Javascript Get Child Element by Name

Question

I\'m passing a var el into a function. el contains previously grabbed element (using getElementById) and when I console.log el in the

Answer 1

The getElementsByName() API is at the document object level. It's not an HTMLElement method.

You could use querySelectorAll() instead:

var fnames = el.querySelectorAll('[name=fname]');

It's not supported in older browsers however.