Getting the id of a Form which contains a table

[Abdullah Kauchali]

Is it possible to obtain the id of the immediate FORM given the id of a
table which is situated within the form?

<form id=myform>
<table id=mytable onclick=getFormId(??)>
</table>
</form>

Many thanks in advance,

Abdullah

 

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Is it possible to obtain the id of the immediate FORM given the id of
a table which is situated within the form?

<form id=myform>
<table id=mytable onclick=getFormId(??)>
</table>
</form>

function getFormId(id) {
var object = document.getElementById(id);
while (object && (object.tagName != "FORM") && (object =
object.parentNode));
if (object && object.id) alert(object.id);
}
....
<form id="myform">
<table id="mytable" onclick="getFormId(id)">
....
</table>
</form>


JW

 

[Abdullah Kauchali]

function getFormId(id) {
var object = document.getElementById(id);
while (object && (object.tagName != "FORM") && (object =
object.parentNode));
if (object && object.id) alert(object.id);
}

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