Support Article
Dropwdown values not displayed in Chrome,Safari for Pega 7.1.5
SA-2211
Summary
The user has upgraded application from Pega 6.3 SP1 to Pega 7.1.5. In browsers like Chrome, Safari dropdown values are not getting displayed while
they are displayed in Internet explorer.
Error Messages
No error message is displayed.
Steps to Reproduce
1. Create section with dropdown values in Pega 6.3 SP1
2. Pega is upgraded from 6.3 SP1 to & 7.1.5
3.Values are displayed in Internet explorer while they are not diplayed in Chrome and safari.
Root Cause
The root cause of this problem is a defect in Pegasystems’ code/rules.
The user has configured a Cascading Dynamic Select and opening them in a read-only mode. The values are not getting populated in the Chrome or Safari browser but working fine in IE
Resolution
This issue is resolved through adding the following local change at the bottom of the section where the issue is present:
<script>
pega.ui.DynamicSelect.prototype.DS_loadTargets= function(strValue, ignoreIfAuto)
{
if (strValue != "" && strValue != null)
{
var objTargetSelect = this._DSSelectElement.DSTarget;
if (objTargetSelect == null ) //|| objTargetSelect.length == 0
return;
for (var i = 0; i < objTargetSelect.length; i++)
{
var strUniqueID = objTargetSelect[i].getAttribute("uniqueID");
var dsObj = pega.ui.DSUtils_globals.htds.get(strUniqueID)
if (ignoreIfAuto && dsObj.DS_getLoadMode() == LOADMODE_AUTO)
{
//do nothing for now
}
else
{
pega.ui.DSUtils.log(dsObj.getID() + ": called as a target. value = " + this._DS_Default);
if (dsObj._DS_dDisabled != true) {
pega.ui.DSUtils.numSelects++;
dsObj.loadElement(pega.ui.DSUtils.escapeString(strValue), false);
}
}
}
}
}
</script>
Published January 31, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020
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