Form Validation (with event delegation)

"Ariel Flesler" <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:16:29 -0000
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I'm working on a form validation snippet; my intention is to make it=20
clean, and light on performance, while allowing dynamic controls in it.=20
For that I need to use event delegation to the form element, to handle=20
the inner events... ( change, blur, etc.. ) the problem is IE doesn't=20
seem to bubble the onchange event, nor the onblur. Does someone know a=20
nice solution for this ?

Ariel


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            <p>I'm working on a form validation snippet; my intention is to make it <br>
clean, and light on performance, while allowing dynamic controls in it. <br>
For that I need to use event delegation to the form element, to handle <br>
the inner events... ( change, blur, etc.. ) the problem is IE doesn't <br>
seem to bubble the onchange event, nor the onblur. Does someone know a <br>
nice solution for this ?<br>
<br>
Ariel<br>
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