A form element cannot be inserted into a table element like that. You can put it inside the td element or outside the table element, but not in between the table and tr.
IE doesn't enforce that, Firefox does. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rails-spinoffs- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maninder, Singh > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:27 AM > To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] Firefox - Form within a table issue > > Hi, > > Has anyone seen this issue before? > > Oversimplified Problem: > > I have a table within which I have a form - > > <body> > <table> > <tbody id='table_body'> > <form id='table_form'> > <tr> > <td><input type=text name=name value=mandy> <br /> <input > type=text name=age value=26> <br /></td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td><input type=button name=serialize_form value=serialize_form > OnClick="alert(Form.serialize('table_form'))"></td> > </tr> > </form> > </tbody> > </table> > </body> > > Somehow, whenever I have such a case, Form.serialize() returns empty in > FIREFOX (IE WORKS FINE). > > As soon as I put my form outside the table it starts working, ie the > following code works. > > <form id='table_form'> > <body> > <table> > <tbody id='table_body'> > <tr> > <td><input type=text name=name value=mandy> <br /> <input > type=text name=age value=26> <br /></td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td><input type=button name=serialize_form value=serialize_form > OnClick="alert(Form.serialize('table_form'))"></td> > </tr> > </tbody> > </table> > </body> > </form> > > Well, if it's such an easy fix, why don't I do it? The reason is > maintenance of legacy code that has a nested structure of tables so before > I take the re-scripting approach, if someone has a fix for this it would > be great if you could share. > > Thank you, > Mandy. > _______________________________________________ > Rails-spinoffs mailing list > Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs _______________________________________________ Rails-spinoffs mailing list Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
