Javascript help
I have some divs strategically placed on my page
When i load the page i want to fill these divs with anything i want. I wrote this little function just to loop through all these divs and insert some text using innerHTML.
Only it doesnt work?
window.onload = function(){
var divs = document.getElementsByClassName('thediv');
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
divs[i].innerHTML='Hello i am here';
}
}This has been placed in the head section. Really i want this in an external file and rather than using to generate a div to append to the end of each tag?
When using appendChild it doesnt seem to work?
Any help appreciated
decibel.places posted this at 13:27 — 8th December 2008.
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I have found that the
onloadstatement requires a function name, with the function already declared elsewhere (note that the function parentheses are omitted too).example:
function fillerup(){
var divs = document.getElementsByClassName('thediv');
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
divs[i].innerHTML='Hello i am here';
}
}
window.onload = fillerup;
you may need to declare divs as an array?
function fillerup(){var divs = new Array();
divs = document.getElementsByClassName('thediv');
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
divs[i].innerHTML='Hello i am here';
}
}
for some reason a hyphen is being added at the end of the line
benf posted this at 14:33 — 8th December 2008.
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Hi Mate,
Yes i dont know about the hyphen. But even without it just doesnt work??
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 14:54 — 8th December 2008.
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This worked for me:
<html>
<body>
<div class="thediv">
This will get replaced.
</div>
<div class="thediv">
This will get replaced.
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var divs = document.getElementsByClassName('thediv');
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
divs[i].innerHTML='Hello i am here';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
The JavaScript needs to be in the body and after the code you are looking to modify.
decibel.places posted this at 19:47 — 8th December 2008.
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getElementsByClassName works in Firefox, not in IE
but this will work:
<html>
<body>
<div class="thediv">
This will get replaced.
</div>
<div class="thediv">
This will get replaced.
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
if (divs[i].className == "thediv") divs[i].innerHTML='Hello i am here';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
and with the onload statement:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function fillerup() {
var divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
if (divs[i].className == "thediv") divs[i].innerHTML='Hello i am here';
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="thediv">
This will get replaced.
</div>
<div class="thediv">
This will get replaced.
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
onload=fillerup;
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>
I suppose this could become processor-intensive if there are a large number of divs that are not getting replaced - perhaps it would be worthwhile to examine some of the scripts in the Google search
HolyWarlock posted this at 04:39 — 12th December 2008.
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className is SuperClass
bad method
decibel.places posted this at 05:10 — 12th December 2008.
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Joined: Jun 2008
bad method
While className and ClassName are used in some Super Class scripts (under the prototype library, for example)
object.className is a valid HTML DOM property
can you elaborate on your objection?
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