Try making a full formed "a" element, $('<a></a>'). IE is a bit fussy
sometimes about what it will create, it will fail when you specify an
"open" element.
Karl Rudd
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Peter Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm going to explain my problem by code. Both of these work perfectly
> fine in Firefox but only the *second one* works in IE 6.
>
>
> ** THE ONE I WANTED TO WRITE **
>
> function __duplicateToolbarButtons() {
> // Make "save" and "save and view" buttons appear in toolbar
> if ($('#CMSButtonBar').size() && $
> ('input.duplicateintoolbar').size()) {
> // Next, make <A> elements then put them into button bar
> $('input.duplicateintoolbar').each(function() {
> var btn = this;
> var a = $("<a>")
> .attr('href','#')
> .addClass('ButtonAction')
> .click(function() {
> btn.click(); return false
> })
> .text(btn.value);
>
> // insert it just before the last <div> in that area
> $('div', $('#CMSButtonBar')).slice(-1).before(a);
>
> });
> }
> }
>
>
> ** THE ONE I HAD TO WRITE **
>
> function __duplicateToolbarButtons() {
> // Make "save" and "save and view" buttons appear in toolbar
> if ($('#CMSButtonBar').size() && $
> ('input.duplicateintoolbar').size()) {
> // Next, make <A> elements that put them into button bar
> $('input.duplicateintoolbar').each(function() {
> var btn = this;
>
> var a = document.createElement('a');
> a.setAttribute('href','#');
> a.className='ButtonAction'; //
> a.setAttribute('class','ButtonAction') doesn't work
> a.onclick=function() {btn.click(); return false};
> a.innerHTML=btn.value;
>
> // insert it just before the last <div> in that area
> $('div', $('#CMSButtonBar')).slice(-1).before(a);
>
> });
> }
> }
>
>
> At first I thought it was something wrong with the way I appended the
> created element into the DOM tree but then I added this code just
> after the $('<a>')... stuff::
>
> alert(a.size());
>
> In Firefox it said 1 (as expected) but in IE 6 it said 0!! Why?
> Are there pitfalls I don't know about in creating elements in IE that
> are FAQ?
>
> PS. This is jquery-1.2.3.min.js and the piece of junk is IE 6.0 sp2.
>
