- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:17:32 +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 14:15:56 +0200, Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> 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(). > > OK, same comment applies. Nothing to do with attribute name or any use > of @name, but deals with tag (element) name. No it doesn't. getElementsByName(name) finds elements that have a name="" attribute whose value is equal to name. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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