An Attribute of a Parent Element?

[pbd22]

Hi.

Could some kind sould tell me what the javascript would be to get a
given attribute of the parent "table" element of a given element
inside that table.

So,

<table width="54">
[SNIP - LOTS OF HTML HERE]
<a href="#" onclick="Foo();">get the width attribute's value</a>
</table>

When I click on the anchor tag, it returns the number "54".

How do I do this?

[The Natural Philosopher]

pbd22 wrote:

Hi.

Could some kind sould tell me what the javascript would be to get a
given attribute of the parent "table" element of a given element
inside that table.

So,

<table width="54">
[SNIP - LOTS OF HTML HERE]
<a href="#" onclick="Foo();">get the width attribute's value</a>
</table>

When I click on the anchor tag, it returns the number "54".

How do I do this?

Give the table an ID and getElementById on it.