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Serious Bug found iPhone Safari

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cflorio

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Jul 3, 2007
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On HTML Forms with SELECT drop down boxes with the MULTIPLE attribute, the iPhone will select the first item NO MATTER WHAT you do. It will also submit the first item NO MATTER WHAT you do when you submit the form.

You can test this behavior with some sample HTML like so:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM>
<SELECT MULTIPLE NAME="test">
<OPTION VALUE=1>1</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=2 SELECTED>2</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=3>3</OPTION>
</SELECT>

</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Notice that the 2nd option is in the SELECTED state in this HTML code. Well when pulling this up on the iPhone, both the first and second are. EVEN IF you unselect the first option, when submitting the form, the first option IS SUBMITTED! This is a VERY SERIOUS BUG!!!!!!
 
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103734

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Apr 10, 2007
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idk maybe your phone is messed up but that feature works just fine on my iPhone, I have used it on may sites.
 
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cflorio

macrumors member
Original poster
Jul 3, 2007
43
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Here's an example CGI

http://prayforsalvation.com/cgi-bin/iphonebug.pl

Click here and try for yourself (on the iPhone).

I guess I mis-spoke slightly, what happens is that by default, the first value is ALWAYS checked. You can actually remove the check and submit the form.

So submit the form with items checked that aren't the first one, then submit again when the form comes back without doing anything to the drop down box.

This is still a very bad bug. If you have a MULTIPLE select on a form and you don't want anything selected but don't go to that drop down box to unselect the first item, then you will inadvertently submit the first item.
 
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ericld

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Jul 3, 2007
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The General

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Jul 7, 2006
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That's just improper coding. You made it so that it's possible to select more than one option. You have to check 2 and the uncheck 1, then you can submit 2.

Other forms like the image size selection in Google images, work perfectly fine.
 
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cflorio

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Jul 3, 2007
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The General said:
That's just improper coding. You made it so that it's possible to select more than one option. You have to check 2 and the uncheck 1, then you can submit 2.

Other forms like the image size selection in Google images, work perfectly fine.
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not at all!
try the example URL. My example let's you select any number of values.
any select box with the multiple attribute has the first item selected by default on iPhone....that's a bug!
 
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cflorio

macrumors member
Original poster
Jul 3, 2007
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The General said:
That's just improper coding. You made it so that it's possible to select more than one option. You have to check 2 and the uncheck 1, then you can submit 2.

Other forms like the image size selection in Google images, work perfectly fine.
Click to expand...

sorry I just re-read your post.

For sure it isn't improper coding to allow multiple selections!!!!
that's what the multiple attribute is all about
 
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climr

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Jul 12, 2007
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I confirm this is a problem. I'm developing an app right now and this is an annoyance. Someone please post if you figure out a workaround.

Brad
 
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