对于ID & Name 按最经典的解释的:“ID 就如同我们的身份证,Name就如同我们的名字”,也就是说,在一个html文档中ID是唯一的,但是Name是可以重复的,就象我们的人名可以重复但是身份证确实全中国唯一的(PS:据说有重复的^_^)
但是对于document.getElementsByName 与document.getElementById 这个两个方法,IE中是并没有严格区分 ID 与 Name 的,比如:
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MSDN中对两个方法的解释:
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MSDN确实对 getElementsByName 方法做了说明:“具有指定 Name 或者 ID 属性的元素都会返回”,但是
getElementById 方法却没有说明,然而内部实现同 getElementsByName 是一样的。
而对于FF,看来更忠实W3C标准,上面的测试代码是没有办法返回目标元素的。
W3C 中的相关信息:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-1-20000929/level-one-html.html#ID-26809268
由于有这个问题,所以对ASP.NET 控件中诸如 radiobuttonlist checkboxlist,使用客户端脚本通过getElementsByName访问具有name属性的成组对象时就要注意了,因为radiobuttonlist 默认会呈现一个table来包容这些radio,而这个table id 与这些radio的name时相同的,比如:
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在IE中使用 document.getElementsByName('RadioButtonList1') 就是返回四个元素了,第一个元素是那个id为 RadioButtonList1 的table,
如果客户端需要有这样的script,也为代码的跨浏览器带来了的麻烦。
注:radiobuttonlist可以选择“流布局”呈现,同样会生成一个类似的外围<span/>来做为容器,也会产生这个问题。