Get elements (div) name with javascript?

Okay I bet this is the easiest thing to figure out, but I've tried EVERYTHING to no avail. Maybe it's just not possible but I don't see why not.

I have a php page which is grabbing content from mysql and looping with while to display it. Each entry has a unique id, which I am setting as the name (the id is already taken in my script).

I then have this code:

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 window.onload = function() {

    alert(document.getElementById('holder0').name);

}

So I can see the name alerted to me. This yields undefined. 'holder0' exists and has a name.

Am I missing something? Why can't I get the elements name with getelbyid?

Thanks in advance.

Dec 20 '06 #1

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Okay I bet this is the easiest thing to figure out, but I've tried EVERYTHING to no avail. Maybe it's just not possible but I don't see why not.

I have a php page which is grabbing content from mysql and looping with while to display it. Each entry has a unique id, which I am setting as the name (the id is already taken in my script).

I then have this code:

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window.onload = function() {

alert(document.getElementById('holder0').name);

}

So I can see the name alerted to me. This yields undefined. 'holder0' exists and has a name.

Am I missing something? Why can't I get the elements name with getelbyid?

Thanks in advance.

Please post a snippet from your source with holder0.

Dec 20 '06 #2

benhunt

The problem is that Divs don't normally have names. You would be able to read the "name" of a form element that way, I think.

But for any custom attribute, you need to use the getAttribute method, like this:

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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>

<head>

    <title>Untitled</title>

    <script type="text/javascript">

    <!--

        window.onload = function() {

            alert(document.getElementById("div1").getAttribute("name"));

        }

    // -->

    </script>

</head>
 
<body>
 
<div id="div1" name="Betty">I am div 1</div>
 
</body>

</html>

Dec 22 '06 #3

AricC

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Expert 1GB

If ^^ doesn't help let us know what holder0 is

Dec 22 '06 #4

matttzu

If you use getElementById you must have an id, if you only have a name use getElementByName.

hope this helped.

Apr 22 '09 #5

gits

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Expert Mod 4TB

there is no standards-compliant method called:

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document.getElementByName()

only:

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document.getElementsByName()

note the s for Elements ... this method returns a collection of nodes with a name since just an id has to be unique within a document, but for names this is not required.

kind regards

Apr 22 '09 #6

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