IE8 Bug: Lowermost frame in embedded frameset not resizable!

Question

There is an embedded frameset bug in Internet Explorer 8:


Let's look at some simple example code (export to new html file and try it in different browsers):

<frameset rows="28,*,443">

<frame>


<frame>


<frameset id="InnerFrameset" rows="*,26">


<frame>


<frame>


</frameset>


</frameset>

In Internet Explorer 8 it is not possible to resize the lowermost frame, while this is no problem in other browsers including
Firefox 2, Firefox 3.0, Firefox 3.5, Opera Beta 10, Google Chrome 2.0, Internet Explorer 7 and even Internet Explorer 6 (!).

While it works perfectly in Internet Explorer 7, even the IE7-compatibility mode of IE8 doesn't do it right!


In http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/thread/de7b4d0c-843b-4d99-9343-6616b68844e9#de7b4d0c-843b-4d99-9343-6616b68844e9 there is a workaround solution for simple pages. But in a complex web application it is not possible to change the complete frameset logic for a simple bug of one browser. Can PLEASE someone of Microsoft make a statement about this issue and if/when it will be fixed?

Answer 1

Solved with Kbid 974455

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=974455