I want to blame IE 8 because I designed with FF and did not see any issue but IE 8 definitely is a problem.
To simplify a fairly complex page...
LAYOUT.HTML.ERB <div id="container"> <% yield %>
LIST.HTML.ERB <div id="content_area"> <%= options = [[@menu_topic, '']] + ApplicationHelper::CONTENT_TYPE select("menu", "topic", options) %> </div> <%= observe_field("menu_topic", :frequency => 1, :update => 'content_area', **OR** :update=>'container' :with => 'menu_topic', :url => {:action => 'list'}) %>
The intent is to change what is displayed in the list view mode by selecting a 'topic' from the collection list.
With ':update => 'container' FF worked perfectly but IE 8 first updates like FF, then it changes the selection list to 'null' and continually cycles and sends 'null' to the observer and it's a mess.
With ':update => 'content_area' FF loads a second list view inside the original list view and that clearly isn't workable.
I suspect that my issue is that I don't thoroughly understand what 'observe_field' is capable of doing or not doing but previous usage seemed fairly straight forward but that was rails 1.2.6 and perhaps I never tested with IE before.
What is the best way to handle this for all browsers?
Craig
