Javascript / Client Side Development :: FAQ Topic - Why doesn't the global variable "divId" always refer to the element with id="divId"?


	FAQ Topic - Why doesn't the global variable "divId" always refer to the element with id="divId"? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - Why doesn't the global variable "divId" always refer to the element with id="divId"? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft introduced a shortcut that can be used to reference elements which include an ID attribute where the ID becomes a global variable. Some browsers reproduce this behaviours but some, most notably Gecko-based browsers (Netscape and Mozilla), do not. The best approach is the ` document.getElementById ` method, which is part of the W3C DOM standard and implemented in modern browsers (including IE from version 5.0). So an element with ` id="foo" ` can be referenced with:- var el = document.getElementById("foo"); http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_... http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/faq_notes.html#FAQN4_41 === Postings such as this are automatically sent once a day. Their goal is to answer repeated questions, and to offer the content to the community for continuous evaluation/improvement. The complete comp.lang.javascript FAQ is at http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html. The FAQ workers are a group of volunteers.