Almost certainly you are seeing the results of a toString() method
kicking in for the objects (or similar).
Try ...
alert("links[0]:" + links[0].id + ':' + links[0].href);
Richard Quadling.
2009/3/20 tkane2000 <[email protected]>:
>
> How come the $$() function returns the value of the href when
> selecting an anchor tag instead of the tag itself? ...I've had mixed
> results for this btwn FF and IE6, but it's consistant in the code
> below. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong here or if there's a
> workaround?
>
> <div id="gallery">
> <div class="thumb">
> <div class="listItem">
> <a href="/asdfasdf/asdfsdf.jhtml"
> class="thumbHolder">this is some
> text</a><br />
> <a href="/asdfasdf/asdfsdf.jhtml"
> class="thumbHolder">this is some
> text</a><br />
> </div>
> </div><br />
> <div class="thumb">
> <div class="listItem">
> <a href="/asdfasdf/234234.jhtml"
> class="thumbHolder">this is some
> text 21</a><br />
> <a href="/asdfasdf/234234.jhtml"
> class="thumbHolder">this is some
> text 23</a><br />
> </div>
> </div>
> </div>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> var links = $$('.gallery .thumb .listItem .thumbHolder');
> alert("links[0]:" + links[0]);
> </script>
>
> >
>
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Richard Quadling
Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
"Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"
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