277295 - Form elements don't get sent

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

Description

[Michael]

I update several form elements via javascript using innerHTML. It works perfect,
but it is impossible to access them via document.frmName.elementName nor do they
get sent to the server upon submit.
It works ok in IE but maybe I'm just doing something wrong :-(

If more data is needed don't hesitate to contact me.

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Yes, I'd guess quite a bit more information is needed: ideally, a testcase that
shows the problem with as little HTML and JavaScript as possible, added as an
attachment, or a link to an example of the problem.

Comment 2

[Michael]

Testcase is problematic as the page makes use of database... If you give me an
email-address I can send you the URl and access-data.

Miguel

Comment 3

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 4

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Ah, now I see the problem, which I'm guessing is Parser's problem if it chooses
to deal with it. The simplified version of the page is
<table><form><tr><td><font><select> where the <select> is added as innerHTML of
the <font>. First pass through, the parser fixes up that utterly misplaced
<form>, and adds form controls to it, even though they aren't children of it in
the DOM, but when another one is added as innerHTML, it doesn't get added to the
form's list of controls.

Comment 5

[Michael]

Placing the form element outside the table solved the issue.
Thanks to Phil for helping with that issue.

Miguel

Comment 6

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This is invalid.  The innerHTML setting wasn't putting the form controls inside
the table, so of course they were not sent.