Conflict between form element name and property name.

[dmjpro]

I have a following JavaScript code !

[code=JavaScript]
document.forms['CalendarTypeMa ster'].elements['action'].value = action;
document.forms['CalendarTypeMa ster'].method = "POST"; document.forms['CalendarTypeMa ster'].setAttribute(' action',"calend arTypeMgmt.htm" );
document.forms['CalendarTypeMa ster'].submit();
[/code]

The form contains a element name action and form has also a property action, earlier what i did ...that was ..

[code=text]document.forms['CalendarTypeMa ster'].action="calend arTypeMgmt.htm" );
";[/code]
Now it's not working.

[r035198x]

Do yourself a favor and don't call any form elements 'action'.

[dmjpro]

Do yourself a favor and don't call any form elements 'action'.

How Strange! ;)
r035198x you are here ..first time i seen u over here!
It's Working in Mozilla Engine but not in IE.
Actually how Mozilla handles this conflict ? And why not in IE?
Please Help!
If i change the element name action, then i have to change a lot ..... that's why i try to find out the solution ....and why it happens in IE and why not in Mozilla ...please explain

[dmjpro]

Do yourself a favor and don't call any form elements 'action'.

I did that .... actually in any action value the action page refers to the same URI.
So i explicitly mentioned the URI in form action attribute.
But i am looking for the cause of misbehavior or IE ;)

[acoder]

It's a bug, though you should never use names that are reserved properties anyway. See browser bugs link.