Re: getElementsByTagName

by "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>

Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:56:22 -0500
To:	"Peter Benoit" <pbenoit(at)triton-network.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	network
	todo: View Thread, Original


getElementsByTagName('*') is not part of the W3c DOM standard. The
parentheses must contain the _name_ of an element. The standard says
nothing about wildcards. What you are seeing in netscape is a local
implementation and not a standard one..

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Benoit" <pbenoit(at)triton-network.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 8:39 AM
Subject: getElementsByTagName


> Anyone know why document.getElementsByTagName('*').length doesn't
work in
> IE?
>
> Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, example at:
> http://www.iguy.net/dev/dom2/getElementsByTagName.htm
>
>
> I'm told document.getElementsByTagName('*') is an object, but I
haven't a
> clue how to access it's properties.  Anyone delt with this yet?
>
>
> TIA,
> Pete
>

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