FireFox called an IMG object

[QA]

It works fine in IE and Opera, but in Firefox, I had to put the <img
name=something src> within a <form></form>

it seems to me in IE/Opera, i can do

document.imagename.src
in Firefox
I have to do
document.formname.imagename.src

Is that right? Anyway to get around this?

[Michael Winter]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:23:01 GMT, QA <[e-mail]> wrote:

It works fine in IE and Opera, but in Firefox, I had to put the <img
name=something src> within a <form></form>

it seems to me in IE/Opera, i can do

document.imagename.src
in Firefox
I have to do
document.formname.imagename.src

Is that right? Anyway to get around this?

To be honest, I don't see how that would help. Very odd if it does. The
better solution would be to use the images collection. Try:

document.images['imagename'].src

If imagename is a variable containing the name, remove the quotes.

Good luck,
Mike

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[QA]

It works fine in IE and Opera, but in Firefox, I had to put the <img
name=something src> within a <form></form>

it seems to me in IE/Opera, i can do

document.imagename.src
in Firefox
I have to do
document.formname.imagename.src

Is that right? Anyway to get around this?

To be honest, I don't see how that would help. Very odd if it does. The
better solution would be to use the images collection. Try:

document.images['imagename'].src

What about document.getElementById('imagename')?
I am not sure if getElementById is cross browser too. I am very confused
about how the object works in different browers. Especially window and
document. I feel they are the same thing, but sometimes they are different.
windows.href, document.location, document.location.href, ....

[Michael Winter]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 02:40:36 GMT, QA <[e-mail]> wrote:

It works fine in IE and Opera, but in Firefox, I had to put the <img
name=something src> within a <form></form>

it seems to me in IE/Opera, i can do

document.imagename.src
in Firefox
I have to do
document.formname.imagename.src

Is that right? Anyway to get around this?
To be honest, I don't see how that would help. Very odd if it does. The
better solution would be to use the images collection. Try:

document.images['imagename'].src

What about document.getElementById('imagename')?

It depends what you're trying to access. If you're attempting to retrieve
a reference to an image, use the images collection as I've shown above.
Not only is part of the current Document Object Model (DOM) standards, but
it is supported by browsers at least as far back as NN4.

document.getElementById should only be used to access elements with id
attributes, and there are no other ways of referencing that data. This is
because whilst a standard method supported on the vast majority of modern,
scriptable browsers, it's not supported by all by older browsers.
I am not sure if getElementById is cross browser too. I am very confused
about how the object works in different browers. Especially window and
document. I feel they are the same thing, but sometimes they are
different.
The window and document objects are entirely different.

The window object (also the frame object) is the global object. Global
variables, functions and host objects are properties of this object. The
formal standards for this object also specify few of the properties
commonly used; they have become de facto standards.

The document object is the root object in the document tree. All elements
(and other nodes) used in your pages are a child of this object.
windows.href, document.location, document.location.href, ....

I don't believe any of those are correct. You're thinking of location.href
(or window.location.href, but it's exactly the same thing). The location
object is one of those de facto objects, but it is well supported.

Mike

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