Question

I wrote some code that modifies the images on a webpage. Works with firefox and safari. But tryingto get it to work with Internet explorer has got me stumped. What is the equivalent of “parentNode” in explorer? Or how does one trick it into working?

images = document.getElementsByTagName('img')
parms = {};

for (a=0;a < images.length;a++){
    parent = images[a].parentNode; // <-- What to substitute for explorer?
    parms[a] = {};
    parms[a].bigsrc=parent.getAttribute("href");
    parms[a].w_o = images[a].width;
    parms[a].h_o = images[a].height;
    parms[a].IsBig = false;
    parms[a].loaded = false;
    images[a].border=0;
    parent.setAttribute("href","javascript:MakeBig('"+a+"')");
}

Answer 1

The problem is with the assignment of the parentNode to a var called “parent.” This seems to be a reserved word in IE that breaks the code. Change the var name and it should work.