beginner question

[Nanda]

Hi all!
I have a very a basic question... How can I refer to a document element from my Javascript?
...everytime i need to do hit and trials to find how do I access/set an elements of document...like what is correct...

document.forms.my_form.my_list.value
document.all.tags("button&quot.name
document.tags("input&quot.value
document.tags("select&quot.value

really do not know when to use what??

Thanks

 

[mzongo]

elements!

so

document.formname.elements["elementname"].value
*or*
document.forms["formname"].elements["elementname"].value
*for it to work in Netscape!

so:
document.forms["my_form"].elements["my_list"].value

you can access all the controls properties this way - including the name, type etc. etc.

Hope that helps.

 

[Nanda]

Thanks Mzongo. Making sense to me now.

What if I do not have form. OR I have array of controls?

 

[GUJUm0deL]

if you have an array of controls, for instance: elements["my_list"] where my_list is an array, you can use a variable.
Like: document.forms["my_form"].elements[x].value
Well, you need a form in order to use the submit function. But if you don't have a name, you can just say:
document.form.elements[x].value
Hope that helps any...

I have not failed; I merely found 100,000 different ways of not succeding...

 

[baad]

Nanda,
why not document.forms.formname.elementname.value ?
i mean ur first line.. must be workin Victor