Yes, getElementById returns the first one found, i.e. the first one in the dom, if there are multiple nodes with the same id.
On 6/12/07, Aaron Heimlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/12/07, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Plus, what happens if you have: > > <div id="bam" /> > > <span id="bam" /> > > What if you need to retrieve the span tag? If it's checking #bam first, > won't it only find the <div /> element? > The DOM2 has this to say: getElementById introduced in DOM Level 2 > Returns the Element whose ID is given by elementId. If no such > element exists, returns null. Behavior is not defined if more than one > element has this ID. > Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/core.html#ID-getElBId I would think that the first one the browser finds is selected, but I can't be certain of that as I've never actually tried to do this. -- Aaron Heimlich Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aheimlich.freepgs.com
