The final 'document.getElementById' fix - test on old browser needed ?

[Aaron Gray]

Hi,

I know the 'document.getEl ementById()' issue is really over since every
browser since 1998 supports the W3C DOM standard, but I could not resist
this offering :-

if (!document.getE lementById)
document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return document.all[id]; }

This should then provide a getElementById function if one does not already
exist.

Is anyone in a position to be able to test this code ?

You could go thurther and define :-

if (!document.getE lementById)
if (document.all)
document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return
document.all[id]; }
else
document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return
document.layers[id]; }

Reference :-

http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/not_browser_detect.html

Thanks,

Aaron

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

Re: The final 'document.getEl ementById' fix - test on old browser needed ?

* Aaron Gray wrote in comp.lang.javas cript:

>I know the 'document.getEl ementById()' issue is really over since every
>browser since 1998 supports the W3C DOM standard, but I could not resist
>this offering :-
>
if (!document.getE lementById)
document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return document.all[id]; }
>
>This should then provide a getElementById function if one does not already
>exist.
>
>Is anyone in a position to be able to test this code ?

There's http://browsers.evolt.org and there are a number of free virtual
machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...ation_software
products that you can use to set up old operating systems or just iso-
lated enviroments to run them.
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[Svend Tofte]

Re: The final 'document.getEl ementById' fix - test on old browserneeded ?

On Jul 11, 1:21 am, "Aaron Gray" <ang.use...@gma il.comwrote:

document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return document.layers[id]; }

NS4 Layers are more tricky then that. Layers that are nested will not
be exposed through the top level layers array. Example

document.layers['outerLayer'].document.layer s['innerLayer'] (yes, it's
that messed up)

Regards,
Svend

[Aaron Gray]

Re: The final 'document.getEl ementById' fix - test on old browser needed ?

"Bjoern Hoehrmann" <bjoern@hoehrma nn.dewrote in message
news:1uhd74hs1p 27n8vee7v123g9i vauqun1g0@hive. bjoern.hoehrman n.de...

>* Aaron Gray wrote in comp.lang.javas cript:

>>Is anyone in a position to be able to test this code ?

>
There's http://browsers.evolt.org and there are a number of free virtual
machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...ation_software
products that you can use to set up old operating systems or just iso-
lated enviroments to run them.

I may well try this if no one comes forward to do tests for me.

Thanks,

Aaron

[Aaron Gray]

Re: The final 'document.getEl ementById' fix - HTML test file

"Aaron Gray" <ang.usenet@gma il.comwrote in message
news:6dnjs1F3fk s3U1@mid.indivi dual.net...

Hi,
>
I know the 'document.getEl ementById()' issue is really over since every
browser since 1998 supports the W3C DOM standard, but I could not resist
this offering :-
>
if (!document.getE lementById)
document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return document.all[id]; }
>
This should then provide a getElementById function if one does not already
exist.
>
Is anyone in a position to be able to test this code ?
>

There's a test for document.getEle mentById() emulation here :-

http://www.aarongray.org/Test/JavaScript/document.getElementById-test.html

Thanks,

Aaron

[Dr J R Stockton]

Re: The final 'document.getEl ementById' fix - test on old browser needed ?

In comp.lang.javas cript message <6dnjs1F3fks3U1 @mid.individual .net>,
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:21:35, Aaron Gray <ang.usenet@gma il.composted:

>
>I know the 'document.getEl ementById()' issue is really over since every
>browser since 1998 supports the W3C DOM standard, but I could not resist
>this offering :-
>
if (!document.getE lementById)
document.getEle mentById = function(id) { return document.all[id]; }
>
>This should then provide a getElementById function if one does not already
>exist.
>
>Is anyone in a position to be able to test this code ?

A version tested in MS IE 4 is at <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-
versn.htm#SSF>; I cannot repeat the test.

I don't recall anyone complaining that it did not work in the
circumstances in which I used it. But it does not reproduce all
features.

To get it rested in Netscape 4, I suggest that you ask the custodian of
the Davar site, who posts advertisements here from time to time.
Evidently he is keen to support those hoping to upgrade to Netscape 4.8.

It's a good idea to read the newsgroup c.l.j and its FAQ. See below.

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[SAM]

Re: The final 'document.getEl ementById' fix - HTML test file

Aaron Gray a écrit :

>
There's a test for document.getEle mentById() emulation here :-
>
http://www.aarongray.org/Test/JavaSc...ById-test.html

a pure soup of tags ... !

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