Observe_field and IE 8

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I want to blame IE 8 because I designed with FF and did not see any
issue but IE 8 definitely is a problem.

To simplify a fairly complex page…

LAYOUT.HTML.ERB

<% yield %>

LIST.HTML.ERB

<%= options = [[@menu_topic, '']] + ApplicationHelper::CONTENT_TYPE select("menu", "topic", options) %>
<%= observe_field("menu_topic", :frequency => 1, :update => 'content_area', **OR** :update=>'container' :with => 'menu_topic', :url => {:action => 'list'}) %>

The intent is to change what is displayed in the list view mode by
selecting a ‘topic’ from the collection list.

With ':update => ‘container’ FF worked perfectly but IE 8 first updates
like FF, then it changes the selection list to ‘null’ and continually
cycles and sends ‘null’ to the observer and it’s a mess.

With ':update => ‘content_area’ FF loads a second list view inside the
original list view and that clearly isn’t workable.

I suspect that my issue is that I don’t thoroughly understand what
‘observe_field’ is capable of doing or not doing but previous usage
seemed fairly straight forward but that was rails 1.2.6 and perhaps I
never tested with IE before.

What is the best way to handle this for all browsers?

Craig

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On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 22:11 -0700, Craig W. wrote:

selecting a 'topic' from the collection list. seemed fairly straight forward but that was rails 1.2.6 and perhaps I never tested with IE before.

What is the best way to handle this for all browsers?

changed to partials - all are happy

Craig

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