[SOLVED] getElementsByTagName('a')[0]; not working? please help.

[sayedsohail]

Hi everyone,

 

I wrote  function to select <a> value into the var using javascript.  but it doesn't work.

 

Here is my code.

HTML

<ul id="tabnavigation">
<li><a href="#">Help</a>
<li><a href="#">Check</a>
</ul>


<script>
function selectalert(acss)
{
if (!acss){
	var pcss=document.getElementById('tabnavigation').getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	alert(pcss);}
}


window.onload=selectalert("")
</script>

[Corona4456]

I'm assuming you want to get the text within the 'a' tag:

 

alert(pcss.text);

 

[sayedsohail]

i just wish to define the class name for 

<a>[0][code] within this tabnavigation. 

[/code]

[Corona4456]

To define the class name for a tag just do the following:

 

var pcss=document.getElementById('tabnavigation').getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
pcss.className = "whateverTheClassNameIs";

[sayedsohail]

thanks corona4456

[Corona4456]

No problem