- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:10:13 +0200
- To: "Silvia Pfeiffer" <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, "Joe D Williams" <joedwil@earthlink.net>
- Cc: "Sean Hayes" <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:03:29 +0200, Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net> wrote: > Same requirements and best practice for all elements/attributes, I > think. Are there other examples where the same string is used for > attributes that carry different information? Yes, e.g. the type="" attribute on <input> versus how it is used on <link>. > Anne wrote > Elements using name="" are found using getElementsByName() > which does not > look at whether name is used on an element where it is allowed or not. > > Thanks, getElementsByName() has nothing to do with attributes named > @name. That interface deals with element names, not atributte name. That is getElementsByTagName(), not getElementsByName(). -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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