Wierd behavior

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Basically I have this script that when the page loads random html in the page disappears.

Example: <input type="hidden" nme="blah" value="again">

Fails when it shouldn't:

<script language="javascript">
<!--//
function changeDir(parent) {
        var d = document.this_form;
        d.action.value = "change";
        d.parent.value = parent; 
        d.submit();
}
//-->
</script>

Works but is kind of a retarded way to do this:

<script language="javascript">
<!--//
function changeDir(parent) {
        var d = document.this_form;
        d.action.value = "change";
        d.parent.value = '' + parent + ''; 
        d.submit();
}
//-->
</script>

Any suggestion or anyone experience this???

http://unixjunky.com

 

[chessbot]

form.action is a reserved tag for the action of the form. Try using d.elements['action'] or changing the name.

--Chessbot

"In that blessed region of Four Dimensions, shall we linger on the threshold of the Fifth, and not enter therein? Ah, no! [...] Then, yielding to our intellectual onset, the gates of the Sixth Dimension shall fly open; after that a Seventh, and then an Eighth -- --" Flatland, A. Square (E. A. Abbott)

 

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I figured it out.. Very weird.. had nothing to do with the javascript at all.. it was several css <style>'s

Ex: <input type="hidden" name="test" value="" style="width:300;">

When the sermi-colon was removed everything works exactly as it should.

Thanks anyways

http://unixjunky.com

 

[chessbot]

Still makes no sense... Why are you giving your hidden elements a style, anyway? Doesn't hidden imply that they are invisible? Maybe removing the semicolon just negates the attribute and you would be better off removing it altogether.

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"In that blessed region of Four Dimensions, shall we linger on the threshold of the Fifth, and not enter therein? Ah, no! [...] Then, yielding to our intellectual onset, the gates of the Sixth Dimension shall fly open; after that a Seventh, and then an Eighth -- --" Flatland, A. Square (E. A. Abbott)

 

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I actually intended it to be text element. Not sure what is happening though. Very weird..

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[chessbot]

Odd...

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"In that blessed region of Four Dimensions, shall we linger on the threshold of the Fifth, and not enter therein? Ah, no! [...] Then, yielding to our intellectual onset, the gates of the Sixth Dimension shall fly open; after that a Seventh, and then an Eighth -- --" Flatland, A. Square (E. A. Abbott)

 

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Figured it out after numerous tests..

It wasn't a javascript issue.

The template system I am using was not returning the 'content-type:text/html\n\n' prior to any html output.

Very annoying.. But I guess things like these keep you on your toes.

Thanks for your help..

http://unixjunky.com

 

[chessbot]

lol... no problem

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"In that blessed region of Four Dimensions, shall we linger on the threshold of the Fifth, and not enter therein? Ah, no! [...] Then, yielding to our intellectual onset, the gates of the Sixth Dimension shall fly open; after that a Seventh, and then an Eighth -- --" Flatland, A. Square (E. A. Abbott)

 

[chessbot]

oh... also, parent is a reserved word in javascript referring to the outer page of a frameset.

--Chessbot

"In that blessed region of Four Dimensions, shall we linger on the threshold of the Fifth, and not enter therein? Ah, no! [...] Then, yielding to our intellectual onset, the gates of the Sixth Dimension shall fly open; after that a Seventh, and then an Eighth -- --" Flatland, A. Square (E. A. Abbott)