Code working in IE but not Netscape 7.0

#1 July 20th, 2005, 12:01 PM

Please comment on the following test code. I'd like to understand why
NS will not run this but IE will:

<html>
<head>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

</SCRIPT>

<title>Sample Code</title>

</head>

<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<input type="text" name="comment">
<input name="button" type="button" value="clickme"
onClick="handleClick()">
</form>

</body>
</html>

#2 July 20th, 2005, 12:01 PM

In article <41a360b5.0311211018.460b1afe@posting.google.com >,
jwilson@exeter.edu enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> Please comment on the following test code. I'd like to understand why
> NS will not run this but IE will:
>
> <html>
> <head>
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">[/color]

deprecated.
<script type="text/javascript">
[color=blue]
> <!--
> function handleClick(){
> var obj = document.getElementById("comment");[/color]

NN4 does not support getElementById()

The comment text element doesn't have an id attached to it anyway, only
a name. I'm surprised IE even handled it. It's a form element with a
name. You didn't give it an id. Even if you did, it's better to use the
forms array.

Use
var obj = document.form1.comment
or
var object = document.forms["form1"].elements["comment"]

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#3 July 20th, 2005, 12:01 PM

kaeli wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <41a360b5.0311211018.460b1afe@posting.google.com >,
> jwilson@exeter.edu enlightened us with...
>[color=green]
>>function handleClick(){
>> var obj = document.getElementById("comment");[/color]
>
> The comment text element doesn't have an id attached to it anyway, only
> a name. I'm surprised IE even handled it. It's a form element with a
> name. You didn't give it an id. Even if you did, it's better to use the
> forms array.
>
> Use
> var obj = document.form1.comment
> or
> var object = document.forms["form1"].elements["comment"]
>[/color]

Or if you must use document.get* methods:
document.getElementsByName('comment').item(0)

#4 July 20th, 2005, 12:01 PM

John Wilson wrote:
[color=blue]
> Please comment on the following test code. I'd like to understand why
> NS will not run this but IE will:[/color]
[color=blue]
> var obj = document.getElementById("comment");
> <input type="text" name="comment">[/color]

You are referencing the element with id "comment" - you don't have an
element with at that id.

<input type="text" name="comment" id="comment">

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Code working in IE but not Netscape 7.0

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