Firefox Problem 1

[biglurch]

I am adding text to a serch text box and the text appears correctly in IE but when i use the javascript in firefox it says undefined. Any Ideas?

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[mwolf00]

Any code sample for us to view? It would be helpful.

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[biglurch]

This is an example of a tree that can be expanded and things can be clicked.
<div id="Layer16" style="position:relative">
<ul class="mktree" id="tree1">
<li class="liClosed">Disease Agent
<ul>
<li><a onclick="addToList(this.innerText);" name="text">Bacteria</a></li>
<li><a onclick="addToList(this.innerText);" name="text">Fungi</a></li>
<li><a onclick="addToList(this.innerText);" name="text">Parasites</a></li>
<li><a onclick="addToList(this.innerText);" name="text">Prion Proein</a></li>
<li><a onclick="addToList(this.innerText);" name="text">Viruses</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>


This is the javascript that runs after something is clicked.

<script type="text/javascript">
function addToList(str)
{
if (document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value=="") {
document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value =str;
}
else {
qrystring=document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value;
document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value=qrystring+" " +str;
}
}
</script>

Hopefully this will help

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[mwolf00]

<div id="Layer16" style="position:relative">
    <ul class="mktree" id="tree1">
      <li class="liClosed">Disease Agent
            <ul>            
                    <li><a onclick="addToList([blue]this[/blue]);" name="text">Bacteria</a></li>
                    <li><a onclick="addToList([blue]this[/blue]);" name="text">Fungi</a></li>
                    <li><a onclick="addToList([blue]this[/blue]);" name="text">Parasites</a></li>
                    <li><a onclick="addToList([blue]this[/blue]);" name="text">Prion Proein</a></li>
                    <li><a onclick="addToList([blue]this[/blue]);" name="text">Viruses</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
</div>


This is the javascript that runs after something is clicked.

<script type="text/javascript">
function addToList(str){     
	[blue]alert(str.childNodes[0].nodeValue)[/blue]  
	if (document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value=="") {
	    document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value =str;
	    }
	else {
	    qrystring=document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value;
	    document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value=qrystring+" " +str;
	    }
}
</script>

Problem is that the DOM is not the same between IE and Firefox - see above for FF code.

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[biglurch]

It says the correct text in the alert as what is supposed to go in the search box.

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[mwolf00]

I'm sorry - you should obviously change the code w/in the if...else statement also.

I would probably say

function addToList(str){     
   if (document.all){
   	 newVal = str.innerHTML
   }
   else{
   	 newVal = str.childNodes[0].nodeValue
   }
    if (document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value=="") {
        document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value = newVal;
        }
    else {
        qrystring=document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value;
        document.forms['wdinSearch'].elements['search'].value=qrystring+" " + newVal;
        }
}

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[biglurch]

thank you for you help it works in firefox now howeve innerHTML is not supported by IE so i am going to have to at to the code to decifer what browser they have and pass them either of the functions.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

innerHTML is not supported by IE

Yes it is - it started life as an IE-only property!

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[mwolf00]

If not innerHTML then innerText (which you started with)

   if (document.all){
        [red]newVal = str.innerText[/red]
   }
   else{
        newVal = str.childNodes[0].nodeValue
   }

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook