Detect to see if a Div exists

[booeyOH]

Hello,
I am doing some programming with xajax type stuff, and I have a problem that keeps creeping up on me.

I have a function that runs at a certain point in the script (testfunction()), and it references a div (testdiv). It doesn't work sometimes because the the function runs before the div "exists". Is there a way to check to see if a div exists so I can loop inside the function to wait until the div exists?

Such as:

function testfunction()
{
while(!exists('testdiv'))
wait.....
work with testdiv
}

Does this make sense?

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[kaht]

from

http://www.tek-tips.com/scroller.js

function scrollDiv() {
[!]   var scrollerContainer = document.getElementById("scrollerContainer");
   if (scrollerContainer) {[/!]
      scrollerPosition += scrollerDirection;
      //if we're at the end of the scroller, change the scrolling direction
      if ((scrollerPosition >= scrollerContainer.scrollTop + scrollerEndPause) || (scrollerPosition == scrollerEndPause * -1)) {
         scrollerDirection = scrollerDirection * -1;
      }
      scrollerContainer.scrollTop = scrollerPosition;
[!]   }[/!]
}

Additionally, javascript questions should be posted in forum216

-kaht

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