Question

var oFra = document.createDocumentFragment();
// oFra.[add elements];
document.createElement("div").id="myId";
oFra.getElementById("myId"); //not in FF

How can I get “myId” before attaching fragment to document?

Answer 1

What about:

var oFra = document.createDocumentFragment();
var myDiv = document.createElement("div");
myDiv.id="myId";
oFra.appendChild(myDiv);
oFra.getElementById("myId"); //not in FF

Unless you’ve added the the created div to your document fragment I’m not sure why getElementById would find it?

–edit

If you’re willing to roll your own getElementById function then you ought to be able to get the reference you’re after, because this code works:

var oFra = document.createDocumentFragment();
var myDiv = document.createElement("div");
myDiv.id = "myId";
oFra.appendChild(myDiv);
if (oFra.hasChildNodes()) {
    var i=0;
    var myEl;
    var children = oFra.childNodes;
    for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        if (children[i].id == "myId") {
            myEl = children[i];
        }
    }
}
window.alert(myEl.id);