What's wrong with $$ helper?
$$('[name=removeIcons]'); // document wide
//or
someForm.select('[name=someName]'); // down from some element
http://www.prototypejs.org/api/utility/dollar-dollar
- kangax
On Mar 5, 6:44 pm, "J. Gregory Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As in, is there one in the core Prototype implementation? Since $
> (name) should map to a single element in the document (because each
> 'id' attribute value should be unique since it is used by CSS),
> shouldn't you be able to have the same kind of access for retrieving
> multiple document elements with the same name, such as:
>
> function $N(element) {
> var elements = new Array();
> if (arguments.length == 1) {
> elements = document.getElementsByName(element).collect(function(e)
> {
> return Element.extend(e);
> });
> }
> return elements;
>
> }
>
> such that:
>
> var removers = $N('removeIcons');
>
> would return an array of extended elements whose HTML name attribute
> is 'removeIcons'.
>
> Inquiring minds...
On Mar 5, 6:44 pm, "J. Gregory Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As in, is there one in the core Prototype implementation? Since $
> (name) should map to a single element in the document (because each
> 'id' attribute value should be unique since it is used by CSS),
> shouldn't you be able to have the same kind of access for retrieving
> multiple document elements with the same name, such as:
>
> function $N(element) {
> var elements = new Array();
> if (arguments.length == 1) {
> elements = document.getElementsByName(element).collect(function(e)
> {
> return Element.extend(e);
> });
> }
> return elements;
>
> }
>
> such that:
>
> var removers = $N('removeIcons');
>
> would return an array of extended elements whose HTML name attribute
> is 'removeIcons'.
>
> Inquiring minds...
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