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<li>how to get element Id by its value/innertext using javascript/.net

Jan 4th, 2008 02:21
ashutosh srivastava,

function ashu()/*comment just copy paste the whole content by deleting
all the content of your asp/html page*/
/* this best for list <li id="l1">ashu</li><li id="l2">ashu1</li>
				{
				
						var lii=document.all;
					var idofli;
					//var op=lii.getElementByValue("a1");
					var ra1=document.selection.createRange();
					ra1.expand('word');
					ra1.select();
					alert(ra1.innerHTML);
					var ra=document.selection.createRange().text;
					var i=0;
					//alert();
					//alert(document.getElementById("1").innerHTML);
					while(lii[i])
					{
						if(lii[i].innerHTML)
						{
							if(ra==lii[i].innerHTML)
							{
								 
								idofli=lii[i];
								break;
							}
							else
							{
								
							}
							
						}
						
						else
						{
						}
						i++;
					}
					alert(idofli.innerHTML+"  idofli contains the ID");
					if(idofli.style.color=="red")
					{
					idofli.style.color="black";
					
					}
					else
					{
						idofli.style.color="red";	
						
					}
					document.selection.empty();
				}