--- HJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric H. Jung wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Given an <input/> field, I'm trying to determine the <form/> in which it's
> > contained. I've
> written
> > this recursive function:
> >
> > /** Returns null if there is no form **/
> > findForm : function(node) {
> > // |node| is an <input type="text"/> field
> > if (node.nodeName == "FORM")
> > return node;
> > return node.parentNode ? this.findFormName(node.parentNode) : null;
> > },
> >
> > This works for all pages I've tried except this one:
> http://passwordmaker.org/proto/eraseme.html.
> > In that case, the function returns null. I don't understand why it's not
> > working. Anyone care
> to
> > take a look?
>
> Doesn't just node.parentNode work for this?
No, because the DOM might look like this:
<form><div><input/></div></form>
in which case, node.parentNode = <div/>
But the question is now moot since I've learned about the form attribute of
input elements. Oops,
I didn't test if that works in Mozilla... just Firefox.
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