[thelist] javascript testing for a blank entry in a form

[Joshua Olson]

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From: "Joshua Olson" <joshua at waetech.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:40 AM


> The form element has a name attribute.  So instead of using the form
element
> called "name" it is referencing the attribute.  It is good practice to use
> the elements collection when referring to elements.  Example:

After rereading my post I see that I was confusing.

Forms have attributes (defined within the form tag) and elements (inputs
within the form).

When you reference form.name it is using the form's name attribute instead
of the text field named "name"

Explicitely selected the form.attributes or form.elements sets removes the
confusion.

Example:

form.attributes.name references the "name" attribute of the form tag.

form.elements.name references the text field named "name" within the form.

HTH,

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Joshua Olson
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WAE Tech Inc.
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