Right -- "name" attribute is quite problematical. In some browsers "id" is
accessible as "name", but that's not acceptable. And in some browser
versions the name of an element in a form is under the form name rather than
the document.
Always use "id" and, as Dean points out, then access it only using
document.getElementById()
Most of us create a scrap of JavaScript that we put in all our pages that
provides us these services.
One I use is http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/gca/divs.js
Bob
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Dean Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> No apologies needed. Giving an id to a <div> does not create a
> Javascript object automatically (at least in Firefox). You will have to use
> something like:
>
> var myText = document.getElementById('jmolText');
>
> and then say
>
> myText.value = dump(_dataInfo);
>
> It's interesting that it *does* work in Safari.
>
> Dean
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Jeff Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> My apologies. This is really more of a javascript/html question but
>> it is on a Jmol project I am working on. Could someone explain to me
>> what is the problem with the following code? The appletReady()
>> function works just fine in Safari and the page validates as HTML 4.01
>> strict, but the appletReady() function doesn't work in Firefox.
>> Firebug reports an error and says jmolText is not defined.
>>
>> function appletReady() {
>> var _dataInfo = jmolGetPropertyAsArray("auxiliaryInfo");
>> jmolText.value = dump(_dataInfo);
>> }
>>
>> ...
>>
>> <div id="textDiv">
>> <form action="">
>> <p><textarea cols="50" rows="50" id='jmolText'></textarea></p>
>> </form>
>> </div>
>>
>>
>> The page is at http://web.mac.com/jhansen4/Jmol/NewJmolDiv.html if
>> that will help.
>>
>>
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