Ext.History iframe doesn't validate w3c strict

[had]

Hello,

The piece of code that had to be added doesn't validate with the w3c since iframe isn't xhtml strict. It was quite bothersome because since adding history I always had errors with the html validator plugin for firefox, and it makes it more difficult to debug your page. I circumvented the error by adding the following code in Ext.History.init()


var form = document.createElement("form");
form.setAttribute("id", "history-form");
form.setAttribute("class", "x-hidden");
var input = document.createElement("input");
input.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
input.setAttribute("id", "x-history-field");
form.appendChild(input);
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
iframe.setAttribute("id", "x-history-frame");
form.appendChild(iframe);
document.documentElement.firstChild.appendChild(form);
It works and no need to add the iframe to the html any more for history to work. The one call to Ext.History.init() sets everything up which is even cooler... B)

[alloftheabove]

??

I haven't even tried any of the new components out. This code makes no sense to me! :)):)):)) Not intended to be mean or anything, it's just I haven't looked at that part of the code. So, naturally, I have no clue how it works.

Was it like you had to put the iframe in the html page code or something? Cause that definitely wouldn't validate. I hope that's what you meant. Otherwise I'm afraid I don't understand. Time for some coffee! ~o)~o)

[dj]

Hi had,

AFAIK the form (and probably the iframe) have to be in the markup. Adding it dynamically does not work. The history thingy works because the browser populates the form/iframe on page load - before the JavaScript adds it. Firefox does not need the form/iframe - that's for other browsers (i.e. IE/Opera).

In short: Try your modifications in all browsers, you will probably notice that Ext.History does not work in some anymore.

[Condor]

Any reason you want your site to be xhtml strict? Can't it just be xhtml frameset?

ps. File uploading also uses an IFRAME.