[2.x] Ext.History with IE8

[photomo]

It looks like IE8 now supports the hashing mechanism which is used to record history, just as is done for non-IE browsers. Therefore, I don't think IE8 needs to use the iframe (unless compatibility mode is switched on).

Perhaps History.js could be updated to replace all the occurences of:

if (Ext.isIE)

with:

if (Ext.isIE && !Ext.isIE8)

I have overridden Ext.History in this way, and all seems fine. (Without this override, Ext.History fails in IE8 when a DOCTYPE is used).

[dj]

I have made the same override (in Ext 3 svn) and all works fine here.
-> +1 for that change

PS: I also have Ext.isIE && !Ext.isIE8 as condition but it should probably be something like Ext.isIE < 8

[joeutz]

Thanks for the workaround!!!

Is this going to be fixed? It's still a problem in Ext 3.0. Just add the doctype tag to the example.