getElementsByTagName IE Issue

Question

This code works well in all major browsers except Internet Explorer (Opera, Firefox, Crome..)

Every second js issue is related to IE. Thanks in advance.

<script type="text/javascript">
function myFunction(nesto,param)
{
var str = nesto;
    if (param == "latin")
    {
    str = str.replace(/Џ/g,"DŽ");
    str = str.replace(/Љ/g,"LJ");
    }
    if (param == "cirilic")
    {
    str = str.replace(/DŽ/g,"Џ");
    str = str.replace(/LJ/g,"Љ");
    }
return str;
}
function konvertor(param) {
 for (i=0;i<document.getElementsByName("jezik").length; i++) {
document.getElementsByName("jezik").item(i).innerHTML = myFunction(document.getElementsByName("jezik").item(i).innerHTML,param);
 }
}
</script>
<button onclick="konvertor('latin')">latinica</button>
<button onclick="konvertor('cirilic')">cirilica</button>
<div name="jezik">DŽ LJ</div>
<div name="jezik">DŽ LJ</div>

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 28 '12 at 07:25

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function konvertor(param) {
    var len=document.getElementsByName("jezik").length;
    for (i=0;i<len; i++) {
        // use array access instead of item()
        document.getElementsByName("jezik")[i].innerHTML = myFunction(document.getElementsByName("jezik")[i].innerHTML,param);
    }
}

edited Sep 28 '12 at 07:25

Ruan Mendes

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answered Sep 28 '12 at 07:23

Man Programmer

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@Man Programmer: IE supports the item()-method for nodeLists – Dr.Molle Sep 28 '12 at 07:58

Dr.Molle · Answer 2 · 2012-09-28T07:49:57.447

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getElementsByName fetches only elements by their name, when they have a name-attribute(following the specification/DTD). Those are e.g. form-elements and images, but not <div>-elements.

You may use querySelectorAll() instead:

document.querySelectorAll("*[name='jezik']")

edited Sep 28 '12 at 07:49

answered Sep 28 '12 at 07:35

Dr.Molle

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ok, but when i put getElementsById("jezik") and sett div to class to "jezik" it dont work on any browser :( – Adnan Pašić Sep 28 '12 at 07:50
document.querySelectorAll("*[name='jezik']") also dont work on IE (my is 9) – Adnan Pašić Sep 28 '12 at 07:56
can you please provide full code, maybe i miss something... please :) – Adnan Pašić Sep 28 '12 at 08:03
sorry, i dont see, let me check – Adnan Pašić Sep 28 '12 at 08:08

getElementsByTagName IE Issue

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