm not experiencing the problem,it will come in handy for those that are. I wonder if you might add your version number,OS and other pertinent info to further aid in pinpointing problem systems Thanx again

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3^# 2009-5-17 08:32

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filter works, but got a problem:

filter disabled:

filter enabled:

file attachment form may also dissapear

--system:
xp sp3 + ie8
M2 2.5.1.4751 UNICODE

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4^# 2009-5-17 13:36

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if the setting works than a filter can also be used to either change
<META HTTP-EQUIV="MSThemeCompatible" CONTENT="YES" />

to

<META HTTP-EQUIV="MSThemeCompatible" CONTENT="No" />

or if the tag is not present to add the latter

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5^# 2009-6-5 17:05

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I have the same problems tough this filter you created did not fix it.
If someone can help me in this i'd appreciate

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6^# 2009-6-5 19:22

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you can try this that helped me a lot,

Quote:

Original posted by iron2000 at 2009-3-20 20:41
Are you on XP with a custom visual style/theme/skin ?
Looks like the 'problem'(well, custom VS is 3rd party) carried over from the RC.

Try this to kind of 'fix' the tiny buttons:

1) Open Notepad, type the following in and save it as a CSS
INPUT {
font-size: 10pt;
}

2) Go to Internet Options->General tab->Accessibility button

3) Under the User Style Sheet in the Accessibility window, browse to the CSS you created in step 1.

That should make the form fields and button bigger.

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7^# 2009-6-15 11:50

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Thanks for these fixes. One thing I've noticed is that secure sites delivered over SSL (https://) don't work. Is this because text filters don't process secure sites?

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8^# 2009-6-23 12:35

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Can the developers shed some light on this? Do text filters work on https:// sites?

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9^# 2009-6-23 16:53

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correct, text filters do not work on https

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10^# 2009-7-25 19:12

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Quote:

Original posted by Aino at 2009-6-6 09:22
you can try this that helped me a lot,

Quote:
Original posted by iron2000 at 2009-3-20 20:41
Are you on XP with a custom visual style/theme/skin ?
Looks like the 'problem'(well, custom VS is 3rd party) carried over from the RC.

Try this to kind of 'fix' the tiny buttons:

1) Open Notepad, type the following in and save it as a CSS
INPUT {
font-size: 10pt;
}

2) Go to Internet Options->General tab->Accessibility button

3) Under the User Style Sheet in the Accessibility window, browse to the CSS you created in step 1.

That should make the form fields and button bigger.

this works for me, for the resedit, it just don't work for me.
about the filter pack, i still not sure how to apply it as i'm using maxthon for the first time..

thanks a million anyway

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11^# 2009-7-25 21:26

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Anyway if you still see small buttons after using the css, try adding these lines to the css:

BUTTON {
font-size: 10pt;
}

TEXTAREA {
font-size: 10pt;
}

Got it from the text filter.

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12^# 2009-9-2 04:10

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is working just fine with iron2000 solution, thanks !

about filterpack, is kinda tricky ! ... i've installed the:

Input fontsize
Version: 0.0.5 Author: www.uwix.nl <Input font.xml>
Sets input-tags to fontsize 13px. This is the first css style so any webpage CSS definition overrules this one (if set).

everithing works fine till i browsed the WoWhead, very simple test, just open the link without filter activated after refresh with filter enabled ... is big diference there !

[ Last edited by Q.. at 2009-9-2 04:23 ]

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