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Hi
it shouldn't be not so difficult
everytime, in each browser i see "nothing".
where is the element?

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert(document.getElementById("cool"));
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p id="cool">this is content</p>
</body>
</html>

vassili
Jul 20 '05 #1
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bot-tak wrote:
it shouldn't be not so difficult everytime, in each browser i see
"nothing". where is the element?
<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert(document.getElementById("cool"));
</script>
</head><body><p id="cool">this is content</p></body></html>


At the time the script it run, it doesn't exist.

window.onload = function(){
alert(document.getElementById("cool"));
}

--
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it'll stop pop-up ads? -- Dork Tower
Jul 20 '05 #2
bot-tak wrote on 02 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:
it shouldn't be not so difficult
everytime, in each browser i see "nothing".
where is the element?

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert(document.getElementById("cool"));
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p id="cool">this is content</p>
</body>
</html>


try this, vassili:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p id="cool">this is content</p>

<script type="text/javascript">
alert(document.getElementById("cool"));
alert(document.getElementById("cool").innerHTML);
</script>
</body>
</html>

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)
Jul 20 '05 #3

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