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

[Peter Brunone]

	Oh... I was just telling him what would work instead of
recommending that he give his users the finger :)

	It's very easy to write a getElement() function that takes into
account every browser from 4 to the present.  Much easier, in fact, than
getting Joe Modem to download a new browser program at 28.8kbps.

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

> Actually, in my example at 
> http://authors.aspalliance.com/peterbrunone/pleasewait.asp , I refer 
> to a DIV with only an ID using document.divID.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [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