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Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T03:03:36+00:00 2026-05-25T03:03:36+00:00

Either the Back button nor backspace is working in IE on a page with

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Either the Back button nor backspace is working in IE on a page with a fixed top div and named links.

Edit: I’ve clarified my problem with this updated code. Everything works fine in Chrome and Firefox but not in IE.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
    <style type="text/css">
        .divButtons
        {
            z-index: 999;
            position: fixed;
            width: 100%;
            height: 38px;
            top: 0px;
            left: 0px;
            background-color: #f3f3f3;
            border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid;              
        }
        .divFullViewArea
        {
            position: absolute;
            top: 38px;
        }
        .divViewArea
        {
            padding-top: 20px;
        }
    </style>

    <!--[if IE]>
    <style type="text/css">
        * {
            margin: 0px
        }
        html {
            min-height: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: auto
        }
        body {
            min-height: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: auto
        }
        .divFullViewArea {
            position: relative;
            padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; width: 100%; padding-right: 8px; height: 95%; overflow: auto; padding-top: 8px
        }
        .divFullViewArea * {
            margin: auto
        }
        .divButtons {
            position: fixed; margin: 0px; top: 0px; left: 0px
        }
        * html .divButtons {
            position: absolute;
        }
    </style>
    <![endif]-->

</head>
<body>      
    <div class="divButtons">
        Top
    </div>
    <div class="divFullViewArea">
        <p>
            <a id="link1" href="#chapter1">Chapter 1</a>
            <br>
            <a id="link2" href="#chapter2">Chapter 2</a>
            <br>
            <br>
            <br>
            <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
            <a name="chapter1">Chapter 1</a>
            <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
            <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
            <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
            <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
            <a name="chapter2">Chapter 2</a>
            <br>
            <br>
        </p>
    </div>
</body>

Any suggestions?

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    2026-05-25T03:03:36+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2026 at 3:03 am

    It does not seem to be possible to combine my current CSS with anchor links. My solution is to use this CSS instead: Making IE 5.5+ use position: fixed;

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