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Feb 05.2009

Using the code below I am unable to retrieve the a label node value, does anyone know why? Thanks.

Note: targetElement argument is a span element.

[code]
function saveEdit(targetElement){
var userId = targetElement.parentNode.getAttribute(“id”);
var editedContent = targetElement.innerHTML;
var targetField = targetElement.previousSibling;

alert(“userId: ” + userId + “, editedContent: ” + editedContent +
“, targetField: ” + targetField.firstChild.nodeValue);
}
[/code]

HTML code:

[code]
<div id=”adv246″>
<label>Name<em>*</em></label> <span contentEditable=”true”> Jon Doe </span>
<label class=”error”></label> <br />
<label>Tel #</label> <span contentEditable=”true”> 212 432 0965</span> <br />
<label>Email</label> <span contentEditable=”true”> [email protected]</span>
</div>
[/code]

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@voidvectorFeb 05.2009 — In your HTML, the previousSiblings of all 3 SPANs are spaces, which are text nodes
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@FangFeb 06.2009 — targetField.previousSibling.firstChild.nodeValue
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@Dan0authorFeb 06.2009 — In your HTML, the previousSiblings of all 3 SPANs are spaces, which are text nodes[/QUOTE]

Thanks, I thought that spaces were not considered nodes and that the previousSibling method would go to the preceding tag, which in my html are labels.

I removed the spaces before the SPANs and everything now works as desired.
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