[Javascript] formName?

Andrew Gibson andyg at ihug.co.nz
Thu May 2 21:33:56 CDT 2002


How about:

var f=document.forms['choices']

or

var f=document.getElementById['choices']



> I am using IE 5.5 version 4.  I am having a hard time
> working my way down throught the form objects.  To
> discover the reason why, I have tried to get the form
> name.  I have used the formName property and some other
> useless code to get what the browser thinks the name of
> the form is.  Here is the form tag information (<form
> id="choices" name="choices">).  Here is some of what I
> have tried:
> 
> var Pname = window.parent.name; //worked
> var Wname = window.name; // worked
> var Fname = window.document.formName; and  var Fname =
> window.form (with and without .name); and var Fname =
> window.document.forms[0];
> 






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