#11632: show_hidden_initial=True produces invalid HTML
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Reporter: ge...@datacollect.com | Owner:
Status: new | Milestone: 1.2
Component: Forms | Version: 1.1
Resolution: | Keywords:
show_hidden_initial
Stage: Accepted | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Comment (by anonymous):
I've just encountered this issue myself. I'm conflicted on what the
solution should be. Since the <name> field gets 'initial-' prefixed to
it, it seems like it would be consistent ti prefix the 'initial-' on the
id. However, in practice that has issues. I have jquery code that finds
dom objects by searching for them like this:
row.find('[id$=foo]')
ie, this finds a dom element whose name ends in 'foo'. Once I started
using show_hidden_initial, my jquery code broke since it now finds two
items whose name ends in 'foo'. I suspect other folks might do similar
types of selectors. Adding 'initial-' to the front of the hidden initial
input wouldn't help in this situation. Of course I could do a more compex
jquery selector and ignore stuff that starts with initial-.
Getting rid of the id altogether on the hidden initial element fixes my
issue, but leaves one in the unpleasant situation of never being able to
find that hidden initial element in your dom - or at least not with a lot
of trouble. So I don't really think it's a great solution. It seems like
the most complete solution would allow the user to specify a "hidden
initial auto id" when they instantiate a form, similar to the way they can
specify the auto_id argument when they instantiate a form.
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