# Redbox w/ IE 7

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 11, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924 "2007-05-11T18:02:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924/1 "2007-05-11T18:02:51Z")

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I’ve got redbox working perfectly on Firefox but I get _nothing_ on IE7.  
I’ve exported version 9 (the most recent) which says it has  
compatibility for Internet Explorer.

Without firebug on IE7 I’m at a loss as to where to look. Does anyone  
know what might be causing this?

My call code is very simple:

\<%= link\_to\_remote\_redbox ‘Login’, :url =\> {:controller =\> ‘sessions’,  
:action =\> ‘new’} %\>

Thanks,  
Vince

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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924/2 "2007-05-11T21:44:21Z")

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i tried to use redbox too and as you say it works fine on firefox,  
however on ie7 I do get the redbox but it is squished over to the  
right edge of the window, and is transparent.

so basically unusable.

There are a number of patches mentioned in the comments on this blog,  
but none seemed to fix my problems, YMMV

[http://blog.craigambrose.com/past/2006/9/22/redbox-release-2/](http://blog.craigambrose.com/past/2006/9/22/redbox-release-2/)

On May 11, 9:02 am, “Vince W.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924/3 "2007-05-11T21:52:24Z")

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…There’s always subModal 😛

[http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/category/submodal](http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/category/submodal)

[http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/2006/01/01/subModal](http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/2006/01/01/subModal)

On 5/11/07, wolfmanjm [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924/4 "2007-05-12T22:35:25Z")

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Write a helper.

As you’ll see there’s also a class you could put on a link tag…

\<%= link\_to(“My Link”, { :action =\> ‘some\_action’ }, :class =\>  
‘submodal-400-400’) %\>

You really don’t need a custom rails helper.

On 5/12/07, Vince W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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## –

## seth at subimage interactive

## [http://www.subimage.com](http://www.subimage.com) [http://sublog.subimage.com](http://sublog.subimage.com)

> **[Freelance Time Tracking Software — Online Invoice Software](https://cashboardapp.com/)**
>
> Freelance time tracking software, online invoice software & project management.
> Used by thousands worldwide since 2007. FREE trial.

[http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct](http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct)

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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redbox-w-ie-7/103924/5 "2007-05-12T20:48:52Z")

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Subimage Interactive wrote:

> …There’s always subModal 😛
> 
> [http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/category/submodal](http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/category/submodal)
> 
> [http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/2006/01/01/subModal](http://sublog.subimage.com/articles/2006/01/01/subModal)

Ok, so I’m curious. How does one convert:

show  
modal window button

into something where I can call my rails action? Is there an equivalent  
of link\_to\_remote\_redbox ?