onclick change innerhtml problem

[squiblo]

go to...

www.squiblo.com/test.php to understand my problem

[The Little Guy]

this line:

var text = document.getElementById("text");

 

should look like this:

var text = document.getElementById("test");

 

You have a spelling error.

[squiblo]

Thanks little guy I did not notice that mistake but it still does not work, does anybody understand why?

[squiblo]

any help please?

[KevinM1]

After some tests, it looks like innerHTML transforms the closing tag of the line break element from this:

 

<br />

 

To this:

 

<br>

 

Automatically.  So, if you're testing for the XHTML style element, the conditional will fail.

[squiblo]

i have tried using lots of different tags, and they all seem to work, so why is it that only <br /> does not work?

[KevinM1]

i have tried using lots of different tags, and they all seem to work, so why is it that only <br /> does not work?

 

Dunno.  Must be one of those wonderful JavaScript quirks that bites people in the ass from time to time.  Unless you have your heart set on using the <br /> version of the tag, I'd just use the old school <br> version.

[squiblo]

Thanks nightslyr, you've saved me alot of time