Fields to change Published dates not appearing properly in Internet Explorer 8 on WP 3.4

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The date fields that appear when you select "Edit" to change the Published date are not displaying properly in Internet Explorer 8. To replicate the problem:

1. Open a post or page on a WordPress 3.4 site with Internet Explorer 8
2. Select "Edit" next to the Published date in the "Publish" box.
3. The fields display for a second and then disappear. Sometimes when you hover over the hidden fields, they'll appear for a second.

Attached screenshot displays the bug.

I have repeated this multiple times on different PCs with Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP/SP3.

Could not reproduce. Looks fine on my test install: 21088.published-date-ie8.png​.

Make sure you have disabled all plugins.

Could not reproduce either. Sometimes IE does this when there is invalid css on the page. Perhaps check if any css is added by plugins and if yes, try disabling them and test again.

I am able to reproduce the error. The cuplrit seems to be the input/select/radio/checkbox elements not having their position set.

In order to view this bug in IE8 hit F12 and make sure your Browser Mode is IE8 Compat View and your Document Mode is IE7 Standards. Both are default options for IE8.

A "workaround" until this is fixed is by manually setting the position's to relative.

input[type='radio'],input[type='checkbox'],#timestampdiv select,#timestampdiv input{position:relative;}.

Hopefully this worked for you.

Reproduced with the settings from comment:3.

Same in 3.3, looks fine in 3.2. Probably a result of the CSS merge.

The admin has always been running in IE8 "standards" mode. If it's forced in "compat" mode there would probably be other inconsistencies. Think there was a way to tell IE8 to always run in "standards" mode, better to do that.

The "OK" buttons were also disappearing. Fixed in 21088.2.patch.

The patch is applied to ie.css, which is IE7. Is this also a bug in IE7? Is IE8 a problem? What to do here?

Replying to nacin:

Is this also a bug in IE7?

Yes

Is IE8 a problem?

Yes, in "compat" mode.

What to do here?

How about 21088.3.patch?

Can someone confirm this is good in IE7 and IE8?

IE8 Compat View and IE7 Document Mode is not a valid config for me. With default values it works in IE 8.

21088.3.patch​ with just the change in ie.css fixes the issue in IE 7.

In 22447:

Fix display of a post's date fields in IE7 and IE7 compat mode. props SergeyBiryukov, lessbloat. fixes #21088.