On Jul 29, 4:12 pm, ferion <fer...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Olla,
>
> all praises to Mr Fine :)
> You pointed me in the right direction. I found a workaround, which is
> fishy but works in IE7+8 and FF2+3
>
> function getGhost(objectId)
> {
> var helper = $(objectId); // Das ist das Orginal
> helper.setAttribute("id","isGhosted");
>
> var ghost = $(objectId); // Der Ghost
>
> var helper = $("isGhosted");
> helper.setAttribute("id",objectId);
>
> return ghost;
>
> }
>
> The idea is simple. I catch the Element by Id (which is always the
> original) and alter the id. The second call returns the ghost, 'cause
> now ist's the only element with this id.
> To clean up you just have to reset the id to the original and return
> the pointer to the ghost
Well done. The trouble is, that it depends on undocumented browser
behaviour - there is no guarantee that $(objectid) will pick up the
original.
Colin
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