HTML Template Flexy: Cannot display error ffrom grouped items

I'm trying to set up a validation such that the app will allow a user to enter text in a box OR select an option from a drop down, but not both. I've set up the input elements using a QuickForm object, and have verified that the rule is correctly verifying the 2 input elements. I've also verified that the style sheet syntax is correct in that I can correctly print out other error messages. In addition, I've used the accompanying examples as reference. Here is how I've added the element and rule to the form. (I've excluded the callback func for brevity): $cityInputs[]=&HTML_QuickForm::createElement('select','selectCity','Select City:',$cities,array('class'=>'input', 'tabindex'=>2)); $cityInputs[]=&HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'addCity', 'Add City:',array('class'=>'input', 'maxlength'=>$Fusebox["locationCity.maxLength"], 'size'=>20, 'tabindex'=>3)); $form->addGroup($cityInputs,'locationCity','City:','&nbsp;'); . . //if the user has chosen to input a city, they can either select a city from the drop //down list box or input one in the text box, but not both $form->registerRule('checkLocationCity', 'callback', 'checkLocationCity'); $form->addRule('locationCity', 'Please either select a city from the list OR type a new one in the text box, but not both.', 'checkLocationCity'); Here is the HTML from the template: <tr id="cityRow" align="{tr_align}" valign="{tr_valign}" > <td class="text" width="{label_width}" >{form.locationCity.label:h}</td> <td class="text" width="{input_width}"> {form.locationCity.error:h} <table border=1 cellpadding="{table_cellpadding}"> <tr align="{tr_align}" valign="{tr_valign}"> <td class="text">{form.locationCity.selectCity.label:h}</td> . . . Here is my html.html file: {if:error} <span class="error">{error:h}</span><br /> {end:} {html:h} The expected output is for the error message is to print the error including the HTML "adornment". However the actual output is the error message only, i.e. no surrounding span tag. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?