The error must be coming from another method that retrieves 'element'. I have not really tried to debug this. Wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and how they remedied it.
The HTML <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost:4402/author/js/ prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost:4402/author/js/ effects.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost:4402/author/js/ controls.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> div.autocomplete { position:absolute; width:250px; background-color:white; border:1px solid #888; margin:0; padding:0; } div.autocomplete ul { list-style-type:none; margin:0; padding:0; } div.autocomplete ul li.selected { background-color: #ffb;} div.autocomplete ul li { list-style-type:none; display:block; margin:0; padding:2px; height:32px; cursor:pointer; } </style> </head> <body> <label for="input">Autotext:</label> <input type="text" id="input" name="input" size="15" /> <div id="results" class="autocomplete" style="display: none; position:relative;"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var txtid = 'input'; var divid = 'results'; var server = 'http://localhost:8080/ewcmtestbed/autocomplete'; new Ajax.Autocompleter(txtid, divid, server, { tokens: ','}); </script> </body> </html> The error: In prototype.js element is null The method: cleanWhitespace: function(element) { element = $(element); var node = element.firstChild; while (node) { var nextNode = node.nextSibling; if (node.nodeType == 3 && !/\S/.test(node.nodeValue)) element.removeChild(node); node = nextNode; } return element; }, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.