PRB: HTML Controls Are Visible in Internet Explorer But Not in Netscape Navigator

When viewing a page containing HTML Form controls in Netscape Navigator, the controls are not visible. However, they appear when viewing the same page in Internet Explorer.

Netscape Navigator requires that HTML Form elements be used within the FORM container element.

Enclose the controls in <FORM> and </FORM> tags as in the following example:

This behavior is by design.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create an HTML page and add the following line in the BODY of the page:

     <INPUT type="text" id=text1 name=text1>
   						

2. Save the page and view it in Netscape Navigator. The text box does not appear.
3. View the page in Internet Explorer. The text box appears.
4. Change the HTML code to look like this:

   <FORM>
        <INPUT type="text" id=text1 name=text1>
   </FORM>
   						

5. Save the page and view it in Netscape Navigator. The text box now appears.

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