On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:09 AM, barry kimelman <barryk_apa...@outlook.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > my laptop at the office is windows 7 with internet explorer 10. > > our apache server is version 2.2.3 running on a Linux system. > > I have a small HTML test file with a <datalist> tag that works fine when > runlocally through the browser. > > However when I send the file up to the apache server and then attempt to > display the web page with the <datalist> tag it does not display correctly. > I just see an input box with the contents of the datalist tag choices > displayed beside it. I have checked the apache error log and there was no > entry of any klind for my web page. Why does the apache web server somehow > manage to mess up my simple little web page which is as follows : > > <!DOCTYPE HTML> > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <TITLE>Datalist</TITLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY> > <H1>Datalist</H1> > <input type="text" name="product" list="productName"/> > <datalist id="productName"> > <option value="Pen">Pen</option> > <option value="Stapler">Stapler</option> > <option value="Pencil">Pencil</option> > <option value="Eraser">Eraser</option> > <option value="Paper">Paper</option> > </datalist> > </BODY> > </HTML> > > If you suspect that it is a web server issue, use browser developer tools to confirm that the data and content-type of the file is sent as expected. Presumably it is sent bit for bit the same, but there is a chance that some metadata is wrong, such as if you are using a non-standard file extension for the media type or your server is strangely configured. Otherwise, you could probably get better help from a HTML-related group. -- Born in Roswell... married an alien... http://emptyhammock.com/
