Rails spinoffs - Nov 2007 - Re: Form.disable('form_id_goes_here'), works ok in Opera/FF/IE 6, but not IE 5.5

AFAIK, IE 5.5 is not officially supported by Prototype, but I couldn''t
find the supported browsers in the website.
(Actually, none of the "big" frameworks support 5.5 I think)

Best,
-Nicolas

On Nov 28, 2007 7:54 AM, Vladimir Ghetau
<vladimir-JO9vGbjvMkWBB+qDyBTWOgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I think there is a problem with the disable() function I''m trying
to
> figure out what''s wrong and if this is a bug or not.
>
> I''m testing my prototype powered app on different browsers and I
> realised that IE 5.5 doesn''t disable all the form elements if I
call
> Form.disable(''my_form'').
>
> Anyone knows what''s the idea behind this? I remember reading that
> disable is serializing the elements structure, is that possible to
> cause my problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vladimir Ghetau
> http://www.Vladimirated.com/
> >
>
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Then, pretty impressive is the fact that 99% of the functionality of
my app works on 5.5 :D

So, time for workarounds, I wasn''t able to find an official list of
supported browsers.

Thanks for the reply.

Cheers!

Vladimir Ghetau
http://www.Vladimirated.com/

On Nov 28, 3:07 pm, "Nicolás Sanguinetti"
<godf...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> AFAIK, IE 5.5 is not officially supported by Prototype, but I
couldn''t
> find the supported browsers in the website.
> (Actually, none of the "big" frameworks support 5.5 I think)
>
> Best,
> -Nicolas
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 7:54 AM, Vladimir Ghetau
<vladi...-JO9vGbjvMkWBB+qDyBTWOgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi guys,
>
> > I think there is a problem with the disable() function I''m
trying to
> > figure out what''s wrong and if this is a bug or not.
>
> > I''m testing my prototype powered app on different browsers
and I
> > realised that IE 5.5 doesn''t disable all the form elements if
I call
> > Form.disable(''my_form'').
>
> > Anyone knows what''s the idea behind this? I remember reading
that
> > disable is serializing the elements structure, is that possible to
> > cause my problem?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Vladimir Ghetau
> >http://www.Vladimirated.com/
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...

actually, after watching inside the prototype code, If anyone is
concerned about IE 5.5 here''s the solution:

<code>

    /*
    @param boolean status Enable or disable
    @param formId the element ID of your form
    */
    function enableIE(status, formId) {
        if (Prototype.Browser.IE) {

            var form = $(formId);
            var inputs = [''input'',
''textarea'', ''select''];
            var temp_var;
            inputs.each(function(tag) {

                    temp_var = form.getElementsByTagName(tag);

                    $A(temp_var).each(function(elem) {

                            elem.disabled = blocked;
                        });

                });

        } else {

            if (status) {

                Form.enable(formId);

            } else {

                Form.disable(formId);
            }

        } // non IE browsers
    }

</code>

Now, I am only watching <input>, <textarea>, and selects, these are
elements required in my DOM structure, but if there are others you
want to disable (I haven''t browsed the DOM structure to see how many
form element types are there though), just add more values to this
line

<code>
            var inputs = [''input'',
''textarea'', ''select'',
''your_form_tag_here''];
</code>

All works OK now, and seems prototype supports IE5.5 pretty well for
me.

Cheers!

Vladimir Ghetau
http://www.Vladimirated.com/

On Nov 28, 3:07 pm, "Nicolás Sanguinetti"
<godf...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> AFAIK, IE 5.5 is not officially supported by Prototype, but I
couldn''t
> find the supported browsers in the website.
> (Actually, none of the "big" frameworks support 5.5 I think)
>
> Best,
> -Nicolas
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 7:54 AM, Vladimir Ghetau
<vladi...-JO9vGbjvMkWBB+qDyBTWOgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
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