i made a function which was a near duplicate of getElementsByClassName and
saved it as getInputsByAttribute and saved it in an external js file.
but now i am getting "getInputsByAttribute can not be found" is there
something i need to do to make it part of prototype?
>
>
> 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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