[Javascript] Walking the DOM

[Terry Riegel]

If o.innerText is IE only, and still possible with lots of work in  
other browsers could a general function be created to work in all  
browsers and then added to a library, such as prototype to make life  
easier for future use?

Terry




On Sep 10, 2006, at 4:41 AM, Troy III Ajnej wrote:

> I think you are in need for
>
>      o=document.getElementById('album01');
>      o.innerText=...
>
> (an IE extension introduced ten years ago
> having in mind exactly the type of applications
> you are building right now),
>
> but since other browsers don't support it
> you are left with W3C conditionals and a long
> walk...
> (meaning count children check for node type identify the correct  
> textnode)
> Regards
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                          Troy III
>                            progressive art enterprise
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> From: riegel at clearimageonline.com
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Walking the DOM
> Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 00:33:38 -0400
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>
> Correct
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:17 PM, Troy III Ajnej wrote:
>
> But you don't need to change the href="album01.html".
> Is that correct?
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                          Troy III
>                            progressive art enterprise
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> > From: riegel at clearimageonline.com
> > Subject: [Javascript] Walking the DOM
> > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:17:58 -0400
> > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> >
> > If I have the following markup...
> >
> >     <li class="anor" id="album01"><a href="album1.html">My Favorite
> > Photos (58)</a></li>
> >
> >
> >
> > and... in my javascript I have...
> >
> >     o=document.getElementById('album01');
> >
> >
> >
> > How do I reference (with the intent of changing) the content of the
> > anchor? My goal is to replace the text with an updated number from
> > the server, but I need a method to replace the text. As a side
> > question should I be using innerHTML, or is there a better  
> method. If
> > anyone is using prototype and knows of a method through that library
> > that would be helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Terry
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