thanks rob, i will give input_.+ a shot.
i use a custom attrib named fldtype for some input items and am hoping to
assign different actions to each input based on that.
>
>
> Louis Walch wrote:
>> i would like to detect classnames of input_(ANYTHING) is this possible
>> with getElementsByClassName?
>
> Looking at the source code you could do
> getELementsByClassName("input_.+");, although it's undocumented
> behaviour so it might mysteriously break after a prototype upgrade one
> day. I know the current method (of using a regexp) is one of the slowest
> ways of doing it.
>
>>
>> also, is tthere a way to get elements by attribute? or would that be too
>> heavy on the load time?
>
> That shouldn't be too intensive. See prototype.js's defnition for
> getElementsByClassName and hack your own. What attribute would this be
> useful for? Getting all text inputs? I would just getElementsByTagName
> and do a quick loop.
>
> -Rob
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