Changing tag name, from <div> to <canvas>?

[Andre]

Hi-

Is it possible to dynamically change a tag name, say a <div> into a
<canvas>? The reason I want to do this is that I would like my page
to validate (according to htmlTidy) but the <canvas> tag is flagged as
an error.

I have tried something like:

var canvasName = document.getElementById("canvas_%s");
canvasName.tagName="p";

but got an error about setting a property that has only a getter...

André

 

[Andre]

Hi-

Is it possible to dynamically change a tag name, say a <div> into a
<canvas>? The reason I want to do this is that I would like my page
to validate (according to htmlTidy) but the <canvas> tag is flagged as
an error.

I have tried something like:

var canvasName = document.getElementById("canvas_%s");
canvasName.tagName="p";

but got an error about setting a property that has only a getter...

André

ok, I found an alternative solution: I dynamically create a canvas as
a child of the div and manipulate it afterwards...

 

[Andre]

Yep... that's really the only solution. I think your original proposal was
something along the lines of "how do I turn my airplane into a boat?"

Well, I've been using Python as a server, fetching web pages, changing
dynamically the content, before feeding them back to the browser. So,
I have been "turning airplanes into boats" behind the scene.