From ea435fe2fef4465d2923c4dfb3e16235464fb6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tjhunt <tjhunt>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:30:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] JS does not work in IE. Grrrr!

---
 question/qengine.js | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/question/qengine.js b/question/qengine.js
index 4702f985db..be5eeca373 100644
--- a/question/qengine.js
+++ b/question/qengine.js
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ question_flag_changer = {
     flag_state_listeners: new Object(),
 
     init_flag: function(checkboxid, postdata) {
-        // Convert the checkbox to a hidden input.
-        var input = document.getElementById(checkboxid);
-        var state = input.checked;
-        input.ajaxpostdata = postdata;
-        input.value = state ? 1 : 0;
+        // Create a hidden input - you can't just repurpose the old checkbox, IE
+        // does not cope - and put it in place of the checkbox.
+        var checkbox = document.getElementById(checkboxid);
+        var input = document.createElement('input');
         input.type = 'hidden';
+        checkbox.parentNode.appendChild(input);
+        checkbox.parentNode.removeChild(checkbox);
+        input.id = checkbox.id;
+        input.name = checkbox.name;
+        input.value = checkbox.checked ? 1 : 0;
+        input.ajaxpostdata = postdata;
 
         // Create an image input to replace the img tag.
         var image = document.createElement('input');
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ question_flag_changer = {
         question_flag_changer.update_image(image);
         input.parentNode.appendChild(image);
 
-        // Remove the label element.
+        // Remove the label.
         var label = document.getElementById(checkboxid + 'label');
         label.parentNode.removeChild(label);
 
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