getElementByID problems in Firefox

[Bob]

This works fine in IE6.

monDoc = document.getElementById('tbMonth');
mon = monDoc.value;

But Firefox doesn't recognize the value property. What works in FF?

 

[Randy Webb]

Bob said the following on 10/21/2006 3:08 PM:

This works fine in IE6.

Probably because IE doesn't know the difference between a NAME attribute
and an ID attribute.

monDoc = document.getElementById('tbMonth');
mon = monDoc.value;

But Firefox doesn't recognize the value property. What works in FF?

Without seeing your HTML, that is impossible to answer.

You probably have an input with a name attribute of "tbMonth". If so,
use the form collection to access it:

document.forms['formIDnotName'].elements['elementNAMEnotID'].value;

Or, change your attribute from name to ID, or use both.

 

[Bob]

Bob said the following on 10/21/2006 3:08 PM:

This works fine in IE6.

Probably because IE doesn't know the difference between a NAME attribute
and an ID attribute.

monDoc = document.getElementById('tbMonth');
mon = monDoc.value;

But Firefox doesn't recognize the value property. What works in FF?

Without seeing your HTML, that is impossible to answer.

You probably have an input with a name attribute of "tbMonth". If so,
use the form collection to access it:

document.forms['formIDnotName'].elements['elementNAMEnotID'].value;

Or, change your attribute from name to ID, or use both.

Thanks Randy, I added the id attribute so it has both name and id, and
all works fine.

 

[Bob]

Bob said the following on 10/21/2006 3:08 PM:

This works fine in IE6.

Probably because IE doesn't know the difference between a NAME attribute
and an ID attribute.

monDoc = document.getElementById('tbMonth');
mon = monDoc.value;

But Firefox doesn't recognize the value property. What works in FF?

Without seeing your HTML, that is impossible to answer.

You probably have an input with a name attribute of "tbMonth". If so,
use the form collection to access it:

document.forms['formIDnotName'].elements['elementNAMEnotID'].value;

Or, change your attribute from name to ID, or use both.

Thanks Randy, I added the id attribute so it has both name and id, and
all works fine.