Check if document ID exists?

[michael]

I guess this is partly a javascript questions, but is there a way to check
if a CSS id or class exists anywhere on a page.

For example, if the id "bla" exists, it should return true only if the
following tag is on the page:

<a href="bla.html" id="bla">

[DU]

michael wrote:

I guess this is partly a javascript questions, but is there a way to check
if a CSS id or class exists anywhere on a page.

For example, if the id "bla" exists, it should return true only if the
following tag is on the page:

<a href="bla.html" id="bla">

In the above code, id is an HTML attribute name and "bla" is an HTML
attribute value.
"getElementById introduced in DOM Level 2
Returns the Element whose ID is given by elementId. If no such
element exists, returns null."
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Le...ml#ID-getElBId

So,
if(document.getElementById("bla"))
{
... [instructions if it exists];
}
else
{
... [instructions if it does not exist];
};

DU

[Harlan Messinger]

michael <no****@example.com> wrote:

I guess this is partly a javascript questions, but is there a way to check
if a CSS id or class exists anywhere on a page.
The id and class attributes are HTML element attributes, not CSS.

For example, if the id "bla" exists, it should return true only if the
following tag is on the page:

<a href="bla.html" id="bla">

if (document.getElementById("bla") == null) ...

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[michael]

> if (document.getElementById("bla") == null) ...

Perfect - Thanks ! ! !