I can't believe something so simple would be so... unintuitive. Walter you're right. And I'm an idiot. :)
-yaz On May 10, 11:10 am, Walter Lee Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay. $('tag').innerHTML.stripTags() will get you the inner text of > the A tag in most browsers. Not sure if it's completely available on > every browser supported by Prototype, but it should be fairly > consistent. > > Walter > > On May 10, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote: > > > > > $F is only for form elements. You can't use it on an A or another > > non-form text container, as the OP would like. You could try maybe > > tag.toString().stripTags() to get the inner text in a cross-browser > > manner. > > > Walter > > > On May 10, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Yaz wrote: > > >> You are trying to get the value of that tag, not an attribute. > > >> To do that, use these: > > >> $('tag'),getValue(); > > >> Or its shortcut: > > >> $F('tag'); > > >>http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/form/element/getvalue/ > > >> -yaz > > >> On May 10, 6:40 am, vtsuper <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Dear sir, > > >>> the following is the offical example of read attribute. But would > >>> you > >>> tell me how to make it return the text 'Prototype'? > > >>> <a id="tag" href="/tags/prototype" rel="tag" title="view related > >>> bookmarks." my_widget="some info.">Prototype</a> > > >>> $('tag').readAttribute('href'); > >>> // -> '/tags/prototype' > >>> $('tag').readAttribute('title'); > >>> // -> 'view related bookmarks.' > >>> $('tag').readAttribute('my_widget'); > >>> // -> 'some info.' > > >>> I have try > > >>> $('tag').readAttribute('text'); > >>> // -> 'null' > >>> $('tag').readAttribute(innerHTML); > >>> // -> 'null' > > >>> but both of them not work. > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> . > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> . > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en > >>> . > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> . > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en > >> . > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en > > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
