62723 - JavaScript not re-run; categories false on form submission.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Joseph Pingenot]

JavaScript is (apparently) not re-run when the user clicks the "get list" button
on this page.

When the page user chooses an item in "Looking for," the options available in
"categories" change.  When the page is re-read, the javascript is not-re-run, so
the "categories" options are set back to the default.

This web developer has been complaining quite loudly about how he only works
with IE because he has so many problems with Netscape.  It'd be nice if we could
fix his problems to make him change his mind.  :)

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

The issue here is that the state of the "Looking for" dropdown is preserved, but
the state of the "Categories" dropdown is not, since that is dynamically
constructed by onchange events for the "Looking for" dropdown. So the selected
option in "Looking For" and the list of options in "Categories" get out of sync.

Unfortunately, I would say this is a problem with the approach the web page
author took.  If, say, on onload event is added to the document which calls the
constructor for the "Categories" dropdown, the problem will go away...

It's also possible that the problem is Mozilla treating a page POSTing to itself
as just a page reload.

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

Browser, not engine - reassigning to Browser-General component -

Comment 3

[Phil Schwartau]

Actually, I agree with Boris; I think it's bad HTML. Notice the same problem 
occurs in ALL of these browsers:

                             IE4.7
                             NN4.7
                             Mozilla/N6


Once you click the "Get List" button, the "Looking For" and "Categories" 
drop-downs get out of sync for the reason Boris has outlined. 


Marking Invalid. If anyone sees why it's not, please reopen -