Thank you for your replies, much appreciated. I installed DOM Inspector which allowed me to look deep into the page. I found the location of the input field I am interested in. But it's offset 20 levels in from the root HTML tag:
#document -> HTML -> FRAMESET -> FRAME (2nd in the list) -> #document - > HTML -> FRAMESET -> FRAME (name: account) -> #document -> HTML -> BODY -> DIV -> FORM -> TABLE -> TBODY -> TR (3rd in the list) -> TD -> TABLE -> TBODY -> TR -> TD -> INPUT (field) I also installed the XPath add-on, and that shows the above node as: /html/bo...@id='docBody']/d...@id='main']/form/table/tbody/tr[3]/td/ table/tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/i Given the above, I am somewhat at a loss to generate the corresponding object instance through which I can set the field value. I did try specifying the frame ids (both methods) but the text is not making its way into the field. I view this as a great learning opportunity so again, your guidance will be much appreciated. I would also like to know how to debug the script, even if by placing alert() calls. For example, what would be good things to print in the alert() call? THANK YOU. -Todd On Jun 10, 4:30 am, Kwah <[email protected]> wrote: > Todd: > > > <input type="text" maxlength="9" class="field" name="textMARS"> > > > The field is deep inside the page: nested inside a frame, then inside > > a form, and inside a cell in a table. > > Jim: > > > It's probably because 'textMARS' is not the id of the element but the > > name. Check out getElementsByName. > > Jim is correct. > > Also, if the field is within an iframe/frame then there's a chance > that you may not be able to get to it as easily as > document.getElementsByName() because IIRC document refers to the 'top' > document and the documents (frames) within this are defined separately > as contentDocument. > > I strongly suggest doing some research of your own (I've not tested > this *at all*) but I think that this would be a good starting point to > doing what you seek to do: > > // select the iframe element using your preferred method > // var iframe = document.getElementById("idOfTheFrame"); > // var iframe = document.getElementsByTagName("frame")[0]; > > //(now that you have the first frame, either get the next nested frame > [[iframe.contentDocument.getElementsByTagName("frame")]] or seek out > the text field that you need) > > // Select the Customer ID field > var customerIdField = iframe.contentDocument.getElementById('textMARS'); > > // Set the field's value > // NOTE: this is setting / storing login credentials in plaintext in > the script is *BAD* > // ((Also the same reasoning that many banks and secure sites eg Paypal use > the > // autocomplete="off" attribute to prevent your browser from saving > login credentials)) > > customerIdField.value = '0123456789'; > > On 10/06/2010, John5342 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:21, Toddintr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Kwah and Jim. I inspected the page using Firebug and here's > >> the element for the customer id field: > > >> <input type="text" maxlength="9" class="field" name="textMARS"> > > >> The field is deep inside the page: nested inside a frame, then inside > >> a form, and inside a cell in a table. > > >> In my user script I have: > > >> document.getElementById('textMARS').focus(); > >> document.getElementById('textMARS').value = "1234567"; > > >> Unfortunately, I could not get it to work. I am able to print a > >> "hello world" message from the script so I know it is being invoked. > >> Could it be that I need to fully qualify the element because it's so > >> deep inside the page? > > > It's probably because 'textMARS' is not the id of the element but the > > name. Check out getElementsByName. More details here: > >http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_document.asp > > > -- > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary > > and those who don't... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "greasemonkey-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/greasemonkey-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "greasemonkey-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greasemonkey-users?hl=en.
