The issue is with Internet Explorer 8 and below. Have found a decent working solution.
Issue
Internet Explorer 8 and below is not triggering click()
event set by jQuery (or even may be inline, not sure) on <input />
elements, which have CSS property, display
set to none
. It works in Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. Weird. This is how the code is and is there any work-around for Internet Explorer 8 and below?
Context
The input
to be clicked is given a style display: none;
. And the function is given in the click
event of the input
. Since the whole stuff is inside the label
, it triggers the click
event on the input
when the label
clicked. You can take this as some kind of pretty selector, hiding the input
.
The label
implicitly transfers the click
event to the first input
by default, and that is what I wanna use it here. I don't want the users to see the ugly input
here. Expected browser behaviour, but not working.
HTML
<ul>
<li>
<label>
<input type="button" value="Button 1" />
Hello! This is a list item #1.
</label>
</li>
<li>
<label>
<input type="button" value="Button 2" />
Hello! This is a list item #2.
</label>
</li>
<li>
<label>
<input type="button" value="Button 3" />
Hello! This is a list item #3.
</label>
</li>
</ul>
The Exact CSS which caused the Issue
ul li,
ul li label {display: block; padding: 5px; cursor: pointer;}
ul li label input {display: none;}
ul li {border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;}
ul li:hover {background-color: #eee;}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$("input").click(function(){
alert("Hey you! " + $(this).attr("value"));
});
});
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/qSYuP/
Update #1: Tried giving for
attribute:
<label for="btn1">
<input type="button" value="Button 1" id="btn1" />
Still doesn't work!
Update #2: Tried CSS visibility: hidden;
:
ul li label input {visibility: hidden;}
Breaks layout. But, still doesn't work!
Update #3: Tried CSS position: absolute;
:
ul li label {overflow: hidden;}
ul li label input {position: absolute; left: -99em;}
Works! I am not in a position to use overflow: hidden;
, seriously caught!
Update #4: Manually triggering the click()
function:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("input").click(function(){
console.log("Hey you! " + $(this).attr("value"));
});
$("label").click(function(){
$(this).find("input").click();
});
});
Well, IE 8 goes out of stack after printing LOG: Hey you! Button 3
for 1209 times!
LOG: Hey you! Button 3
LOG: Hey you! Button 3
LOG: Hey you! Button 3
LOG: Hey you! Button 3
LOG: Hey you! Button 3
SCRIPT28: Out of stack space
Works Infinitely! Should be an issue with my script!
Solution: Kind of crappy fix, but did the trick!
Since it is because IE 8, which supports opacity
, I had to use display: inline-block;
with opacity: 0;
.
ul li label input {
opacity: 0;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
display: inline-block;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
border: 0;
}
Now the input
's box is hidden, literally. This fix is only for IE 8!
Had to fix using the IE 8 and below Hack:
ul li label input {
opacity: 0\9;
width: 0px\9;
height: 0px\9;
display: inline-block\9;
padding: 0\9;
margin: 0\9;
border: 0\9;
}