Named element access by ID

[biment]

The problem goes like this:

For each element in the currently loaded markup page that has an 'id'
attribute, elements can be accessed like-

var elem = document.getElementById("foo"); - ("foo" is the 'id')

now i want to implement a shorthand method which can give me the
element just by this:

var elem = document.foo; -("foo" is the 'id');

For this , i will have to add properties to the global "document"
object for each element in the currently loaded page that has an
attribute. These properties should be added when a page is loaded , and
should be removed when a page is unloaded..

How can i dynamically add and remove property to an object.

[RobG]

biment wrote:

The problem goes like this:

For each element in the currently loaded markup page that has an 'id'
attribute, elements can be accessed like-

var elem = document.getElementById("foo"); - ("foo" is the 'id')

now i want to implement a shorthand method which can give me the
element just by this:

var elem = document.foo; -("foo" is the 'id');

For this , i will have to add properties to the global "document"
object for each element in the currently loaded page that has an
attribute. These properties should be added when a page is loaded , and
should be removed when a page is unloaded..

How can i dynamically add and remove property to an object.

As Lee said, a bad idea. Why not:

function getEl(id){
if (document.getElementById){
return document.getElementById(id);
} else {

// Deal with other cases
// Read the FAQ for examples

}
}
function someFn(){

var x = getEl('someID');
}

--
Rob

[bwucke]

Well, you could try porting MSIE's "document.all" to other browsers.
document.all.submit would likely point to element with id "submit"
only.
What would be the approach to do it?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

bw****@gmail.com wrote:

Well, you could try porting MSIE's "document.all" to other browsers.
document.all.submit would likely point to element with id "submit"
only.
What would be the approach to do it?

A Bad Thing.
PointedEars