[Javascript] how to refer to (x)html elements

[Peter Brunone]

	Before anyone takes me down on my first point, let me add the
caveat that it's perfectly all right to name *some* elements the same,
if you want them to act as an array (e.g. radio buttons).

-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Brunone

Hi Tim,

	First of all, you should never give any of your elements the
same name or id attribute... *especially* if you want to use the second
approach.

	To refer to an element by id, you just use
document.getElementById("elementID") and instantly you have a reference
to that object, whatever it is.  There's no need to go through the form
object in the old DOM.

Cheers,

Peter Brunone

-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Burgan

hello,

as i've been trying to learn javascript - i'm a little stuck.. again

I don't know how to explain this, but instead of:

  document.formName.inputName.value
  (eg. <form name="example"> <input name="example">)

i want to use:

  document.formId.inputId.value
  (eg. <form id="example"> <input id="example" />)

the reason being, that to use the first example I must use
non-standards-compliant xhtml code in my documents.

So is there a way that JavaScript can use xhtml tag's ID elements rather
than the depreciated NAME element?

Thanks
Tim Burgan