Try naming the ID attribute different than the NAME attribute.
On Nov 7, 12:49 pm, bill <will...@techservsys.com> wrote:
> Eugene Hourany wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out why I keep getting a
> > "element is null" error. Here's what my code looks like:
>
> > $('firstname').hide();
>
> > and I have
>
> > <input id="firstname" name="firstname" value="" />
>
> > and I get
>
> > Error: $("firstname") is null
> > Source File:
> > file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/142253/Desktop/test/index.html#
> > Line: 14
>
> > I'm doing this locally from my desktop. I'm using prototype 1.6.1.
>
> do you have the input declaration before the execution of the
> "$('firstname').hide();"
>
> If you execute the js before the input is declared, the id will not exist.
>
> bill
>
> --
> Bill Drescher
> william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
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