First go get firebug for firefox... that will help you with the dom navigation. Firefox parentElement = parentNode
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again from the CF5 programmer trying to catch up. > > I always used to write for Internet Explorer, and did so again after my > return to programming a few months ago, resulting in what is by now a rather > complex site. Many CF (and other internet-based) programmers have told me > since then that I should have written for Firefox, and I now wish I had, > because of it's debugging abilities. But... > > How easy will it be to convert my existing code to run on Firefox? > Specifically, there are three functions I'm making heavy use of: > > 1. getElementById > 2. parentElement > 3. children[] > > According to my latest DOM book (O'Reilly, published 1998 - yes, I know I > need a new one) none of these exists in Netscape (same as Firefox, right?). > And sure enough I get error messages at least with the first one (I never > get past there to the others). So my question is: > > What is the Firefox way to do each of them? (According to my O'Reilly > book, document.all[] doesn't exist in Netscape, either.) > > One catch is: I would very much like to avoid giving unique names to > everything, for two reasons: > > 1. There are lots and lots of them. This is a roll-my-own HIERARCHICAL > grid of sorts with buttons to insert and delete new rows on both of two > levels. > > 2. All my update code makes heavy use of the fact that, when items in a > form have the same name (as they do in each successive row in my grid), CF > sends up the values as a comma-delimited list of values which I then loop > through. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks for your help, > Peyton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Steven Ross web application & interface developer http://blog.stevensross.com [mobile] 404-488-4364 [fax] 267-482-4364 [ AIM / Yahoo! : zeriumsteven ] [googleTalk : nowhiding ] ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
