The elements are part of the DOM tree, since it's XML, but the 'id' attribute is not of type ID for arbitrary XML. You could use 'xml:id' in such cases, but I'm not sure FF supports that. The other option is to push for FF to recognize the elements as SVG elements.
Cheers /Erik On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:44:49 +0100, Klaus Förster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olaf, could it be that this is due to missing animation support in FF3. > It seems that unknown elements are discarded and thus not part of the > DOM tree ... > > Klaus > > Olaf Schnabel wrote: >> >> >> Hi developers >> >> I currently try to detect an animation element in a SVG file with >> document.getElementById(). Unfortunately, Firefox 3.0.3 returns always >> "null". In Opera 9.62 and IE7+ASV3.03 this example works well (I am >> working on Windows XP SP3). Has somebody an idea how this can be? I >> thought that getElementById() is implemented in all major browsers??? >> >> Here is the link to the example: >> http://www.ika.ethz.ch/schnabel/getelementbyid_firefoxbug.svg >> <http://www.ika.ethz.ch/schnabel/getelementbyid_firefoxbug.svg> >> >> Thanks for your help. >> Regards >> Olaf >> >> -- >> Dr. Olaf Schnabel >> Institute of Cartography >> ETH Zurich >> Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15 >> 8093 Zurich >> Switzerland >> >> tel: ++41 44 633 3031 >> fax: ++41 44 633 1153 >> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:oschnabel%40ethz.ch> >> www private: http://www.ika.ethz.ch/schnabel >> <http://www.ika.ethz.ch/schnabel> >> www project: http://www.e-cartouche.ch <http://www.e-cartouche.ch> >> www institute: http://www.karto.ethz.ch <http://www.karto.ethz.ch> >> >> > -- Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Personal blog: http://my.opera.com/macdev_ed ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
