document.createElement('a') doesn't work?

[Weston C]

After noticing some problems with a script, I tried testing various bits
in the squarefree javascript shell (
http://www.squarefree.com/shell/shell.html ) and noticed this:

var anchor = document.createElement("a");
anchor
undefined

but:

var anchor = document.createElement("p");
anchor
[object HTMLParagraphElement]

Hmmmm. I tried it on a bunch of other elements, including some that
don't exist:

var anchor = document.createElement("rant");
anchor
[object HTMLUnknownElement]

So great. I can create a "rant" tag, but an anchor tag is right out?

Thanks,

Weston

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[Michael Hill]

Here is how I create a new anchor that has an image tag:

//create the anchor node
myA=document.createElement("A");
url = "javascript:alert(" + "hi" + ");";
myA.setAttribute("href",url);
//create the image node
url = url_path + "images/del.gif";
myImg=document.createElement("IMG");
myImg.setAttribute("src",url);
myImg.setAttribute("width","16");
myImg.setAttribute("height","16");
myImg.setAttribute("border","0");
myImg.setAttribute("alt","Say Hi");
// Appends the image node to the anchor
myA.appendChild(myImg);

Hope that helps,

Mike

Weston C wrote:

After noticing some problems with a script, I tried testing various bits
in the squarefree javascript shell (
http://www.squarefree.com/shell/shell.html ) and noticed this:

var anchor = document.createElement("a");
anchor
undefined

but:

var anchor = document.createElement("p");
anchor
[object HTMLParagraphElement]

Hmmmm. I tried it on a bunch of other elements, including some that
don't exist:

var anchor = document.createElement("rant");
anchor
[object HTMLUnknownElement]

So great. I can create a "rant" tag, but an anchor tag is right out?

Thanks,

Weston

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http://weston.canncentral.org/
weston8[at]cann8central.org
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