Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....?

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Ed Jay wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Ed Jay wrote:
>>> Ken wrote:
>>>> You can use:
>>>>
>>>>   document.forms['form'].elements['foo_box'].whatever;
>>>>   document.forms.form.foo_box.whatever;
>>>>   document.getElementById('form').foo_box.whatever;
>>>>   document.getElementById('foo_box').whatever;
>>>>   document.querySelector('#foo_box').whatever;  // the "new way"
>>>>   window.foo_box;
>>>>
>>>> and even directly:
>>>>
>>>>   foo_box.whatever;
>>>>
>>>> Personally I use getElementById when an element has an id but I am
>>>> switching more and more over to querySelector (which is a bit more
>>>> powerful).
>>> 
>>> Thanks. That's the answer I was hoping for.
>>
>> The wrong answer.  But thanks to your address munging, somebody else will
>> have to give you the correct one.
> 
> I appreciate your cooperating, although I have no idea wth you're trying
> to say.
> […]
> Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)

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getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-07 08:45 -0700
  Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2013-09-07 18:07 +0200
    Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-07 10:36 -0700
  Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ken <usenet-so@abdiassoftware.com> - 2013-09-07 13:58 -0500
    Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-07 13:18 -0700
      Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-09-07 22:37 +0200
        Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-07 14:28 -0700
          Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-09-08 08:59 +0200
            Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-08 06:55 -0700
              Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-09-08 17:39 +0200
              Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2013-09-08 20:22 +0200
              Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 04:35 +0200
                Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-08 22:05 -0700
                Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-09-09 09:22 +0200
                Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 13:50 +0200
      Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-09-07 22:49 +0200
        Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-07 14:25 -0700
          Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-09-08 01:44 +0200
            Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-09-08 10:04 +0100
              Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-08 06:56 -0700
                Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-09-08 19:25 +0200
                Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-08 12:23 -0700
              Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-09-09 19:56 +0100
                Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-09-10 10:26 +0100
      Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ken <usenet-so@abdiassoftware.com> - 2013-09-07 18:36 -0500
  Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-09-08 19:17 +0100
    Re: getElementById or forms['form'].elements....? Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> - 2013-09-08 16:03 -0700

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