Inner table elements cannot be used as templates

[rgthree]

We can't have table elements like <tr>, <td>, etc. used as the root for a template because of the way the templates are stored as DOM markup. Because they are not actually attached to a <table> correctly, they get destroyed and only their children are returned correctly.

[rgthree]

This is in develop branch, however, it should be noted that for the best cross-browser range you will want to use the older <script type="text/x-tpl"> or pass an HTML string to MooVeeStar.templates.register unless you are only supporting browsers that support HTML5 template element.

While MooVeeStar supports using a <template> html element to declare your templates even if the browser does not support HTML5 templates, we cannot support certain elements (such as these table elements) within a <template> if the browser does not support HTML5 templates. The reason for this is simple: These browsers parse your HTML with the template element being the parent of your markup. Since template is not a valid parent for some elements like td, the browser will barf up the markup before MooVeeStar can scrape it. Therefore, you must use a <script type="text/x-tpl"> element, which is not live html so the contents can be read.

However, if you only plan on supporting those browsers which support HTML Templates, then you can use a <template> element just fine.