Thanks! That made it work. In the same javascript I managed to create
> Try making a full formed "a" element, $('<a></a>'). IE is a bit fussy
> sometimes about what it will create, it will fail when you specify an
> "open" element.
> Karl Rudd
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Peter Bengtsson <pete...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm going to explain my problem by code. Both of these work perfectly
> > fine in Firefox but only the *second one* works in IE 6.
> > ** THE ONE I WANTED TO WRITE **
> > function __duplicateToolbarButtons() {
> > // Make "save" and "save and view" buttons appear in toolbar
> > if ($('#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 said0!! 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.
