Hi Michal, MZ> That was DOM Level 1 (1999). Even level 2 (2000) has this as read-write: MZ> http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-94282980 Ah, now that makes sense. So my theory goes right down the drain =X MZ> Also keep in mind that with relatively few exceptions, W3C simply MZ> trailed and struggled to capture status quo (or some compromise MZ> representation thereof) back then. Thanks for your insight! -- http://blog.zoller.lu Thierry Zoller