On 2007-01-25 20:53, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:48:35 -0500, David Håsäther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
What I mean is, why does grabbing the first node deserve its own
method? Is that really a common thing to do, grabbing the first node?
More common than grabbing the second or last node for instance?
Do you have a concrete example? Say that in the following document we
want to get one of the <p> elements:
<html>
<p/>
<p/>
<p/>
</html>
We'd do this as follows:
1. document.getElementBySelector("html > p")
2. document.getElementBySelector("html > p:not(:first-child)")
3. document.getElementBySelector("html > p:last-child")
(Or using an equivalent group of selectors.)
Yes, but grabbing the first node has its own method. Grabbing the second
or last does not. What I don't understand is _why_ there is a special
method for grabbing the first node? I just don't think that is a common
thing to do, and as Jim said, those nodes usually have an id.
--
David Håsäther
