You gotta love IE's "interpretation" of coding errors... i hate stuff like that.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Red-faced, I am now compelled to report that my mistake with > getElementById was that the elements reporting this error had no ID, but > only a NAME. Duh! > > Internet Explorer evidently decided to be more forgiving on this point - > at least that's my excuse for not noticing it... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Ross > Sent: Feb 18, 2008 10:41 AM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Another Question From Rip Van Winkle > > never had any issues using getElementById (yes casing was wrong)... > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Steven, did mean Firefox supports *parentNode* instead of > > getElementById? My Firefox always complains of an error whenever it sees > > getElementById. > > > > Or is there perhaps a different spelling for Firefox? (not likely, > > right?) The last letter in getElementById is lower case, not upper case as > > you have it. But of course you meant to type it as lower case, right? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steven Ross > > Sent: Feb 18, 2008 10:16 AM > > To: discussion@acfug.org > > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Another Question From Rip Van Winkle > > > > I have been using YUI (yahoo) library, it works well and has some nice > > built in cross browser functionality. > > firefox supports getElementByID and the childNodes property... they > > performa a little differently than in IE. > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > First, I believe I already have Firebug: when Firefox tells me I have > > > an error (lower righthand corner) I can click on that and see lots of info > > > about it; and which I click on the '^' in that panel, it morphs into a > > > window with 'Firebug' in its title. But I don't see how that helps me with > > > navigation in the actual code I'm writing. Or do you mean navigation as in > > > exploring the document while I'm debugging? > > > > > > Second, Doug, which of those frameworks would you recommend? In its > > > documentation, Adobe refers to Spry from time to time... > > > > > > I still have my question about how to re-write my particular functions > > > (or properties to be precise) Firefox-style. Thanks for the info that > > > parentNode = parentElement, but what about the other two? > > > > > > Incidentally, to most of you write web pages full of code like 'if IE > > > to this, if NS do that'? I hope there's a way to escape from that! I've > > > had > > > a free ride on this so far since all my websites belonged to an INTRAnet > > > inside a NYC goverment agency which standardized on IE... > > > > > > Or is that what a framework would encapsulate? And if I use that, > > > would I be able to read my own code? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Douglas Knudsen > > > Sent: Feb 18, 2008 9:55 AM > > > To: discussion@acfug.org > > > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Another Question From Rip Van Winkle > > > > > > I suggest looking at using a framework. This would be a Good Thing as > > > it would encapsulate these issues for you. Frameworks for JS include > > > Spry, > > > Dojo, JQuery, and the list could go on and on. > > > > > > DK > > > > > > On Feb 18, 2008 9:44 AM, Steven Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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 FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas Knudsen > > > http://www.cubicleman.com > > > this is my signature, like it? 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