How do I access multiple divs properties?

[jackroger]

Hey


I need to access multiple divs at once. I cannot use ids and I was wondering if there was a way in javascript to access something like htmls class?


thanks

 

[mattfca]

use jquery.

or

function getElementsByClassName(classname, node)  {
    if(!node) node = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
    var a = [];
    var re = new RegExp('\\b' + classname + '\\b');
    var els = node.getElementsByTagName("*");
    for(var i=0,j=els.length; i<j; i++)
        if(re.test(els[i].className))a.push(els[i]);
    return a;
}

 

[vince_c]

+1 jquery

 

[grassblades]

+1 jQuery. You'll be able to access things through $(".classname") and loop through them as necessary.

 

[Rexibit]

var variableName = document.getElementsByTagName['div'];

That's the javascript for it. Granted, you can do another getElementById or something to tack on before that getElementsByTagName to narrow down where it's getting the divs.

It will store them all in an array, so you'll have to sift through them in order of where they loaded on the page.

Edit:

Just saw GrassBlades bumped an old thread, nvm.