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  • mammothman42@hotmail.com
    #1

    ignorant question

    hi

    sorry new to jscript (woops! javascript) and feeling stupid, checked
    the faq and google to no avail. i've got a <td> with some text in it
    that i wanted to chage, so i put this in it:

    <span id="value">som e text</span>

    But this didn't work:
    document.getEle mentByID('value ').innerText=va lue;

    any ideas? also, where can i find a reference so if i have, say, a
    <span>, i can find all the properties and methods i can apply to it?
    i've checked DOM references, but couldn't find what i needed.
    cheers
    dave

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    • Randy Webb
      #2
      Re: ignorant question

      mammothman42@ho tmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
      > hi
      >
      > sorry new to jscript (woops! javascript) and feeling stupid, checked
      > the faq and google to no avail. i've got a <td> with some text in it
      > that i wanted to chage, so i put this in it:
      >
      > <span id="value">som e text</span>
      >
      > But this didn't work:
      > document.getEle mentByID('value ').innerText=va lue;[/color]

      Because you are trying to set its value to a variable named value. Also,
      innerText is IE only. See below.
      [color=blue]
      > any ideas? also, where can i find a reference so if i have, say, a
      > <span>, i can find all the properties and methods i can apply to it?
      > i've checked DOM references, but couldn't find what i needed.[/color]

      http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_15 and its DynWrite is what you are
      hunting. It applies for SPAN tags as well as a DIV tag.

      You could also give the TD tag an ID and DynWrite to it as well,
      nullifying the need for a span inside the TD.


      --
      Randy
      comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq

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        • Fred Oz
          #3
          Re: ignorant question

          mammothman42@ho tmail.com wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > sorry new to jscript (woops! javascript) and feeling stupid, checked
          > the faq and google to no avail. i've got a <td> with some text in it
          > that i wanted to chage, so i put this in it:[/color]
          [snip]

          You can also use DOM methods to create a new text node and replace the
          text node inside the TD. There are lots of examples in this news group
          of how to do it.

          Cheers, Fred

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            • mammothman42@hotmail.com
              #4
              Re: ignorant question

              interesting. well i've tried this:

              <td align="center" id="timeLength" >some text</td>

              and in js:

              document.getEle mentByID('timeL ength').firstCh ild.nodeValue=" some other
              text";

              but it spits out an error. any ideas?

              cheers
              dave

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                • Ryan Stewart
                  #5
                  Re: ignorant question

                  <mammothman42@h otmail.com> wrote in message
                  news:1096683210 .075540.165620@ k26g2000oda.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
                  > interesting. well i've tried this:
                  >
                  > <td align="center" id="timeLength" >some text</td>
                  >
                  > and in js:
                  >
                  > document.getEle mentByID('timeL ength').firstCh ild.nodeValue=" some other
                  > text";
                  >
                  > but it spits out an error. any ideas?
                  >[/color]
                  Yes: getElementById( ...)


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                    • McKirahan
                      #6
                      Re: ignorant question

                      <mammothman42@h otmail.com> wrote in message
                      news:1096677443 .471688.53870@k 17g2000odb.goog legroups.com...[color=blue]
                      > hi
                      >
                      > sorry new to jscript (woops! javascript) and feeling stupid, checked
                      > the faq and google to no avail. i've got a <td> with some text in it
                      > that i wanted to chage, so i put this in it:
                      >
                      > <span id="value">som e text</span>
                      >
                      > But this didn't work:
                      > document.getEle mentByID('value ').innerText=va lue;
                      >
                      > any ideas? also, where can i find a reference so if i have, say, a
                      > <span>, i can find all the properties and methods i can apply to it?
                      > i've checked DOM references, but couldn't find what i needed.
                      > cheers
                      > dave
                      >[/color]

                      JavaScript is case sensitive: getElementById not getElementByID

                      <html>
                      <head>
                      <title>changetd .htm</title>
                      </head>
                      <body>
                      <table border="1">
                      <tr>
                      <td id="value">som e text</span></td>
                      </tr>
                      </table>
                      <script type="text/javascript">
                      document.getEle mentById("value ").innerTex t = "some other text";
                      </script>
                      </body>
                      </html>


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                        • mammothman42@hotmail.com
                          #7
                          Re: ignorant question

                          LOL i was looking at your answers for a while before i finally spotted
                          the small "d". regarding my other question again, does anyone know
                          where i can find a good complete online references to DOM methods and
                          attributes, so i can find things like "innerText" , getChildNode, etc
                          for myself?

                          cheers
                          dave

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                            • Fred Oz
                              #8
                              Re: ignorant question

                              mammothman42@ho tmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
                              > LOL i was looking at your answers for a while before i finally spotted
                              > the small "d". regarding my other question again, does anyone know
                              > where i can find a good complete online references to DOM methods and
                              > attributes, so i can find things like "innerText" , getChildNode, etc
                              > for myself?
                              >
                              > cheers
                              > dave
                              >[/color]


                              Appart from the FAQ for this news group, you can try at Mozilla:

                              404: Page Not Found
                              http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/


                              They have links to many useful sites (including W3C specs). The Mozilla
                              DOM spec is very handy, but it's focuses on Mozilla (of course):

                              404: Page Not Found
                              http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/


                              Wherever they say "DOM level 0", it is not part of the spec but it is
                              supported as legacy from older browsers.

                              Have fun - Fred.

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                                • Ryan Stewart
                                  #9
                                  Re: ignorant question

                                  <mammothman42@h otmail.com> wrote in message
                                  news:1096687113 .387680.315010@ k26g2000oda.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
                                  > LOL i was looking at your answers for a while before i finally spotted
                                  > the small "d". regarding my other question again, does anyone know
                                  > where i can find a good complete online references to DOM methods and
                                  > attributes, so i can find things like "innerText" , getChildNode, etc
                                  > for myself?
                                  >
                                  > cheers
                                  > dave
                                  >[/color]
                                  Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification
                                  http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/



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                                    • mammothman42@hotmail.com
                                      #10
                                      Re: ignorant question

                                      perfect! thanks for the help guys.

                                      cheers
                                      dave

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