I have been having problems with getting getElementById working on a specific webpage. So, I've cut it down the following minimal code. In this code, first alert() is displayed, but the second one is not, and about the only thing I can guess why is getElementById() is failing. Any ideas?
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Process(X) {
alert("In Process at A");
var y = Document.getElementById("YourName").value;
alert("At B");
}
</script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<form onsubmit="Process(getElementById('YourName').value);return false;">
<label for="name">Your name</label>
<input type="text" maxlength="50" name="YourName" id="YourName">
<input type="submit" value="Do it" />
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Document.getElementById
fails because getElementById
is a property of the document
object not the Document
object. JS is case-sensitive.
getElementById('YourName')
fails because getElementById
is a property of the document
object and is not a global.