FAQ Topic - Why doesn't the global variable "divId" always refer to the element with id="divId"? (2008-05-26)

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FAQ Topic - Why doesn't the global variable "divId" always
refer to the element with id="divId"?
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Microsoft introduced a shortcut that can be used to reference
elements which include an ID attribute where the ID becomes a
global variable. Some browsers reproduce this behaviours but
some, most notably Gecko-based browsers (Netscape and Mozilla),
do not. The best approach is the ` document.getElementById `
method, which is part of the W3C DOM standard and implemented
in modern browsers (including IE from version 5.0). So an
element with ` id="foo" ` can be referenced
with:-

var el = document.getElementById("foo");

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...th_the_W3C_DOM

http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_not....html#FAQN4_41


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