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Asked: 2026-05-13T14:19:58+00:00

Using document.GetElementById(thingieID) doesn’t seem to work. Can anyone help this DOM newbie?

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Using document.GetElementById(thingieID) doesn’t seem to work.
Can anyone help this DOM newbie?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m not sure what you are trying to do with the element, or what the problem is.

    Here’s an example of using document.GetElementById() in a webpage, in a function that is invoked on the onClick event for a button. 

    <html>
  <head>
    <title>Example of GetElementById</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p id="hello">Hello World</p>
    <input type="button" value="Update" onclick="btn1_Click();"/>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // <![CDATA[
      function btn1_Click()
      {
          if (document.getElementById('hello')) {
              document.getElementById('hello').innerHTML = 'Hello World - this was inserted using JavaScript at ' + new Date().toString();
          }
      }
    // ]]>
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

    You can see this run at:
    http://jsbin.com/afaga/2

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