JavaScript DOM Error in Internet Explorer - php

Question

I'm receiving the following error on this line of code
select.up().appendChild(sw);
With error "SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'up' "
This only happens in Internet Explorer... Chrome, Safari, and Firefox all run the code fine. I'm unable to find anything via Google searching for "select.up()". This code isn't my own and I'm not very adept with using DOM in Javascript.
Here is rest of the code:
<?php
$swatches = $this->get_option_swatches();
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.observe('dom:loaded', function() {
try {
var swatches = <?php echo Mage::helper('core')->jsonEncode($swatches); ?>;
function find_swatch(key, value) {
for (var i in swatches) {
if (swatches[i].key == key && swatches[i].value == value)
return swatches[i];
}
return null;
}
function has_swatch_key(key) {
for (var i in swatches) {
if (swatches[i].key == key)
return true;
}
return false;
}
function create_swatches(label, select) {
// create swatches div, and append below the <select>
var sw = new Element('div', {'class': 'swatches-container'});
select.up().appendChild(sw);
// store these element to use later for recreate swatches
select.swatchLabel = label;
select.swatchElement = sw;
// hide select
select.setStyle({position: 'absolute', top: '-9999px'})
$A(select.options).each(function(opt, i) {
if (opt.getAttribute('value')) {
var elm;
var key = trim(opt.innerHTML);
// remove price
if (opt.getAttribute('price')) key = trim(key.replace(/\+([^+]+)$/, ''));
var item = find_swatch(label, key);
if (item)
elm = new Element('img', {
src: '<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA); ?>swatches/'+item.img,
alt: opt.innerHTML,
title: opt.innerHTML,
'class': 'swatch-img'});
else {
console.debug(label, key, swatches);
elm = new Element('a', {'class': 'swatch-span'});
elm.update(opt.innerHTML);
}
elm.observe('click', function(event) {
select.selectedIndex = i;
fireEvent(select, 'change');
var cur = sw.down('.current');
if (cur) cur.removeClassName('current');
elm.addClassName('current');
});
sw.appendChild(elm);
}
});
}
function recreate_swatches_recursive(select) {
// remove the old swatches
if (select.swatchElement) {
select.up().removeChild(select.swatchElement);
select.swatchElement = null;
}
// create again
if (!select.disabled)
create_swatches(select.swatchLabel, select);
// recursively recreate swatches for the next select
if (select.nextSetting)
recreate_swatches_recursive(select.nextSetting);
}
function fireEvent(element,event){
if (document.createEventObject){
// dispatch for IE
var evt = document.createEventObject();
return element.fireEvent('on'+event,evt)
}
else{
// dispatch for firefox + others
var evt = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
evt.initEvent(event, true, true ); // event type,bubbling,cancelable
return !element.dispatchEvent(evt);
}
}
function trim(str) {
return str.replace(/^\s\s*/, '').replace(/\s\s*$/, '');
}
$$('#product-options-wrapper dt').each(function(dt) {
// get custom option's label
var label = '';
$A(dt.down('label').childNodes).each(function(node) {
if (node.nodeType == 3) label += node.nodeValue;
});
label = trim(label);
var dd = dt.next();
var select = dd.down('select');
if (select && has_swatch_key(label)) {
create_swatches(label, select);
// if configurable products, recreate swatches of the next select when the current select change
if (select.hasClassName('super-attribute-select')) {
select.observe('change', function() {
recreate_swatches_recursive(select.nextSetting);
});
}
}
});
}
catch(e) {
alert("Color Swatches javascript error. Please report this error to support#ikova.com. Error:" + e.message);
}
});
</script>
Appreciate any insight anyone could give me!

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure up() is a PrototypeJS method, so i'm pretty sure you would need it to work.
http://prototypejs.org/api/element/up

Answer 2

I m also facing this problem. so, i comment
var sw = new Element('div', {'class': 'swatches-container'});
$(select).up().appendChild(sw);
select.setStyle({position: 'absolute', top: '-9999px'})
lines from function create_swatches
and paste it in function trim(str).
After this i did not error again.