[FX.php List] Problems w/ Internet Explorer 7 (submit via image)

[Bob Patin]

That's interesting; the only Javascript problems I've had lately were  
when I updated my company website. A nice guy on this list gave me  
some great code, and it worked in Firefox (both Mac & PC) and Safari,  
but not in IE.

Aren't there protocols for web browsers? Which browsers follow them  
most closely? I've always assumed that Firefox was the most adherent,  
but I actually don't know. Which one would be considered the "gold  
standard" when it comes to following the current web standards?

Bob Patin
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On Feb 14, 2007, at 8:17 PM, Andy Gaunt wrote:

> Hmmm,
>
> We have actually seen more Javascript issues of late with Safari over
> FireFox and I.E.
>
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> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
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> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Problems w/ Internet Explorer 7 (submit via
> image)
>
> I've had specific Javascript problems with IE 7 that weren't there
> with IE 6; I've also had other Javascript problems with both IE6 and
> IE7. Unfortunately, I don't know enough Javascript to tell you what
> to look for, but I do know that there are issues...
>
> I don't know whether it's a case of Firefox and Safari using non-
> standard protocols or the other way around... I have my suspicions
> though! :)
>
> Bob Patin
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> On Feb 14, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I wanted to share something that bit me.  Maybe it'll be helpful
>> for someone else here.
>>
>> I just discovered a situation where submitting a form via an image
>> (a graphic 'button') doesn't work in Internet Explorer 7 (Windows)
>> even though it works fine in Firefox (both Win & Mac), Safari, IE 5
>> Mac, and I *think* IE6 Win, but can no longer test that since 7
>> overwrote 6.
>>
>> I've got a form where the submit button first checks JavaScript
>> validation and then proceeds to process.  I recently switched the
>> submit button to a graphic image, and that seems to have caused the
>> problem.  I don't claim that my code is perfect,  but IE7 (only)
>> was not passing the name of the form &/or was not passing a hidden
>> value with the POST -- until I switched back to input type="submit".
>>
>> I haven't tested all permutations of this, so I don't know if it's
>> the only thing going on, but I do know that the switch back fixed
>> the problem.  I did a quick google search for relevant IE7 problems
>> and found some with "<button>" but don't know if  that's relevant.
>> If I ever do more testing, I'll report back here.
>>
>>
>> // the following did not work in IE7, although it works in other
>> browsers
>> <input type="image" name="application"  value="submit" src="images/
>> submit.gif">
>>
>> // but this seems to work fine in all browsers:
>> <input type="submit" name="application" value="submit">
>>
>> // here's the form
>> echo '<form method="post" action="application.php" name="form"
>> onsubmit="return validateForm(this)">
>> 	<input type="hidden" name="app_pid" value="'.$pid.'">';
>>
>>
>> // In my processing, I have:
>> if( $_POST['application'] == 'submit' ) {
>> 	$pid = $_POST['app_pid'];
>> 	// process here
>> } else {
>> 	// error
>> }
>>
>>
>> In IE7, I was always getting the error w/ the image submit, but
>> when I changed back to the input type="submit", it worked fine.
>>
>>
>> // FYI- In my javascript validation I have:
>> function validateForm()    {
>> if (document.form.NameFirst.value == "") {
>> 	alert("Please provide a First Name.");
>> 	document. form.NameFirst.focus();
>> 	return false;
>> 	}
>> // (etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>> On a side note, IE7 also had a couple oddities in displaying text.
>> On one page, I have some text in a <div> box.  The last letter of
>> that text showed both in the original text, and also by itself just
>> outside the <div> box.  It was indeed the same letter twice, as
>> highlighting one of them in the browser highlighted the other at
>> the same time.  Odd...
>>
>> -Joel
>>
>>
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