[thelist] IE javascript question

[Jeffrey Barke]

Lee,

>>> <div id="EX_AATD" class="hiding"><label> <input type="checkbox"
>>> name="EX_AATD">Item 1</label></div>
>> The div has the same id as the checkbox has name. This is bad,
>> because IE returns an element with a name attribute that is equal to
>> the id specified.
>
> Not when using getElement(s)By* it doesn't...

Possibly I wasn't clear and maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but  
document.getElementById may return an element with a name attribute  
equal to the id specified in IE and Opera.
See <http://www.quirksmode.org/bugreports/archives/2005/09/ 
documentgetElementById_may_return_element_with_a_n.html>
and <http://www.csb7.com/test/ie_getelementbyid_bug/index.php>

Jeffrey

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On Jul 2, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Lee Kowalkowski wrote:

> On 02/07/07, Jeffrey Barke <jeffrey.barke at themechanism.com> wrote:
>> Eduardo,
>>> <div id="EX_AATD" class="hiding"><label> <input type="checkbox"
>>> name="EX_AATD">Item 1</label></div>
>> The div has the same id as the checkbox has name. This is bad,
>> because IE returns an element with a name attribute that is equal to
>> the id specified.
>
> Not when using getElement(s)By* it doesn't...
>
>>> But I'm not calling the INPUT by ID, I'm calling the DIV, and
>>> accessing its childNodes[0].childNodes[1] (the INPUT), as shown in
>>> Firebug and working in Firefox.
>
> Firefox will create text nodes for child nodes, IE won't. In IE it'll
> be childNodes[0].childNodes[0] or firstChild.firstChild.
>
> A consistent solution would be tmp.getElementsByTagName('input')[0].
>
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