> I wonder if webkit is actually in the right here, and using a reseved
> word like, presumably, "class" as a variable name is not legal. As I try
> to ignore javascript as much as possible, I can't say. [[done]] --[[Joey]]
+
+>> I also started having a look at this. I found the same issue with the
+>> the variable 'class'. I'm not a javascript guru so I looked on the web
+>> at other implementations of getElementsByClass() and noticed some
+>> things that we might use. I took a bunch of different ideas and came
+>> up with this:
+
+ function getElementsByClass(cls, node, tag) {
+ if (document.getElementsByClass)
+ return document.getElementsByClass(cls, node, tag);
+ if (! node) node = document;
+ if (! tag) tag = '*';
+ var ret = new Array();
+ var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+cls+"(\\s|$)");
+ var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
+ for (i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
+ if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
+ ret.push(els[i]);
+ }
+ }
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+>> Most of the changes are minor, except that this one will use the
+>> built in function if it is available. That is likely to be significantly
+>> faster. Adding the extra parameters doesn't cause a problem --
+>> they're filled in with useful defaults.
+
+>> I don't know if it is worth making this change, but it is there if you want it.
+
+>>> Well, it seems to work. Although god only knows about IE. Suppose I
+>>> might as well.. --[[Joey]]