oForm.elements problem in IE

[mattcopeland]

I was trying to iterate over my form elements using something like: $(oForm.elements).css({color:"#999999"}); This works in FF but not in IE.

I used the size method $(oForm.elements).size() and got the right number of elements in FF but only 1 element in IE.

It seems like FF gets a reference to the collection of elements while IE gets a reference to the form itself.

[brandon]

The problem is the check for !a.nodeType in jQuery. Unfortunately, form.elements is essentially the form element and has a nodeType.

[brandon]

Fixed in Rev [1892]

[brandon]

I have rolled back the fix because passing in a form element is the same as passing in form.elements.

[brandon]

I'm marking this as wontfix but I'm providing a work around. Please make sure to call $.makeArray(form.elements) before passing it into $(). Unfortunately IE leaves us no choice since the form element == form.elements.

[DanSwitzer2]

Just to clarify the issue, in IE 6 the "elements" property of a form is not a true array, but instead a pointer back to the original form object (which in IE can be treated like an array.)

This means in IE6, the following evaluates to true:

document.forms[0].elements == documents.forms[0]