[updated my last comment - forgot to copy/paste details prior to edit]

Hi there,

This is definitely an IE bug, which is particularly an annoying one. You're right, it's firing a resize event any time an element changes. Here's the fix...

Open up 'custom.js' and change the following on lines 445-448 from this...

//WINDOW RESIZE ACTION
jQuery(window).resize(function(){
	jQuery('.referenceDivider').first().click();
});

...to this...

//WINDOW RESIZE ACTION
var winWidth = jQuery(window).width();

jQuery(window).resize(function(){
    //New width
    var winNewWidth = jQuery(window).width();

    // compare the new width with old one
    if(winWidth!=winNewWidth){
       	jQuery('.referenceDivider').first().click();
    }

    //Update the width
    winWidth = winNewWidth;
});

Basically we're comparing the old and new width of the window and making sure there's actually a change occurring. The upside to this change is that vertical size changes in the window won't take you back to the beginning of the timeline, only horizontal size changes will.

Let me know if that works.

Best,

Chris

Thanks for the tip! Looking at this now...

Chris

Looks like a browser resize thing. IE8 seems to treat the resize of any element on the page as a resize, so line ~458 in custom.js needs some logic to prevent the trigger unless the window size actually does change.
I've added something hacky. Will update with whatever you determine works the best once you've looked at it.

Hi there,

I tested the theme in IE8 mode using "standard" and "quirks" with no issues. I tried "IE8 standards" and low and behold I started seeing the issue you described. I'm not sure what the difference is between "standard" and "IE8 standard", so I'm not sure what the issue is.

I'll have to research this to see what I can find. For now I'll mark this thread "pending review".

Thanks for providing those details!

Best,

Chris

Device: every computer I sit down at.
Seriously. they're mostly windows 7, they're all desktops, one is winXP. I've never seen the theme NOT manifest this scroll bug when I set the IE browser to IE8 mode.

Win7, IE9.0.8112.16421 in IE8 mode
Win7, IE10.0.9200.16614 in IE8 mode
Win7, IE10.0.9200.16635 in IE8 mode
WinXP, IE 8.0.6001 (initial device on which this behavior was noticed)

Also, one of our vendors is seeing it on:
IE 8.0.7601.17514 64-bit Edition, running on Windows 7 Enterprise (Service Pack 1)

Hi there,

Can you provide exact details about the DEVICE and version of IE10 your using?

Thanks!

Chris

At home: IE9.0.8112.16421
At work: IE10.something (will know on monday)

Hi there,

I tested that as well. No issues. Can you provide exact details about the device and version of IE10 your using?

Thanks!

Chris

Uh, perhaps there's a miscommunication. You say "the timeline stayed where it was when I click the title of a post.", but that's not where the problem lies. The problem occurs when a lightbox is opened (in the screenshots I posted, you can see the lightbox loading, while the tooltip shows the name of a post that's no longer on the screen because the timeline has scrolled back to the beginning)

Hi there,

Can you provide exact details about the device and version of IE10 your using?

Thanks!

Chris

I've seen this bug on 3 different computers, one with IE9 and two with IE10, both using IE8 mode. The following screenshots show the behavior i'm seeing right after clicking.
http://imgur.com/a/ivHpC

Hi there,

I found an MS Surface and opened IE10 v10.0.9200.16384. I changed browser mode to IE8 and tested both Standards and Quirks and the timeline stayed where it was when I click the title of a post.

I also tested this on a virtual installation of Windows on my mac using IE8 in the IE Tester app and everything looked and functioned like it should.

Can you provide exact details about the device and version of IE10 your using?

Best,

Chris

We received a complaint from someone on our team about the behavior, so I opened ie10, and set it to ie8 mode (standards, not quirks), and it replicated the behavior I described.

Hi there,

I opened this up in IE8 and don't experience the same effect/issue. Please make sure your browser isn't in "compatibility mode" as that uses the IE7 browser engine instead of the IE8 engine.

Let me know.

Best,

Chris

Thanks. Any progress on this? We're about to launch a site and would like to get this ironed out.

Hi there,

I'm not at my office computer today, so I can't check in IE8 right now (I'm on a mac laptop). I'll mark this as "pending review" so I can check it out when I get back.

Thanks!

Chris

Visit http://themes.themolitor.com/curator/ in an IE8 browser (or in IE 9+ in IE8 mode)
scroll to the right, then pop open an item. Notice that the timeline scrolls back to the beginning.