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Aug 01.2006

[code]
respondingTo = document.createElement(“span”);
formLayoutDiv.insertBefore(respondingTo, someformelement);
respondingTo.innerHTML = “Here is some text”;
[/code]

after this code runs, i get <span><a>Here is some text</a><span>

if i change the third line to

respondingTo.innerHTML = “<span>Here is some text</span>”;

then i get <span><span><a>Here is some text</a></span></span>

so why is the text getting wrapped in an <a tag and what can i do to avoid that?

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@konithomimoAug 02.2006 — I used the code bit that you provided, and did not receive an <a> tag in my code . . . the <a> tag must be generated somewhere else.
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@wilfordbrimleyauthorAug 06.2006 — okay.. yeah i'm using dojo.. i'll look into that..

thanks.
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@konithomimoAug 06.2006 — No problem. Let us know if you need any help with it.
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@wilfordbrimleyauthorAug 06.2006 — basically that element is inside a form that has a sibling textarea div with dojoType="Editor" and i'm wondering if that could be causing the difficulties, as i hadn't seen this problem elsewhere...its wierd that it affects a sibling node though... i
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@konithomimoAug 07.2006 — WIthout seeing the code it is hard to say. It could be something as little as forgetting to close a tag.
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