this.form.elements.length results in 0

[dan]

I am a bit of a java newbie so please forgive me.

I am trying to do a simple check-all / un-check-all checkbox system.
All of the solutions I have seen use "this.form.elements.length" or a
variant of this.

My scripts don't work because "this.form.elements.length" always
returns 0. Example:

document.write(this.FormName.elements.length);

displays "0"

Am I missing something obvious here?

Thanks,

Dan T

[Evertjan.]

wrote on 01 apr 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

I am a bit of a java newbie so please forgive me.
You certainly are, Java being a language that is OT here.

Javascript is NOT a script version of Java, but quite another language.
I am trying to do a simple check-all / un-check-all checkbox system.
All of the solutions I have seen use "this.form.elements.length" or a
variant of this.

My scripts don't work because "this.form.elements.length" always
returns 0. Example:

document.write(this.FormName.elements.length);

displays "0"

Am I missing something obvious here?

Yes:

Firstly, "this" only can be used AFTER the DOM has constructed the form,
so can only be called from an onclick or onmouseover etc.
document.write() then will destroy the whole page INCLUDING the script on
page.

Secondly, try:

<form name=f>
<input name=c type=checkbox>
<input name=c type=checkbox>
<input name=c type=checkbox>
<input name=c type=checkbox>
</form>

number of checkboxes:
<script type='text/javascript'>
document.write(document.forms['f'].elements['c'].length)
</script>


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[Evertjan.]

Evertjan. wrote on 01 apr 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

wrote on 01 apr 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

I am a bit of a java newbie so please forgive me.

You certainly are, Java being a language that is OT here.

Javascript is NOT a script version of Java, but quite another language.

And you are forgiven....

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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