CGI checkbox labelling confuses javascript

[Greg G]

I'm using a bit of javascript code to get the object type of cells in a
table. However, because of the way CGI's checkbox function puts a
<label>...</label> block around the checkbox. This confuses javascript
which says that the type of object in that cell is unknown.

This seems to be a new feature in the checkbox function. I had this
same code running under FC2 (sorry, I don't know what the perl version
or version of CGI I had running), but it does this label block under
5.8.6/CGI 3.10

Is there any way to suppress this label block?

Thanks.

-Greg G

 

[Mumia W.]

I'm using a bit of javascript code to get the object type of cells in a
table. However, because of the way CGI's checkbox function puts a
<label>...</label> block around the checkbox. This confuses javascript
which says that the type of object in that cell is unknown.
[...]

Hi Greg.

What's stopping you from writing the HTML code for the
checkbox directly?

 

[Greg G]

I'm using a bit of javascript code to get the object type of cells in a
table. However, because of the way CGI's checkbox function puts a
<label>...</label> block around the checkbox. This confuses javascript
which says that the type of object in that cell is unknown.
[...]

Hi Greg.

What's stopping you from writing the HTML code for the
checkbox directly?

Frankly, the code is much more readable if I use the convenience
functions. I'm trying to eliminate directly coding the HTML.

I guess I'm really irked that this was added in with no option to not
use it.

-Greg G