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Why does this jQuery AJAX PUT work in Chrome but not FF

In Chrome this does an HTTP PUT just like it should, but in FireFox 21 it doesn't. There are no errors in the javascript console or in the backend.

Here is the HTML:

<div id="createTeamModal" class="small reveal-modal">
        <form id="createTeamForm">
            <div class="row"><p id="teamFlavorText" class="lead">Building a new team</p></div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="small-4 large-4 columns"><label>Team Name:</label></div>
                <div class="small-6 large-6 columns"><input name="teamName" id="teamName" type="text" size="20"/></div>
            </div>
            <div class="row"><p class="lead">Does this team work for a business?</p></div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="small-4 large-4 columns"><label>Business Size:</label></div>
                <div class="small-6 large-6 columns">
                    <select id="businessSizeSelect" name="businessSizeSelect">
                    <option value="1">Nope, I work alone</option><option value="2">2 to 49</option><option value="3">50 to 99</option><option value="4">100 to 999</option><option value="5">1,000+</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="businessLocationDiv" class="row" style="display: none; margin-top: 20px;">
                <div class="small-4 large-4 columns"><label>Business Location:</label></div>
                <div class="small-6 large-6 columns">
                    <select id="businessLocationSelect" name="businessLocationSelect">
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="businessTypeDiv" class="row" style="display: none; margin-top: 20px;">
                <div class="small-4 large-4 columns"><label>Industry:</label></div>
                <div class="small-6 large-6 columns">
                    <select id="businessTypeSelect" name="businessTypeSelect">                      
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="row" style="margin-top: 20px;">
                <div class="large-offset-10 small-1 large-1 columns">
                    <button id="createTeamButton" class="small button">Create</button>
                </div>
            </div>
        </form>
        <a class="close-reveal-modal">&#215;</a>
    </div>

And here is the jQuery:

$("#createTeamButton").click(function () {
    var teamObject = new Team();
    teamObject.description = $("#teamName").val();
    teamObject.businessSize = $("#businessSizeSelect").val();
    teamObject.businessType = $("#businessTypeSelect").val();
    teamObject.businessLocation = $("#businessLocationSelect").val();

    $.ajax({
        type: "PUT",
        url: "/ajax/rest/team",
        dataType: "json",
        data: JSON.stringify(teamObject),
        success: function () {
            // Reload the team select box
            loadTeamSelectBox();

            // Pop up the site create modal
            $('#createSiteModal').foundation('reveal', 'open');
        },
        error: ajaxErrorHandler
    });
});

I have observed them in Fiddler, and the difference between working (Chrome) and not working (Firefox) is that the HTTP PUT fires in Chrome and does not fire in Firefox.

Now, I know that jQuery.ajax PUT is not guaranteed in all browsers.

I have read

These sites reaffirm that PUT may not work in all browsers, but should work in FF.

Finally, I hit the following with FF21 and PUT works

I could certainly engineer around this, but it seems to me this should work. I would rather not jerry-rig something, but rather get jQuery's .ajax to work properly.

Other Details: * jQuery version 2.0.0 * Backend is Spring3

[ Edit to add the HTML ]

Solution

  • Here's a disappointing answer. The button click was submitting the form, even though it was not bound to do that. I put onsubmit="return false;" in the form and the problem was resolved.