getting the id of a given child, doesnt work in ff but does in safari

[libsfan01]

in firefox the following alert does not get created from my function:

ch = container1.childNodes(0).id;
alert(ch)

can anyone tell why this might not work in firefox but does in safari?

thanks

marc

[RobG]

libsfan01 wrote:

in firefox the following alert does not get created from my function:

ch = container1.childNodes(0).id;

childNodes is a list, not a function - some browsers are confused about
that:

var ch = container1.childNodes[0].id;
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[Geoffrey Summerhayes]

On May 15, 11:31 am, libsfan01 <[e-mail]:

in firefox the following alert does not get created from my function:

ch = container1.childNodes(0).id;
alert(ch)

can anyone tell why this might not work in firefox but does in safari?

Are you getting an error in the console?

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Geoff

[ASM]

Geoffrey Summerhayes a écrit :

On May 15, 11:31 am, libsfan01 <[e-mail]:

>in firefox the following alert does not get created from my function:

ch = container1.childNodes(0).id;
alert(ch)

can anyone tell why this might not work in firefox but does in safari?

Why it could work in Safary I don't know,
but why it doesn't work in FF :
because the first chidNode in FF is an invisible text node (without id)
and anyway ... it is :

ch = container1.childNodes[0];

Are you getting an error in the console?

He can also have a look in Firefox's DOM inspector ( #text )

test :
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ch = container1.childNodes[0];
alert(ch.nodeName);

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[Geoffrey Summerhayes]

On May 15, 12:45 pm, ASM <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Geoffrey Summerhayes a écrit :

On May 15, 11:31 am, libsfan01 <[e-mail]:

in firefox the following alert does not get created from my function:

ch = container1.childNodes(0).id;
alert(ch)

can anyone tell why this might not work in firefox but does in safari?

Why it could work in Safary I don't know,
but why it doesn't work in FF :
because the first chidNode in FF is an invisible text node (without id)
and anyway ... it is :

ch = container1.childNodes[0];

Actually the absence of id wouldn't cause a problem for this,
FF would show 'undefined' in the alert box. Round brackets
as opposed to square definitely are the culprit.

Are you getting an error in the console?

He can also have a look in Firefox's DOM inspector ( #text )

Depends a lot on what container1 is, a text node isn't always
the first child.

But it's always a good idea to learn to use the tools that are
there to make the job easier.

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Geoff