[Javascript] How to refer to an HTML element's ID attribute

[Chris Tifer]

That's a possibility - if you'd rather use deprecated code to make old
browsers work, but I'd prefer to go the newer route.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Brunone" <peter at brunone.com>
To: "'[JavaScript List]'" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Javascript] How to refer to an HTML element's ID attribute


>
> Actually, in my example at
> http://authors.aspalliance.com/peterbrunone/pleasewait.asp , I refer to
> a DIV with only an ID using document.divID.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
> [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Tifer
>
> I don't believe you're going to have luck with accessing attributes in
> NN4.7 either.  I may be wrong though. My suggestion... Tell NN4.7 users
> to upgrade. They're quickly going by the wayside now anyway.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Pollard" <rpollard at apple.com>
>
> > I apologize for being vague but I thought I would get a greater
> > variety of responses since I was looking for several different
> > answers.
> >
> > What I needed was to get the value of an element by referring to its'
> > ID attribute.  What I wound up doing was using something like
> > document.getElementById("FeePercent").value.  I later found out this
> > wasn't compatible with all browsers (Netscape 4.7) that we are using.
> >
> > The question I have is what is the most compatible way of referring to
>
> > the HTML ID attribute?  Is there a way to refer to the element with
> > the ID of "FeePercent" in without using the DOM function?
> >
> > Thanks for everyones response.  They have been quite helpful.
> >
> > -- Robert Pollard
> >
> > On Thursday, November 13, 2003, at 03:59 PM, Robert Pollard wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > What is the syntax to refer to an HTML element's ID attribute?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Robert Pollard
>
>
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