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getElementById() works in Internet Explorer but fails in Firefox - why?

 

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Question:

getElementById() works in IE but fails in Firefox - why?

Answer:

If you have forgotten to add the element's name as an ID, then Internet Explorer will find it, if the name is given.

// Example:

<input type=checkbox name=acl_type>

// the following will work in IE, but not in FireFox
var ctrl = document.getElementById('acl_type');


// define it like this and it will work both in IE and in FireFox
<input type=checkbox name=acl_type id=acl_type>



Comments:

2007-01-06, 18:41:05
anonymous from United Kingdom  
thanks for this, i had precisely this problem and adding the id attribute fixed it

 

 

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