Note that your id on the input is different than the name. I would make
them the same and then reference by that id.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Phil Petree <phil.pet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Walter you made me doubt myself... LOL I've been integrating this new code
> with the old form and the id's are different in the old form but I had made
> those changes.
>
> Event.observe('ajzip', 'keyup', cities);
> <label class='column' id='labzip' for='ajzip'>5 Digit Zip:</label><input
> type='text' name='zip' size='5' maxlength='5' id='ajzip' class='required
> validate-digits'>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Walter Davis <wa...@wdstudio.com> wrote:
>
>> Does your field have the ID attribute set to 'zip'? If it's working in IE,
>> that's a strong bet that it doesn't, but that it does have the name set to
>> 'zip'. Element.getValue() and $F() need a valid (properly-formed and unique
>> on the page) ID for their magic to happen. If you can't add an ID to the
>> input, you can pass a more elaborate selector like document.forms[0].zip
>> (without surrounding quotes, naturally) into the function. $() will work
>> from an object or an ID, but it won't work with just a name, except in IE,
>> which has a serious bug in that corner.
>>
>> Walter
>>
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Phil Petree wrote:
>>
>> In Firefox 3.6.16
>>>
>>> I have an Event.observe('ajzip', 'keyup', cities); and the first line of
>>> which tests to see if I have 5 digits entered in the zip code field and if
>>> so it makes an ajax call... works great in IE.
>>> When I press and release a key, my function "cities" gets called, it
>>> tests the length of zip and then jumps into prototype.js on line 4064 where
>>> it attempts to execute the following lines:
>>>
>>> 1) getValue: function(element) {
>>> 2) element = $(element);
>>> 3) var method = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
>>> 4) return Form.Element.Serializers[method](element);
>>> When line 1 gets called, element is set to "zip"; line 2 returns null and
>>> line 3 throws an "Element is null" error!
>>>
>>> Like I said, this all works fine in IE. Any ideas?
>>>
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