Eugene Hourany wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out why I keep getting a
> "element is null" error. Here's what my code looks like:
>
> $('firstname').hide();
>
> and I have
>
> <input id="firstname" name="firstname" value="" />
>
> and I get
>
> Error: $("firstname") is null
> Source File:
> file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/142253/Desktop/test/index.html#
> Line: 14
>
> I'm doing this locally from my desktop. I'm using prototype 1.6.1.
do you have the input declaration before the execution of the
"$('firstname').hide();"
If you execute the js before the input is declared, the id will not exist.
bill
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