Rails - Apr 2006 - text_field_auto_complete not working in IE?

Hi all,

I''m looking for some insight on why my text_field_with_auto_complete 
might not work in Internet Explorer.  I''m using it in a fairly simple 
way, without much customization.

I''ve broken it down and made a test page at 
http://realty.colemanation.org/houses/test which shows the behavior I''m
having problems with.  For me on Windows XP this page works fine in 
Firefox, with the autocomplete fields finding their values from the 
database and doing what they should.  In Internet Explorer there''s no 
autocomplete behavior at all.

(Note: the Cities and Zips are in TX, "Austin" and "Houston"
should
work, as should "78731" and "77004".)

I''m referencing a model called House which has the attributes
''city'' and
''zip''.

My view:

<%= start_form_tag(:controller => ''houses'', :action
=> ''find'') %>
	<p>City <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :house, :city, :size =>
20
%></p>
	<p>Zip <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :house, :zip, :size => 10 
%></p>
<%= end_form_tag %>

My controller contains the relevant declarations:

	auto_complete_for :house, :city
	auto_complete_for :house, :zip

I''ve included the default Javascripts in my layout and everything seems
in order.  I haven''t overwritten any of the generated CSS or Javascript
anywhere.

If anyone has any ideas how this works, I''d be grateful.

Thanks!
Jeff Coleman


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Jeff Coleman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I''m looking for some insight on why my
text_field_with_auto_complete
> might not work in Internet Explorer.  I''m using it in a fairly
simple
> way, without much customization.
> 
> I''ve broken it down and made a test page at 
> http://realty.colemanation.org/houses/test which shows the behavior
I''m
> having problems with.  For me on Windows XP this page works fine in 
> Firefox, with the autocomplete fields finding their values from the 
> database and doing what they should.  In Internet Explorer there''s
no
> autocomplete behavior at all.
> 
> (Note: the Cities and Zips are in TX, "Austin" and
"Houston" should
> work, as should "78731" and "77004".)
> 
> I''m referencing a model called House which has the attributes
''city'' and
> ''zip''.
> 
> My view:
> 
> <%= start_form_tag(:controller => ''houses'', :action
=> ''find'') %>
> 	<p>City <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :house, :city, :size
=> 20
> %></p>
> 	<p>Zip <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :house, :zip, :size
=> 10
> %></p>
> <%= end_form_tag %>
> 
> My controller contains the relevant declarations:
> 
> 	auto_complete_for :house, :city
> 	auto_complete_for :house, :zip
> 
> I''ve included the default Javascripts in my layout and everything
seems
> in order.  I haven''t overwritten any of the generated CSS or
Javascript
> anywhere.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas how this works, I''d be grateful.
> 
> Thanks!
> Jeff Coleman

Anyone have any insight about this?  Why would 
text_field_with_autocomplete work in Firefox but not in IE, all things 
being equal?

Jeff

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Jeff
    > Why would  text_field_with_autocomplete work in Firefox but not in 
IE, all
   >  things being equal?

I don''t know why it happens but I solved this problem in my latest app.
by removing all explicit settings of the charset in before_filters and 
RJS inline code.


Alain

Alain Ravet wrote:
> Jeff
>     > Why would  text_field_with_autocomplete work in Firefox but not in
> IE, all
>    >  things being equal?
> 
> I don''t know why it happens but I solved this problem in my latest
app.
> by removing all explicit settings of the charset in before_filters and
> RJS inline code.
> 
> 
> Alain
Interesting.  Unless there''s something I''m not aware of, I
have''t set
the character set anywhere but my HTML layout.

Jeff

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Hmm, I having problems as well

Problem 1: The drop down list renders in IE correctly the first time, 
but then the second time, relies on the css i have for it. And since 
they are <li>, i dont know how to have the "onhover" effect.

Problem 2: In IE, the drop down list renders about 15px off in both 
vertical and horizontal directions.

Anybody experience these and knows how to fix it?

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