Rails spinoffs - Oct 2007 - Element replace and form submit in Mozilla

I like to use an Element.replace to take away the submit button on an  
Ajax-handled form, replacing it with a spinner.

This works perfectly in Safari, but in Mozilla 2 on the Mac, I was  
seeing a generic text input to the left of my spinner for as long as  
the spinner stayed around.

<label for="send">Send</label><input
id="send" type="submit"
value="Send" />

then a listener for the form, which (among many other things) called  
this:

$(''send'').replace(''<img
src="/path/to/spinner.gif" width="16"
height="16" alt="" />'');

In safari, the button would be replaced in place with the spinner:

( Send )
...

( \ )


And in Firefox, it would go like this:

[ Send ]
...

[_____________] ( \ )

I ended up wrapping the Send button in a span, and replacing that.  
This works in both browsers, but it feels quite icky.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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On Oct 6, 12:37 am, Walter Lee Davis
<wa...-HQgmohHLjDZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I like to use an Element.replace to take away the submit button on an  
> Ajax-handled form, replacing it with a spinner.
Consider disabling the button, then re-enabling it when you are
ready.  Alternatively, toggle the visibility of the button and spinner
(hide one and show the other) rather than replace one with the other.


--
Rob


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