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Maninder, Singh

2006-Apr-05 17:27 UTC

Firefox - Form within a table issue

Hi, 

Has anyone seen this issue before?

Oversimplified Problem:

I have a table within which I have a form -

<body>
  <table>
    <tbody id=''table_body''>
      <form id=''table_form''>
        <tr>
          <td><input type=text name=name value=mandy> <br />
<input type=text name=age value=26> <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><input type=button name=serialize_form
value=serialize_form
OnClick="alert(Form.serialize(''table_form''))"></td>
        </tr>
      </form>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</body>

Somehow, whenever I have such a case, Form.serialize() returns empty in FIREFOX
(IE WORKS FINE).

As soon as I put my form outside the table it starts working, ie the following
code works.

<form id=''table_form''>
<body>
  <table>
    <tbody id=''table_body''>
        <tr>
          <td><input type=text name=name value=mandy> <br />
<input type=text name=age value=26> <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><input type=button name=serialize_form
value=serialize_form
OnClick="alert(Form.serialize(''table_form''))"></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</body>
</form>

Well, if it''s such an easy fix, why don''t I do it? The reason
is maintenance of legacy code that has a nested structure of tables so before I
take the re-scripting approach, if someone has a fix for this it would be great
if you could share.

Thank you,
Mandy.

Gregory Hill

2006-Apr-05 17:38 UTC

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RE: Firefox - Form within a table issue

A form element cannot be inserted into a table element like that.  You
can put it inside the td element or outside the table element, but not
in between the table and tr.

IE doesn''t enforce that, Firefox does.

Greg
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:27 AM
> To: rails-spinoffs-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] Firefox - Form within a table issue
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone seen this issue before?
> 
> Oversimplified Problem:
> 
> I have a table within which I have a form -
> 
> <body>
>   <table>
>     <tbody id=''table_body''>
>       <form id=''table_form''>
>         <tr>
>           <td><input type=text name=name value=mandy> <br
/> <input
> type=text name=age value=26> <br /></td>
>         </tr>
>         <tr>
>           <td><input type=button name=serialize_form
value=serialize_form>
OnClick="alert(Form.serialize(''table_form''))"></td>
>         </tr>
>       </form>
>     </tbody>
>   </table>
> </body>
> 
> Somehow, whenever I have such a case, Form.serialize() returns empty
in> FIREFOX (IE WORKS FINE).
> 
> As soon as I put my form outside the table it starts working, ie the
> following code works.
> 
> <form id=''table_form''>
> <body>
>   <table>
>     <tbody id=''table_body''>
>         <tr>
>           <td><input type=text name=name value=mandy> <br
/> <input
> type=text name=age value=26> <br /></td>
>         </tr>
>         <tr>
>           <td><input type=button name=serialize_form
value=serialize_form>
OnClick="alert(Form.serialize(''table_form''))"></td>
>         </tr>
>     </tbody>
>   </table>
> </body>
> </form>
> 
> Well, if it''s such an easy fix, why don''t I do it? The
reason is
> maintenance of legacy code that has a nested structure of tables so
before> I take the re-scripting approach, if someone has a fix for this it
would> be great if you could share.
> 
> Thank you,
> Mandy.
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