Invalid syntax error in IE6

[KC Smith]

I'm encountering an error in IE6 that seems to be related to setting autocomplete="off" on a form or its elements. The js code is very simple and works - autocomplete is suppressed. But the page fails on submit.

<!--
// script to disable form autocomplete
for(var i=0; i<document.forms.length; i++){
document.forms[i].autocomplete="off";
}
//-->

The application is struts and pages between input forms. From one form if you go forward or backward the browser displays 'invalid syntax error' in the title bar, and a 'page cannot be displayed' error. No errors are thrown on the J2EE server - this seems entirely a browser problem.

The functionality works as intended if the autocomplete attribute is not set on the form.

Anyone encountered this before?

Thanks-

K

[Bear Bibeault]

Moving to the HTML/Javascript forum.

[Eric Pascarello]

Why are you setting that dynamiclaly instead of just adding it to the forms?
If JavaScript is disabled then it will not be applied...

Eric

[KC Smith]

The form and fields are created using Struts - i.e. <html:text property="person.firstName"/> - and autocomplete is not an option on those tags. My first choice would be to explicitly set the attribute, but that is not possible.