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elightbo on 01/17/07


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Javascript DOM

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A few functions to handle DOM events (firstChild, nextSibling, firstSibling, lastSibling)

Accounts for firefox treating /n as a node.

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  1. //dom javascript functions
  2. function firstChild(startParent){
  3. 	var tempObj = startParent.firstChild;
  4. 	while(tempObj.nodeType!=1 && tempObj.nextSibling!=null){
  5. 		tempObj = tempObj.nextSibling;
  6. 	}
  7. 	return (tempObj.nodeType==1)?tempObj:false;
  8. }
  9. function nextSibling(startBrother){
  10.   var tempObj = startBrother.nextSibling;
  11.   while(tempObj.nodeType!=1 && tempObj.nextSibling!=null){
  12.     tempObj = tempObj.nextSibling;	
  13.   }
  14.   return (tempObj.nodeType==1)?tempObj:false;
  15. }
  16. function firstSibling(node){
  17.   var tempObj=node.parentNode.firstChild;
  18.   while(tempObj.nodeType!=1 && tempObj.nextSibling!=null){
  19.     tempObj=tempObj.nextSibling;
  20.   }
  21.   return (tempObj.nodeType==1)?tempObj:false;
  22. }
  23. function lastSibling(node){
  24.   var tempObj=node.parentNode.lastChild;
  25.   while(tempObj.nodeType!=1 && tempObj.previousSibling!=null){
  26.     tempObj=tempObj.previousSibling;
  27.   }
  28.   return (tempObj.nodeType==1)?tempObj:false;
  29. }

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