finding an element in my jungle ?

[Mel]

if all my identifiers are uique, is it possible to have a function to get me
the id of an element, no matter where it is ?

i am talking about say a form text with it TEXT buried in an iframe within
another container say.
i am looking for something like:
FindElement (eID) {
parent.???.getElementById(eID)
}

of some type
thanks for help

[Evertjan.]

Mel wrote on 22 mrt 2005 in comp.lang.javascript:

if all my identifiers are uique, is it possible to have a function to
get me the id of an element, no matter where it is ?

i am talking about say a form text with it TEXT buried in an iframe
within another container say.
i am looking for something like:
FindElement (eID) {
parent.???.getElementById(eID)
}

For each page/frame/popupwindow

blahblah.document.getElementById('myID')

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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[Mick White]

Mel wrote:

if all my identifiers are uique, is it possible to have a function to get me
the id of an element, no matter where it is ?

i am talking about say a form text with it TEXT buried in an iframe within
another container say.
i am looking for something like:
FindElement (eID) {
parent.???.getElementById(eID)
}

of some type

If you have Dreamweaver, you may use the "MM_FindObj()" function, or
adapt it to your use.
Mick