# Observe\_field not working in Safari

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-not-working-in-safari/130272>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-not-working-in-safari/130272 "2008-02-26T23:02:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-not-working-in-safari/130272/1 "2008-02-26T23:02:04Z")

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I setup an observe\_field and it works great in firefox, but there is not  
response in Safari.

Here is the code that works perfect in firefox:

 Email Address: \<%= f.text\_field :email\_address, :class =\> 'inputText', :id =\> :account\_login %\> 

\<%= observe\_field :account\_login, :url =\> { :action =\> :account\_login  
},  
:frequency =\> 0.25,  
:update =\> :account\_login,  
:with =\> ‘email\_address’  
%\>

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-not-working-in-safari/130272/2 "2008-02-27T07:43:31Z")

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On 26 Feb 2008, at 22:02, Jimmy P. wrote:

> :account\_login %\>

You’ve got 2 things on the page with id account\_login, that could  
quite legitimately confuse safari (ie perhaps it is trying to observe  
changes on the div)

Fred

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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-not-working-in-safari/130272/3 "2008-02-27T16:10:16Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> On 26 Feb 2008, at 22:02, Jimmy P. wrote:
> 
> > :account\_login %\>
> 
> You’ve got 2 things on the page with id account\_login, that could  
> quite legitimately confuse safari (ie perhaps it is trying to observe  
> changes on the div)
> 
> Fred

Fred…you’re a genius. 🙂

i miss those subtleties sometimes.

thanks for your help