Dynamic inputs are not getting read by the request

[Craig Dumolien]

I'm creating some text and hidden inputs on a page dynamically. However, when the page is getting submitted, the objects are not in the request.

Why would the objects not be on the request after the page gets submitted?

The objects are within the form tags.

Below is an example of how I'm setting an input on the page.

var tableBody = document.getElementById('line');
var input1 = document.createElement('INPUT');
var something = 'something';
var somethingValue = 'something value';
input1.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
input1.setAttribute('name', something);
input1.setAttribute('value', somethingValue);
tableBody.appendChild(input1);

[Bear Bibeault]

This hasn't anything to do with JSP, so moving it to the HTML/Javascript forum.

[srilatha kareddy]

you have to create tr and td

var tr=tableBody.appendChild(document.createElement("tr"));
var td=tr.appendChild(document.createElement("td"));
td.appendChild(input1);

[Eric Pascarello]

what does a table have to do with it?

Are you seeing a problem in IE? With Firefox or Mozilla?

Eric

[Craig Dumolien]

srilatha kareddy, I'm pretty sure, a hidden input doesn't have to be in a td.

Eric Pascarello, it works with IE, but not FireFox.

[Craig Dumolien]

I have go another route to implement this since IE does not support the class or style attributes when creating objects and setting the attributes, in the manner I listed previously. Having the page look bad is not an option. I will have to go to the server, save the information, then re-display the page, instead of just adding new rows, then saving once when complete.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem.

[Eric Pascarello]

I was expecting you to say it worked in FF and not IE. There goes my solution. lol

with IE it really does not support setAttribute

I normally set things with

newElement.className = "something";
newElement.value = "qwerty";

where are you appending this new hidden element? Any errors in the JavaScript console in Firefox? If you change it to a normal textbox, does it appear on the webpage?

Eric

[Craig Dumolien]

Eric, I had no errors in the javascript console. Everything appeared as I expected, in FireFox

I did change the attribute of the hidden fields to text, so that I could see them, and they showed where I expected them to.

I had the hidden fields in a <tbody> tag, then when srilatha comment, I moved them into a <td> tag. That did not help either.

I hate to waste your time on this further. I am taking another route to accomplish the same thing. It will be easier to code in the long run, but the user will have to wait for an extra post.

Thank you for your time and effort.

[Eric Pascarello]

Do not append them to the table body, instead append them to the form and see if that helps.

If it is hidden, it does not matter where you put them. I think FF has a problem with the location of the append.

Eric