> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Burney [mailto:paul.lists@burney.ws] > Sent: 20 March 2003 15:22 > > on 3/20/03 1:45 AM, olinux at olnx@yahoo.com appended the > following bits to > my mbox: > > > [ and ] are illegal characters. #javascript > > I'm coming into this a bit late, so I'm not sure exactly what > you wish to > do. > > You can use JavaScript to refer to checkbox items in the format: > > document.forms[formindex].elements[elementindex].property You can also use the form and element names in the brackets, so: document.forms["formname"].elements["elementname"].property This is more human-friendly, and doesn't require you to change the index number if you add or remove elements (or forms!). However, if you prefer, you don't even need the ".forms" or ".elements" parts. Since, in JavaScript, *by definition* x.y === x["y"] if you have a form element defined as: <form name="example" ... > <input type="checkbox" name="delete" ... /> </form> you can refer to this as document.example.delete or document.example["delete"] or document["example"].delete or document["example"]["delete"] And, of course, an obvious extension of this is that if the input element on your form is: <input type="checkbox" name="delete[]" ... /> you can refer to this as: document.example["delete[]"] This is just a basic recipe -- add your own ingredients, and mix and cook to suit! Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
