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IE image toolbar

save/print/email/my pictures

MarianneC

6:14 pm on Feb 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

In IE for windows (I'm running IE 6 and so is my client), there is an annoying little image tool bar that *sometimes* pops up on top of an image. It has four icons in it: save/print/email/my pictures. I can not tell you what makes it pop up, but I have a page where it pops up on three out of 4 images (I'd rather it didn't appear on any.)

All of the images were created at the same time by the same process. All are coded identically.

Ifyou go to this page on the Dell site, the large image in right side of the scree produces the tool bar pop when you mouseover it and stay there. It doesn't seem to happen with IE on a mac.
[dell.com...]

I could speculate that size of an image is a trigger, although that doesn't really seem to hold true either. Anyone know how it happens -- and, more importantly, how I make it not happen? It pops right on top of critical information. UGH!

Thanks!

BlobFisk

6:17 pm on Feb 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, MarianneC! Check out Marcia's excellent WebmasterWorld Welcome and Guide to the Basics [webmasterworld.com]

Try using the following code in your <head> section:

This should disale the IE6 toolbar... which is a new feature (I think) that came in with IE6. Hovering your mouse over the image shows this bar which allows you to print, save and email the image, or open your picture folder.

universalis

6:22 pm on Feb 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

You can disactivate this incredibly annoying "feature" on your machine by going to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced and unchecking the box marked "Enable Image Toolbar". Trouble is, the vast majority of IE6 users won't know how to get rid of the thing, so many of your visitors will have this problem.

I wonder sometimes what MS were thinking when they came up with this thing - I mean, does anyone actually use it?

<edit>Thanks for the meta tag, BlobFisk, it has been added to a bunch of my sites already!</edit>

MarianneC

6:52 pm on Feb 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thanks, guys! It is a beyond stupid feature. I remembered reading somewhere how to turn it off, but I hadn't noticed it yet. And, doing a search for "stupid IE image popup" doesn't yield much!<grin>

RonPK

11:15 pm on Feb 27, 2003 (gmt 0)

If you want to disable the toolbar for just a single image, add this attribute to the <img>-tag:

GALLERYIMG="no"

This might come handy in situations where a large image is only there for layout-purposes, and you do want the user to be able to use browser features for other images.

BlobFisk

10:59 am on Feb 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

RonPK,

That's a nice solution too - but (and there is nearly always a but, isn't there!), if you try to validate a page that has that markup on it, does it pass?

I have a feeling that it's not valid HTML...

RonPK

11:45 am on Feb 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

Well, BlobFisk, even though I had the same feeling as you had, I gave it a try. Guess what: it does not validate. That could be expected for an attribute that refers to an IE-proprietary feature.

This offcourse makes the ethical struggle of the designer even harder ;-) First he/she has to decide whether or not to disable a users browser feature. Now we're adding the fundamental question of validation vs. 'it works in most browsers'...

indiechild

2:30 am on Mar 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

I've noticed the image toolbar problem before but it doesn't bother me. I'm used to it, and I like this feature in IE6. As sitebuilders, I don't think we should worry about this kind of thing -- let the users take care of their own browsing setup.

Also, I've noticed that the toolbar only pops up on very large sized images, and my sites almost never use single large images in the layout... and if they do, they are referenced as background images in CSS so the toolbar would never pop up anyway.

HarryM

2:58 am on Mar 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

The toolbar doesn't launch haphazardly, only if you move your mouse cursor over the image. If the cursor is already on the image, move it off, and then on again to make the toolbar appear. To get rid of it move the cursor off the image. I don't find it a problem.

The tool bar is also bound up with image resizing. IE6 automatically resizes (shrinks) large images to fit the screen. (Great feature!) To see the full-sized image move the cursor off the image and then back on and a resize button appears bottom right-hand corner together with the toolbar at top-left.

IMHO just some more superb features from that King of browsers, IE6. Use no substitute! :)

IE image toolbar

save/print/email/my pictures

MarianneC

BlobFisk

universalis

MarianneC

RonPK

BlobFisk

RonPK

indiechild

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