Fixed prototype to consider all fields it doesn't know as text (such as Safari's search) just like the browser in its serialization #1497 [Sean Treadway]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@1503 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index ea569c1c7c..c3a922604e 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed prototype to consider all fields it doesn't know as text (such as Safari's search) just like the browser in its serialization #1497 [Sean Treadway]
+
 * Improved performance of Routes generation by a factor of 5 #1434 [Nicholas Seckar] 
 
 * Added named routes (NEEDS BETTER DESCRIPTION) #1434 [Nicholas Seckar]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js
index b7647f2714..ca772aa8fa 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js
@@ -357,13 +357,11 @@ Form.Element = {
 Form.Element.Serializers = {
   input: function(element) {
     switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
-      case 'hidden':
-      case 'password':
-      case 'text':
-        return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
       case 'checkbox':  
       case 'radio':
         return Form.Element.Serializers.inputSelector(element);
+      default:
+        return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
     }
     return false;
   },
diff --git a/railties/html/javascripts/prototype.js b/railties/html/javascripts/prototype.js
index b7647f2714..ca772aa8fa 100644
--- a/railties/html/javascripts/prototype.js
+++ b/railties/html/javascripts/prototype.js
@@ -357,13 +357,11 @@ Form.Element = {
 Form.Element.Serializers = {
   input: function(element) {
     switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
-      case 'hidden':
-      case 'password':
-      case 'text':
-        return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
       case 'checkbox':  
       case 'radio':
         return Form.Element.Serializers.inputSelector(element);
+      default:
+        return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
     }
     return false;
   },