[thelist] getting position of non-positioned elements

[jeff]

karen,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: Karen Bowen
:
: However the data cannot find the select box
: if I've swapped it with something else using
: this method.  As I understand it, the select box,
: while swapped out, for all intents and purposes
: doesn't exist.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

this is correct.  as soon as you alter the innerHTML of the tag containing
the element, that element is removed from the page.  so, to make sure you
can still access just do some object detection.

if(document.forms[0].some_select)
{
  do your select list stuff here
}
else
{
  do your text box stuff here
}

good luck,

.jeff

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