Here is a little JavaScript function that gets an object according to it’s id and it’s cross browser.
/********************************************************************* * Get an object, this function is cross browser * Usage: * var object = get_object(element_id); * @Author Hamid Alipour http://blog.code-head.com/ **/ function get_object(id) { var object = null; if (document.layers) { object = document.layers[id]; } else if (document.all) { object = document.all[id]; } else if (document.getElementById) { object = document.getElementById(id); } return object; } /*********************************************************************/
Hamid Alipour is a partner in Codehead, LLP with his wife, Tess. Hamid speaks 12 markup and programming languages [Yes, 12: PHP, CSS, Ajax, JavaScript, HTML/XHTML, Java, Python, C/C++, ASP, Visual Basic, Scheme and Action Script]; has a penchant for solving the unsolvable; an affinity for clean, hand-written code and is a Zend Certified 