fixed IE8 issues in the editor and on the question page

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/media/js/wmd/wmd.js b/askbot/media/js/wmd/wmd.js
index c3c85b21..35a571e5 100644
--- a/askbot/media/js/wmd/wmd.js
+++ b/askbot/media/js/wmd/wmd.js
@@ -452,8 +452,7 @@ util.prompt = function(text, defaultInputText, makeLinkMarkdown, dialogType){
         if (input.type == 'text' && input.selectionStart !== undefined) {
             input.selectionStart = 0;
             input.selectionEnd = defTextLen;
-        }
-        else if (input.createTextRange) {
+        } else if (input.createTextRange) {
             var range = input.createTextRange();
             range.collapse(false);
             range.moveStart("character", -defTextLen);
@@ -494,30 +493,26 @@ util.prompt = function(text, defaultInputText, makeLinkMarkdown, dialogType){
 		var innerWidth, innerHeight;
 		
 		// It's not very clear which blocks work with which browsers.
-		if(self.innerHeight && self.scrollMaxY){
+		if (self.innerHeight && self.scrollMaxY) {
 			scrollWidth = doc.body.scrollWidth;
 			scrollHeight = self.innerHeight + self.scrollMaxY;
-		}
-		else if(doc.body.scrollHeight > doc.body.offsetHeight){
+		} else if (doc.body.scrollHeight > doc.body.offsetHeight){
 			scrollWidth = doc.body.scrollWidth;
 			scrollHeight = doc.body.scrollHeight;
-		}
-		else{
+		} else {
 			scrollWidth = doc.body.offsetWidth;
 			scrollHeight = doc.body.offsetHeight;
 		}
 		
-		if(self.innerHeight){
+		if (self.innerHeight) {
 			// Non-IE browser
 			innerWidth = self.innerWidth;
 			innerHeight = self.innerHeight;
-		}
-		else if(doc.documentElement && doc.documentElement.clientHeight){
+		} else if (doc.documentElement && doc.documentElement.clientHeight){
 			// Some versions of IE (IE 6 w/ a DOCTYPE declaration)
 			innerWidth = doc.documentElement.clientWidth;
 			innerHeight = doc.documentElement.clientHeight;
-		}
-		else if(doc.body){
+		} else if(doc.body) {
 			// Other versions of IE
 			innerWidth = doc.body.clientWidth;
 			innerHeight = doc.body.clientHeight;
@@ -1950,7 +1945,7 @@ util.prompt = function(text, defaultInputText, makeLinkMarkdown, dialogType){
 		
 			var result = 0;
 			
-			if (innerHeight) {
+			if (window.innerHeight) {
 				result = pageYOffset;
 			}
 			else 
diff --git a/askbot/templates/question.html b/askbot/templates/question.html
index 9a508a2f..a8aef0a7 100644
--- a/askbot/templates/question.html
+++ b/askbot/templates/question.html
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
                 return nodes;
             };
 
+            var getTextContent = function(node) {
+                return node.innerText || node.textContent;
+            };
+
             var hasAttribute = function(node, attrName) {
                 if (node.hasAttribute) {
                     return node.hasAttribute(attrName);
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@
                     //todo: this is not reliable
                     var answerBodyNodes = answerBody.childNodes;
                     var answerElement = answerBodyNodes[answerBodyNodes.length - 1];
-                    if (trim(answerElement.textContent).length > askbot['data']['maxCommentLength']) {
+                    if (trim(getTextContent(answerElement)).length > askbot['data']['maxCommentLength']) {
                         repostAsQuestionComment.parentNode.removeChild(repostAsQuestionComment);
                         repostAsPrevAnsComment.parentNode.removeChild(repostAsPrevAnsComment);
                     } else if (parseInt(post_id) === data['oldestAnswerId']) {