Would something like this work? function recursiveDigForText(someElement){ if(someElement.firstChild.tagName) return someElement.innerHTML; else return recursiveDigForText(someElement.firstChild); }
On Dec 10, 7:53 am, JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > I'm quite new to MochiKit and javascript in general. For some reason, > I can't figure out how to walk the child nodes of an element. I'm > using version 1.3.1 of MochiKit with TurboGears. > > I have table cell and am trying to drill down into the cell to get at > the text that is being displayed in it. The cell could have some SPAN > elements and then either text or a link. > > In effect, I would like to do the following: > > ... > while cell.hasChildren() { > cell = cell.firstChild; > > } > > I realize that each cell could have multiple children, but in my > specific case, it won't. > > I'd really appreciate any pointers to examples or good documentation. > > Thanks > > -Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to mochikit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---