IE 11 support

[patriklund]

Thanks for a great product.

Everybody knows how IE sucks but i still have to pull the question. Do you have any plans to get the scroller to work proper in IE 11?

[rowanbeentje]

@patriklund Could you give v0.3.1 a go? That seems to work with some quick testing for me... sorry it took so long after t'release of IE 11.

(This doesn't address the move to new unprefixed pointer events, which will still need to come later)

[msdevweb]

I was facing also some issues, not sure if they are related to the very specific configuration of my device or is a common issue.

I have a Asus vivo tab smart, with an Windows 8, (not the RT one) + IE 11. While on <0.3.1 versions the scroller worked with many limitations (many gaps, almost unusable) with the latest version it simply does not work most of the times.

The console seems to point an issue on ftscroller.js, line 2241, column 5, InvalidPointerId

So I went ahead and commented out the two lines:
if (_trackPointerEvents) {
//_containerNode.removeEventListener('MSLostPointerCapture', _onPointerCaptureEnd, false);
//_containerNode.msReleasePointerCapture(_inputIdentifier);
}

And it started working great, only with small inconsistencies when taping on screen for scrolling (stop position seems to be incorrect). So, the question is if this will be a safe solution or will represent an issue on some browsers?

Kind Regards

[rowanbeentje]

@msdevweb Could you give 0.3.5 a go? I spent some time pinning down input capture issues on IE 11 after @georgecrawford sent through some videos.

The error you were getting was a little different (IE11 enforces release must use the same id as that captured, and on the same element, but the calls look balanced to me...) but I think there might be bugs around pointer release.

[patriklund]

Sorry for late reply. Yes the scrolling works now on IE 11 in my Lumia 2520 with the latest update 0.3.5. Great!

[georgecrawford]

Good news; thanks Patrik!