How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

Hello, i need to add a classname to an element <ausing JavaScript.
I've tried a couple of thing with no success.


This is an small piece of my code:
....
<li><a href="<?php echo $cd_img; ?>" onClick="show_picture(this);
return false;">image 1</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo $cd_img; ?>" onClick="show_picture(this);
return false;">image 2</a></li>
....

<img id="cover" src="<?php echo $cd_cover; ?>" alt="" /></div>


function show_picture(picture) {
var source = picture.getAttribute("href");
var cover = document.getElementById("cover");

cover.setAttribute("src", source);

//??????doesnt work
var el_a = document.getElementById("a");
el_a.className = "here";
}

Any ideas?

Thanks
Marco

re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

SM meinte:As expected. Use other methods to get element references, like
getElementsByTagName() (returns a collection of elements with a given
name), or give your element a name or id and access it with
getElementById() or getElementsByName().

Gregor


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re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

Gregor Kofler wrote:Expanding upon what you said:

He did that for cover:

<img id="cover" src="<?php echo $cd_cover; ?>" alt="" />
var cover = document.getElementById("cover");
cover.setAttribute("src", source);

But he didn't have an element id="a" for the

var el_a = document.getElementById("a");

re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

On May 28, 5:20 pm, Gregor Kofler <use...@gregorkofler.atwrote:getElementByTagName doesn't work for me. getElementById does work ok.
I can't imagine having 30+ <aand give an 'id' tag for each. That's
just BAD programing in my opinion.
That's why i was looking for a general rule. Since i'm passing 'this'
in the function as a parameter, i was wondering if i could get the
parent or something similar and then add a class name. But then again,
i will need a way to undo that classname when i select another <a>.

I did more research and came up with this:

<ul id="nav_cd_imgs">
...
<li><a href="<?php echo $cd_img; ?>" onClick="show_picture(this);
return false;">image 1</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo $cd_img; ?>" onClick="show_picture(this);
return false;">image 2</a></li>
...
</ul>


var els_a =
document.getElementById("nav_cd_imgs").getElements ByTagName("a").length;

//testing purposes
alert(els_a);

//switch off all className in all <a>
for (i=0; i<els_a; i++) {
?????
}

//switch on the <aselected with a className
????


I just need to find how to get the <aselected. Any hints, meanwhile,
i'll continue searching the web and post the answer here if i find
something.


Thanks
Marco

re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

SM meinte:
Please, don't quote signatures.
It is getElement*s*ByTagName()
What do you expect? How would your original approach have distinguished
between the different anchor-elements?
Untested:

function show_picture(clicked_a) {
var els_a =
document.getElementById("nav_cd_imgs").getElements ByTagName("a");
for(var i = els_a.length; i--;) {
if(els_a[i].className == "foo") {
els_a[i].className = "bar";
}
if(els_a[i] == clicked_a) {
els_a[i].className = "foo";
}
}


Gregor


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re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

On May 28, 6:39 pm, Gregor Kofler <use...@gregorkofler.atwrote:Gregor,
Awesome! I've try it and it works perfectly! Many thanks.
My mistake, i didn't not explain correctly what i was searching for.
At the end, it all work out for the best!

Thanks again
Marco

re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

Gregor Kofler wrote:A given *tag* name, or better: element type.
Yes, *these* are about element's IDs and names.


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re: How do i getElementById("a") and add a class to it, using JavaScript,halfway there?

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn meinte:Typo. Could cause some confusion. Sorry.

Gregor



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