you should use getElementsByName On 3/16/06, Waters, Tyler S FOR:EX <Tyler.Waters@gov.bc.ca> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > I'm curious if I'm missing something when it comes to using .getElementById > on radio buttons. > > Say I have a series of radio buttons. > Since I want the user to select only one, they all need to have the same > name, let's say 'radioname'…. If they have different names, the user can > select more than one. > > Now ideally, I would like to call document.getElementById('radioname') and > have an array of radio button elements returned, but instead all I get is > the first one. > > I am forced into using > document.formname.elements.radioname[0], > document.formname.elements.radioname[1], > document.formname.elements.radioname[2] etc. > > I think this is a major shortfall with the DOM… so close to being the best, > yet so far away when it comes to radio buttons.. > > Unless of course I'm missing something… Am I ? > > Thanks > > Tyler Waters > Auxiliary Web Analyst > Ministry of Forests and Range > Revenue Branch > mailto:Tyler.Waters@gov.bc.ca -- http://dhtmlkitchen.com/Received on Monday, 20 March 2006 19:34:22 GMT
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