[thelist] IE versus Mozilla Tip...

[Anthony Baratta]

<tip subject="JS pathname: IE vs Mozilla" author="Anthony Baratta">

When using the pathname property, IE (5.5) and Mozilla (1.1) return the
string differently. For example:

    <a href="/path/to/page.html"
	onclick="PathAlert(this.pathname);"
	class="Headline"
	style="text-decoration: none;">

    <script language="JavaScript">

    function PathAlert(varPathName) {
	alert("HREF Path = " + varPathName);
	return true;
    }

    </script>

With IE, you get: "HREF Path = path/to/page.html"

With Mozilla, you get: "HREF Path = /path/to/page.html"

Sigh. Hope this helps someone.

</tip>
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Anthony Baratta
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