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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 20, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584 "2009-10-20T17:05:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/1 "2009-10-20T17:05:05Z")
This I can’t fathom:
I have a Rails application which renders the following two links ro
create new objects as part of a taskbar
**date** | **file** |
But when the page renders, the first link is clickable, while the
second isn’t. But this only seems to be the case in Windows Firefox,
not Mac or IE.
The ERB which produces the links, and the links themselves are
identifical to my eye, except for the fact they deal with different
models.
Any ideas?
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/2 "2009-10-20T17:19:08Z")
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:03 AM, theambler [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)
wrote:
> Any ideas?
Can you validate the page (say, at [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/))? When
I’ve run into weird things like this, I have restarted by development
server on port 80 and pointed the validator at the page on my
development server just to see what it spits out.
oh… you wanted “good” ideas. Sorry, I don’t think I can help you
there. 🙂
–wpd
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/3 "2009-10-20T17:30:16Z")
No thats a good idea.
How can I get an application with secure session-based login validated
by W3 – the validator just ends up validating the login page.
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/4 "2009-10-20T17:43:44Z")
2009/10/20 theambler [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):
> No thats a good idea.
>
> How can I get an application with secure session-based login validated
> by W3 – the validator just ends up validating the login page.
Just get to the page then view the source and copy it, then paste into
the ‘direct input’ page at W3
Colin
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/5 "2009-10-20T17:58:23Z")
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Colin L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)
wrote:
> > How can I get an application with secure session-based login validated
> > by W3 – the validator just ends up validating the login page.
>
> Just get to the page then view the source and copy it, then paste into
> the ‘direct input’ page at W3
The Firefox Web D. Toolbar has a “Validate Local HTML”
method to make this easier, FWIW.
Also, if your markup and CSS validate, and there’s no JS errors
showing, try turning off CSS.
Either the link is receiving the event and the action isn’t taking place
for some reason - or - the link never gets the event at all because
some element is “above” it and capturing the event. Turning off CSS
will help determine if the latter is true.
Or add a listener to the body that alerts the target of a click event –
then try to click on the link and see what captures the event.
## HTH,
Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid
twitter: @hassan
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/6 "2009-10-20T18:28:15Z")
All good. Thanks. Will test later.
On Oct 20, 4:56 pm, Hassan S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)
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**Author:**  [@theambler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/theambler)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-html-rendering-problem/177584/7 "2009-10-23T11:00:26Z")
Couldn’t find any validation problems on those lines.
IN the end I moved the links around a bit, and the one in question
does now trigger – but only from the first couple of letters. Really
strange.