On 4 June 2010 13:58, ct9a <[email protected]> wrote: > hi guys, > > I am testing a new optional funtionality in my site with IE 8 after > success with Firefox 3.6.3, chrome and safari. > > The new functionality basically sees a "sub category" drop down list > get generated in my form as soon as a "Category" value is selected > from the "Category" drop down list. > > I have been using the standard rails api such as observe_field, and > collective_select. > > Anyway, when I loaded up the webpage on IE8 and selected a value from > the "Category" drop down list, the form fails to show the subcategory > drop down list. > > Ajax doesn't seem to be working here in IE8.
Just a thought, have you checked that your html is valid by pasting the complete page source into the w3c html validator? Differences between browsers is often down to invalid html. Colin > I know that rails uses prototype. > I have read that prototype 1.6RC2 is fully compatible with IE 8 > (http://www.prototypejs.org/2009/3/27/prototype-1-6-1-rc2-ie8- > compatibility-element-storage-and-bug-fixes) . > I downloaded it and reloaded the webpage . No difference. > > 1) has anyone managed to get around the problem whereby ajax use in > IE8 fails? > 2) has anyone got an alternative such as using observe_field/ > observe_form and calling the whole url (appended with the selected > values at the time to load the other dynamic values (in this case, > category id which is appended to the url which would then load the > whole page with a bunch of sub category values ) )? > > thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
