childNode problem.

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Using fire bug it seems my elements have "\n"  new line statements are childNodes, is this normal?

 

It's really annoying because i can't use firstChild or nextSibling statement.

 

I have to pull elements using the getelementBytagName statement. Does this have something do with how html is coded? For instanace i am tyring to pull tr and td from a table but i have not nested these in a tbody tag.

[rhodesa]

yes, the whitespace between actual HTML elements is considered a "text node"

 

specifically for tables though, you can navigate them as arrays:

 

var rows = document.getElementById('table_name').rows;
for(var r=0;r < rows.length;r++){
  var cells = rows[r].cells;
  alert('The first cell is '+cells[0].innerHTML);
}

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Thanks, i will try this next time hopefully it will make the code cleaner and less confusing.