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From: Frances on 9 Jan 2006 10:39 is it document.getElementByName or document.getElementsByName? ^ reason I ask is that I have to change ref's in my code from document.all to sthg that works also in FF... so changed something like this docslide = document.all['slide']; docslide = document.getElementByName("slide"); but then looked in Danny G's DOM ref (http://www.dannyg.com/dl/JSB5RefBooklet.pdf) and there's a "s" after "Element" if I search in google for document.getElementsByName with or w/o that "s" I find entries for both.. pls, which one is it? b/c neither one is working for me.. thanks.. Frances
From: Michael Winter on 9 Jan 2006 11:11 On 09/01/2006 15:39, Frances wrote: > is it document.getElementByName or document.getElementsByName? The latter. The method returns a collection so its name uses a plural form. [snip] > but then looked in Danny G's DOM ref Based on the testament of other regulars in this group, Danny Goodman is not a trusted source of scripting information. I've only read one article written by him (an e-mail), and its content would have me draw the same conclusion. [snip] > [N]either one is working for me.. thanks.. Link? Mike -- Michael Winter Prefix subject with [News] before replying by e-mail.
From: Martin Honnen on 9 Jan 2006 11:10 Frances wrote: > is it document.getElementByName or document.getElementsByName? The specification is here <http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-71555259> the specified method name is getElementsByName. > reason I ask is that I have to change ref's in my code from document.all > to sthg that works also in FF... so changed something like this > > docslide = document.all['slide']; If you have e.g. <div id="slide"> with a unique id then you might be better off to use document.getElementById('slide') -- Martin Honnen http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 9 Jan 2006 11:22 Frances wrote: > is it document.getElementByName or document.getElementsByName? The latter one, where the name is because the method returns a collection of element object references, not one element object reference. ^ > reason I ask is that I have to change ref's in my code from document.all > to sthg that works also in FF... so changed something like this > > docslide = document.all['slide']; > docslide = document.getElementByName("slide"); Use IDs and document.getElementById(...) instead. Unless you do not want to support IE 4 users anymore, you should not replace document.all[...] with the latter but implement it as an alternative if the feature-test for the latter failed. <URL:http://pointedears.de/scripts/test/whatami> <URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_26> > but then looked in Danny G's DOM ref > (http://www.dannyg.com/dl/JSB5RefBooklet.pdf) That is not a good book, as there are few good books about the subjects discussed here out there, if any. <URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ3_1> As for me, Flanagan's book is old enough and revealed too many errors here, that I cannot recommend it either. > and there's a "s" after "Element" > > if I search in google for document.getElementsByName with or w/o that > "s" I find entries for both. Yes, there are many incompetent people out there which is why the number of Google hits does not qualify as proof for existence of a name. > pls, which one is it? b/c "w/o" == "without"? "b/c" == "because"? Do not assume that other people understand these abbreviations. > neither one is working for me.. [...] <URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_43> <URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-71555259> <URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/core.html#ID-getElBId> PointedEars
From: web.dev on 9 Jan 2006 13:09
Frances wrote: > is it document.getElementByName or document.getElementsByName? As mentioned by many others, it is document.getElementsByName. > docslide = document.getElementByName("slide"); It doesn't work as you expected because this method looks for HTML elements with the name 'slide', not elements with an attribute value of 'slide'. Thus, you should use a different method, for example: docslide = document.getElementById("slide"); where you have: <div id = "slide">...</div> |