[Zope3-dev] Re: [Checkins] SVN: z3c.form/trunk/src/z3c/form/ HTML element ids containing dots are not very good, because then the

[Gary Poster]

On Jun 13, 2007, at 1:22 AM, Stephan Richter wrote:

> Hello Gary,
>
> I am sorry that it took me so long to respond, but I had to think  
> about this
> problem for while and family is in town as well.

Very much understood.

> On Sunday 03 June 2007 14:18, Gary Poster wrote:
>> Hey.  I've only had limited time to look at the new package(s) but
>> what I've seen so far looks good.  I hope to give it a whirl soon.
>
> You should!

Definitely.

>> You may want to check about the browser compatibility of having ids
>> and names different.

...

> This example just shows me that the fix I checked in is correct.

...

> This checkin guarantees that the id and the name *never* share the  
> same prefix
> namespace (ids use "-" and names "." as separators) thus  
> eliminating the
> problem alltogether.

...

> If you can send me a z3c.form-based form that does not behave  
> correctly in
> IE6, I will be more than glad to revert this change and find  
> another solution
> to the problem.

I won't have time to do that anytime very soon.  We encountered this  
problem again very recently actually.  Here's a very small test  
case.  Works correctly on Firefox, breaks on IE 7(!).
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I understand your argument, but I'd be worried about being hosed anyway.

Gary