[OpenLayers-Users] ZoomToExtent works in Firefox, Safari and IE7, but not in IE6

Tue May 26 04:51:44 EDT 2009

Hi All,

Does anybody have any ideas that might be of help for the problem I
described previously? Thanks a lot in advance for any help.

If I didn't explain the problem well enough, please let me know, so I can
clarify it.

Best regards,
Martijn Senden.

sendeman wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to make a 'fluid' layout, in which the viewport of the map
> changes with changes in the size of the browser window. I have some html
> and css worked out that do this without javascript in IE6. The only
> problem I have is that the initial zoom level doesn't work in IE 6. IE 6
> zooms in to the maximum level. Other browsers (IE7, FF, Safari, Chrome) do
> set the zoom level correctly.
> 
> I set the zoom level as follows:
> 
> map.zoomToExtent(new
> OpenLayers.Bounds(3.27392578125,50.69471783819287,7.294921875,53.67068019347264));
> 
> What is it that makes IE 6 go wrong?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Below is the entire code of my test-site.
> 
> Best regards,
> Martijn Senden.
> 
> ____________________________
> __________</CODE>__________
> ____________________________
> 
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
>         "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
> <html lang="NL">
>  <head>
> 
>    <title>minOpenLayers.aspx</title>
> 
>    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/OpenLayers.js"></script>
> 
>     <!--[if lt IE 8]>
>       <script type="text/javascript"
> src="http://ie7-js.googlecode.com/svn/version/2.0(beta3)/IE8.js"></script>
>     <![endif]-->
> 
>    <script type="text/javascript">
> 
>        var map, layer;
> 
>        function init(){
> 
>            map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map' );
> 
>            layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS",
> "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0", {layers: 'basic'} );
> 
>            map.addLayer(layer); 
>            
>            map.zoomToExtent(new
> OpenLayers.Bounds(3.27392578125,50.69471783819287,7.294921875,53.67068019347264));
>        }
>    </script>
> 
>    <style type="text/css">
> 
> 
> 
>            #map
> 
>            {
> 
>                background-color: Red;
> 
>                position: absolute;
> 
>             width: 100%;
> 
>                height: 100%;
> 
>            }
> 
> 
> 
>            #mapWrapper {
> 
>             position: absolute;
> 
>             background-color: Blue;
> 
>             top: 76px;
> 
>             bottom: 0px;
> 
>             left: 0px;
> 
>             right: 0px;
> 
>            }
> 
>        </style>
> 
> 
> 
>  </head>
> 
> 
> 
>  <body onload="init()">
> 
>    <div id="mapWrapper"><div id="map" class="smallmap"></div></div>
> 
>  </body>
> 
> </html>
> ____________________________
> __________</CODE>__________
> ____________________________
> 

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