I think he's asking how to get the innerHTML, not to set it. I actually ran into this problem a few days ago and decided to use innerHTML, but I was wondering too if there was a "prototype way" to do it. I have also heard that innerHTML is not consistent across browsers.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Alex McAuley" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:13 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: to InnerHTML or not to innerHTML? > > Molo: > > getValue will get the value of an element not its innerHTML. > > http://www.prototypejs.org/api/element/update > > > i would use update(); > > $('someNode').update('<li>My lovely html</li>'); > > > > Alex Mcauley > http://www.thevacancymarket.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "molo" <[email protected]> > To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:10 PM > Subject: [Proto-Scripty] to InnerHTML or not to innerHTML? > > >> >> Is there an alternative to innerHTML for getting the text in a td >> element (or any element) in the code below? >> I tried value and getValue but that did not work >> >> Is there any reason not to use innerHTML. I seem to remember reading >> that it is not a standardized way of doing things? >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> <thead id="headman" style=""> >> <tr> >> <td class="TableHeader">Account</td> >> <td class="TableHeader">Shares</td> >> <td class="TableHeader">Restricted Shares</td> >> <td class="TableHeader">CostLocal</td> >> <td class="TableHeader">CostBase</td> >> <td class="TableHeader"/> >> </tr> >> </thead> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> header = $('headman'); >> headerTd = header.select('td.TableHeader'); >> headerTd.each(function(e){ >> cell = e.innerHTML; >> row = row + cell + "\t"; >> }); >> > >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" 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/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
