[RESOLVED] JavaScript innerHTML Problem

[Slyke]

Why does

theMenuSection.innerHTML='<ul>';
alert(theMenuSection.innerHTML);

Produce

<ul> </ul>

?

This is very annoying since the list has a child list inside it and is constructed as the page is loading. Is there any way to prevent JavaScript from closing off the <ul> tag?

theMenuSection is a div tag (also tried span).