ASP.Net and Non IE Browsers

How much functionality is available

[IanTurner]

How much of the enhanced form element and processing will work on Non IE browsers? Is all the functionality of ASP.Net available in all browsers or is some completely lost? Has anyone had any experience of this?

(I am asking because I am looking to create a complex user interface in ASP.Net and they have a requirement to be cross platform compatible Linux/Windows/Mac - I am not worried about text browsers and javascript disabled browsers)

[korkus2000]

It mainly deals with the javascript for form elements. The Postback needs to have those javascript abilities. So far I have not seen a problem as long as it is a modern browser.

One thing to consider is using regular form elements that have runat="server" attribute instead of the asp:form elements. Those can make strange things happen cross-browser. There is a thread back here somewhere, where the server was sending down a different element for opera. I will try and hunt it up. I think once the switch was made to a non-asp:form element it worked.

I have not come across anything yet that there was not a work around. Since you know the browser compatability well, I don't think you will have any major issues.

Honestly the web forms have done pretty well. I haven't really had any problems with datagrids either.

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here is a thread about a browser issue:
[webmasterworld.com...]

It does seem to be quite rare.
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[TheNige]

The only things that do not work with other browsers that I know about are the form validation controls. The jscript that they use does not work in NS or other browsers for client-side validation, but they still work for the server side validations.