Dynamically changing the id attribute of body tag

jdi

I'm trying to change the value of the id attribute of the page's
<body> tag AFTER the tag is outputted.

i've two ways and both don't work

1)
document.getElementById("body").setAttribute("id", "hello");

2)
document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].setAttribute("id","hello");

My page is as follows:

<html>
....
....
<body id="body">
....
</body>
</html>

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Michael Winter

On 21 Oct 2004 11:11:03 -0700, jdi <a_*******@hotmail.com> wrote:

I'm trying to change the value of the id attribute of the page's
<body> tag AFTER the tag is outputted.

Might I ask why?

I can't see any reason why you might want to. The BODY element is unique
within a document, so why should it need a unique identifier.

Mike

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Jul 23 '05 #2

Lee

jdi said:

I'm trying to change the value of the id attribute of the page's
<body> tag

I could well be overlooking something, but it seems to me that
when you find yourself in the situation of wanting to change the
id of *any* tag, it's time to reassess your approach.
If it's the id of the <body> tag, that seems even more likely.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Jul 23 '05 #3

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