[thelist] javascript and IDs

Anthony Ettinger apwebdesign at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 4 12:19:05 CDT 2005



--- Kasimir K <evolt at kasimir-k.fi> wrote:

> Anthony Ettinger scribeva in 2005-10-04 16:32:
> > Ok, so I have a <form id="foo">
> ...
> 
> > I want to change the value of an attribute of an
> input
> > field:
> > 
> > <input type="text" name="foo">
> > 
> > want to change it to 
> > 
> > <input type="text" name="bar">
> 
> so how about:
> 
> document.getElementById('foo').elements['foo'].name
> = 'bar';


Great thanks! This is closest to what I needed:


function changeAttrib(id, attrib, newValue)
{
	var elemObj = document.getElementById(id);
	elemObj.setAttribute(attrib, newValue);

	return true;
}



Anthony Ettinger
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