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Changing p class css with Javascript.

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Jul 26.2007

Hi

I’m currently trying to change a css property of a p tag with the class “help”. This is my short and simple code I tried with:

[CODE] var pTags = document.getElementsByTagName(“p”);
pTags.style.width = “280px”;[/CODE]

However, FireBug gives the error “pTags has no properties”. I’m not sure what is wrong, though I can guess. Don’t I need a reference to the class, rather than the p itself? How do I go about doing that?

Would appreciate any help! ?

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@Banana_AnandaJul 26.2007 — Firstly, [B]pTags [/B]is a collection. You'd need to loop through it to change the individual style properties of each element it contains.

If you want to build an array based on class, then a custom function for this will help. There are many around these days.

Take your pick

Good luck
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@LynxoauthorJul 26.2007 — Firstly, [B]pTags [/B]is a collection. You'd need to loop through it to change the individual style properties of each element it contains.

If you want to build an array based on class, then a custom function for this will help. There are many around these days.

Take your pick

Good luck[/QUOTE]
Thanks, looping through the pTags array was the answer. I kinda know what the problem was, but wasn't sure what to do to solve it.
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