Comments on: document.getElementById().innerHTML + IE7 can cause problems http://www.jamischarles.com/blog/documentgetelementbyidinnerhtml-ie7-can-cause-problems/ Thoughts on Web Design and Front-end Coding. Served up Monthly by Jamis Charles Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kerry Russo http://www.jamischarles.com/blog/documentgetelementbyidinnerhtml-ie7-can-cause-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Kerry Russo Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:06:40 +0000 http://www.bluebreeze.net/blog/?p=29#comment-1914 I found this explanation on a forum: "You can not write a partial table using innerhtml with IE. Use proper DOM methods or write a full (valid) table. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239832" source: http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178849 I found this explanation on a forum:

“You can not write a partial table using innerhtml with IE.
Use proper DOM methods or write a full (valid) table.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239832”

source: http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178849

]]> By: dan http://www.jamischarles.com/blog/documentgetelementbyidinnerhtml-ie7-can-cause-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 dan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:58:25 +0000 http://www.bluebreeze.net/blog/?p=29#comment-1328 I just came across this error and found your page on a search. Baffled because ive been throwing crap around in innerHTML for months and never seen this problem before. Based on what I found with this problem there is something you should consider that is probably the real source of the problem. check the surrounding html of the object you are manipulating and/or the object it is attached to. there is a very good chance that you have malformed html right nearby either of these objects. the browser may not care on initial render, but when new html is being pulled in there seems to be some extra validation requirement going on with ie. for instance a div tag improperly nested in a table . trying to feel another element into that div via innerHTML would cause the same error. but move the div over into the properly would allow you to continue. Your work around tricks IE into ignoring the surrounding html when making the assignment because it doesnt know where it will be attached yet. I just came across this error and found your page on a search. Baffled because ive been throwing crap around in innerHTML for months and never seen this problem before. Based on what I found with this problem there is something you should consider that is probably the real source of the problem.

check the surrounding html of the object you are manipulating and/or the object it is attached to. there is a very good chance that you have malformed html right nearby either of these objects. the browser may not care on initial render, but when new html is being pulled in there seems to be some extra validation requirement going on with ie. for instance a div tag improperly nested in a table . trying to feel another element into that div via innerHTML would cause the same error. but move the div over into the properly would allow you to continue.

Your work around tricks IE into ignoring the surrounding html when making the assignment because it doesnt know where it will be attached yet.

]]> By: jamis http://www.jamischarles.com/blog/documentgetelementbyidinnerhtml-ie7-can-cause-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 jamis Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:15:48 +0000 http://www.bluebreeze.net/blog/?p=29#comment-1263 Jeremy: You're absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it. Jeremy: You’re absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it.

]]> By: Jeremy Daley http://www.jamischarles.com/blog/documentgetelementbyidinnerhtml-ie7-can-cause-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Jeremy Daley Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:09:59 +0000 http://www.bluebreeze.net/blog/?p=29#comment-1262 that's strange... i'm gonna guess you meant to put that all in a tag and not a tag, but then again, i've never actually tried it. that’s strange… i’m gonna guess you meant to put that all in a tag and not a tag, but then again, i’ve never actually tried it.

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