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MS CRM 4 Multi-layer Menu is not aligned properly in IE 8

by Phil Adams 26. November 2009 15:09

*** UPDATE: Rollup 9 FIXES THIS ISSUE, PLEASE UPGRADE TO UR9 ***

Today in the building i had someone ask me about this issue, now i had this issue myself for sometime and thought it was just my machine, well i am a developer and you know how we love to cause issues for ourselves.

now as your aware menus in CRM can have sub-menu items such as shown in the image below
Menu_Normal

BUT, for some reason mine and my colleagues menus were like this:
Menu_Overlaid

Now as you can see the sub-menu has overlaid itself on the root menu, now if i was trying to get to the “Send Shortcut” Node i couldn’t., now some menus this is still possible to get to such as:
Menu_Overlaid_Accessible

So the Journey had begin to find the solution, alas Google didn’t turn up anything except others with the same issue
Now all i knew was this is due to some IE8 setting as it seemed to work fine in the IE7 clients.

so i started off by resetting my browser settings to default, reloaded CRM and hey presto it worked!, Now being a developer was not satisfied with that solution, so the first thing was to add the CRM site back to the “Trusted Sites” list and BANG.. problem appeared again.

So now i new it must be something in the Zone settings of IE8, so painfully went through each setting until the problem disappeared.

“YER GET ON WITH IT” i hear you say.
well the setting is “Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints” was set to Disable.

Enable this Setting and the issue disappears, Now i have to say at this point am at a loss, because as with most applications there is a lot of settings but NO HELP as to what they do or impact…

jeez, since when have we started buying products without comprehensive manuals?

Anyway rant over, problem fixed and on to the next one.

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CRM | IE8 | MSCRM | mscrm4

Comments

1/28/2010 1:27:48 PM #

This solved the problem for me however, I have IE 8.07 on my machine and it has the “Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints” disabled and don't have an issue with the dropdown. Maybe it was something fixed in this version?

Chris2 United Kingdom | Reply

2/3/2010 2:14:47 PM #

Hi Chris,
  I Think this is because this problem ONLY seems to happen if the CRM server is in the "Trusted" Sites list, so this doesnt happen if it is in the Intranet or Internet zones.

Phil

Admin United Kingdom | Reply

2/3/2010 11:29:58 AM #

Hi Phil,

Thanks so much for taking the time to post this - save me a LOT of trouble!

Gareth

Gareth Adams United Kingdom | Reply

2/3/2010 2:17:22 PM #

Hi Gareth,
Glad it was of use to you.

Phil

Admin United Kingdom | Reply

5/4/2010 5:02:45 PM #

Hello Phil,

Still having issues with this one, it only seems to occur from within Outlook using the client, otherwise in a browser it is fine ...

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Chris

Chris2 United Kingdom | Reply

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About Phil

Phil has been working with CRM since the BETA of CRM v1.0 and has seen a lot of the problems arising from installation, maintenance and Development.

Phil specializes in the ISV area of CRM; Creating Add-Ons and Plugins for various clients.

Phil currently works as a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Consultant and Developer for Cambridge Online Systems Ltd In the UK.

Phil also has several Microsoft Certifications in .NET and CRM