[Greasemonkey] Refrencing a field name without form name

[Vectorspace]

with getElementById, you don't need the form name in order to get the 
field element

rejectpenguin wrote:
> So how could I do this without having the name of the form?
>
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> A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
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>> Yes, but if you gave the form element an ID, it would return the form
>> object.
>>
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>> Vectorspace wrote:
>>     
>>> getElementById('fieldname') will return the field element, not the form
>>>
>>> rejectpenguin wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>> So if I use getelementbyid it will return the form?
>>>>
>>>> So I could use something like:
>>>>
>>>> var formname = getElementById('fieldname');
>>>>
>>>> would this work?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rod McGuire wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>         
>>>>> Quoting rejectpenguin <rejectpenguin at gmail.com>:
>>>>>    
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Yeah thats my question.. Is it possible to refrence a javascript field
>>>>>> name
>>>>>> without the form name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Example normally I would refrence it like this:
>>>>>> document.form.fieldname.value = "100";
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but what if there is no form name?
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Please read http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6257
>>>>> All of it, but especially see Pitfall #3:
>>>>>
>>>>> Most people attach an 'id="fieldIDxxx"' onto the field, and then 
>>>>> access it
>>>>> by
>>>>> .getElementById('fieldIDxxx') or use XPath.
>>>>>
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