Rails - Apr 2006 - Javascript helpers not updating table row in IE6

Trying to replace a table row with an id using both RJS templates and 
normal link_to_remote :update. Neither work in IE6, fine in FF etc.

If I use the same code but target a div with an ID it works. This is 
tricky as I have a table with edit buttons, when the button is pressed 
that row gets updated with a partial containing a form for update. I 
need this to work as II  don''t fancy rewriting the whole table in CSS 
with spans etc as it defeats the objective of having tabular data 
displayed.


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James Whittaker wrote:
> Trying to replace a table row with an id using both RJS templates and 
> normal link_to_remote :update. Neither work in IE6, fine in FF etc.
> 
> If I use the same code but target a div with an ID it works. This is 
> tricky as I have a table with edit buttons, when the button is pressed 
> that row gets updated with a partial containing a form for update. I 
> need this to work as II  don''t fancy rewriting the whole table in
CSS
> with spans etc as it defeats the objective of having tabular data 
> displayed.
bump

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James Whittaker wrote:
> James Whittaker wrote:
>> Trying to replace a table row with an id using both RJS templates and 
>> normal link_to_remote :update. Neither work in IE6, fine in FF etc.
>>
>> If I use the same code but target a div with an ID it works. This is 
>> tricky as I have a table with edit buttons, when the button is pressed 
>> that row gets updated with a partial containing a form for update. I 
>> need this to work as II  don''t fancy rewriting the whole table
in CSS
>> with spans etc as it defeats the objective of having tabular data 
>> displayed.
> 
> bump
> 
Is this useful at all?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/tables/buildtables.asp

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Alex Young wrote:
> James Whittaker wrote:
>> 
>> bump
>> 
> Is this useful at all?
> 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/tables/buildtables.asp
I have been soing some tests. Its seems that the Prototype library is at 
fault because if I try to use Element.update(''myId, "new
text"). It does
not work on the table row.

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James Whittaker wrote:
> Alex Young wrote:
>> James Whittaker wrote:
>>> bump
>>> 
>> Is this useful at all?
>> 
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/tables/buildtables.asp
> 
> I have been soing some tests. Its seems that the Prototype library is
> at fault because if I try to use Element.update(''myId, "new
text").
> It does not work on the table row.
Did you read the page?  I quote:
> Note When using Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to create a document, you can
> create objects and set the innerText or innerHTML property of the
> object. However, because of the specific structure required by
> tables, the innerText and innerHTML properties of the table and tr
> objects are read-only.
This is a limitation of IE, not Prototype.

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>From the link previously posted:
**The *innerText* and *innerHTML* properties are read-only on the *tr*object.

it''s not a Prototype problem.

On 4/3/06, James Whittaker <jmwhittaker@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Alex Young wrote:
> > James Whittaker wrote:
> >>
> >> bump
> >>
> > Is this useful at all?
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/tables/buildtables.asp
>
> I have been soing some tests. Its seems that the Prototype library is at
> fault because if I try to use Element.update(''myId, "new
text"). It does
> not work on the table row.
>
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Chris Hall wrote:
>>From the link previously posted:
> 
> **The *innerText* and *innerHTML* properties are read-only on the 
> *tr*object.
> 
> it''s not a Prototype problem.
Thanks, how silly is that. A simple thing to achieve in any browser 
except IE.


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Chris Hall wrote:
>  >From the link previously posted:
> 
> **The *innerText* and *innerHTML* properties are read-only on the *tr* 
> object.
> 
> it''s not a Prototype problem.
If the job of Prototype is to protect the user from browser differences 
(which I believe it is) then Prototype ought to handle this.

However, if it was me maintaining Prototype I would have my head firmly 
in a bucket of sand at this point.

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