> -----Original Message----- 8< snip! > That's incorrect. A form will function perfectly well with only name= > attributes, and no ids, and it's quite possible for JavaScript to > address the form elements using only the names (in fact, it's easier > than via the ids as there's a short syntax for it!). > > CSS and the DOM, however, use the ids as primary identifier, so use of > either of those may demand the presence of ids. 8< snip! True, you can access an input named "myInput" in a form named "myForm" by simply writing: document.myForm.myInput.value = "Hello!"; BUT... for CSS, it's also quite easy to reference something by name: [name="myElement"] { color: blue; font-size: 10pt; } Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php