form's field number

[abs]

Input field of the form. How to check which number this field has ? I mean
the order number, like variable elementNumber in
document.forms[formnumber].elements[elementNumber] ? Is it possible to check
without looping and comparing some attributes in every loop ?

Best regards,
ABS

[RobB]

abs wrote:

Input field of the form. How to check which number this field has ? I mean the order number, like variable elementNumber in
document.forms[formnumber].elements[elementNumber] ? Is it possible to check without looping and comparing some attributes in every loop ?

Best regards,
ABS

Why do you need this? Just curious. The only way afaik to do it without
run-time looping is to use a script onload that sets an index property
on each element:

window.onload = function()
{
var f, els, el, i = 0, j;
while (f = document.forms[i++])
{
els = f.elements;
j = 0;
while (el = els[j])
el.index = j++;
}
}

Then access as elementObj.inde x.

[abs]

RobB wrote:

Why do you need this? Just curious.

Because I can't use id and I need to identify the field.

Thank you for your response.

Regards,
ABS

[abs]

RobB wrote:

The only way afaik to do it
without run-time looping is to use a script onload that sets an index
property on each element:

One more question. maybe you know hot to get the element having specific
index ? Something like getElementByInd ex() ?

ABS

[RobB]

abs wrote:

RobB wrote:

The only way afaik to do it
without run-time looping is to use a script onload that sets an index property on each element:
One more question. maybe you know hot to get the element having

specific index ? Something like getElementByInd ex() ?

ABS

Hmm...that's why I asked what you needed here. First you had the
element object & wanted its position in the elements[] collection. Now
you've got the position and want the object.

FormObj.element s[index];

There are other ways to obtain a valid object reference to a form field
(or any HTML element) that rely upon DOM - document structure - rather
than ids or names. It would help to know what you were trying to
accomplish.

cheers, Rob

[abs]

RobB wrote:

Hmm...that's why I asked what you needed here. First you had the
element object & wanted its position in the elements[] collection. Now
you've got the position and want the object.
That's how it is :) It may seem stupid but I really need this.
There are other ways to obtain a valid object reference to a form
field (or any HTML element) that rely upon DOM - document structure -
rather than ids or names.

OK, I invented something like that: I'll set the fields' indexes as in the
pattern:
field.index = numberOfForm_nu mberOfField
And than, when i'll need to acces the filed, I'll split its index and use
document.forms[numberOfForm].elements[numberOfField].
Hope it will work :)

Regards,
ABS

[Lee]

abs said:

RobB wrote:

Why do you need this? Just curious.

Because I can't use id and I need to identify the field.

Why not use the field's "name" attribute?

[abs]

Lee wrote:

Why not use the field's "name" attribute?

Because I've got a form with names like 'date[]', 'something[]', etc and
there might be a lot of fields with the same name. It's not my will, so it
has to be like that.

ABS

[Lee]

abs said:

Lee wrote:

Why not use the field's "name" attribute?

Because I've got a form with names like 'date[]', 'something[]', etc and
there might be a lot of fields with the same name. It's not my will, so it
has to be like that.

So why not use the field's "name" attribute?

document.forms[0].elements["date[]"].value

[abs]

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So why not use the field's "name" attribute?
document.forms[0].elements["date[]"].value

As I wrote, the fields might have the same names, like:

<input type="text" name="myname[]">
<input type="text" name="myname[]">

Regards,
ABS