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Reputation: 10254

Javascript "Syntax error"/"Object Expected"/''style.cssText' is null or not an object"

Not sure what is wrong with this code. I keep getting the following error:

“Syntax error”

“Object Expected” : ''style.cssText' is null or not an object"

This is what I got:

function doSomething()
{

var textarea = document.getElementsByName("mcRemarkOld"); 
turnTextAreaIntoDiv(textarea);  
}
function turnTextAreaIntoDiv(elem)
{
    
    
    var div = document.createElement("div");     // Copy significant attributes, customize.     
    div.className = elem.className;     
    div.style.cssText = elem.style.cssText; <<<<<<---''style.cssText' is null or not an object    
    div.id = elem.id;     
    div.name = elem.name;  <<----SYNTAX ERROR HERE
    div.innerHTML = elem.innerHTML; //`<a>` turns in  &lt;a&gt;    
    elem.parentNode.replaceChild(div, elem); 
    }



 </script>

   <body onload="javascript:doSomething()">


      <TEXTAREA class="textarea_readonly" readonly="readonly" name="mcRemarkOld" rows="7"  cols="100" scrolling="auto">        <c:forEach var="mcbean" items="${form.mcRemarks}">---  ${mcbean.auditable.createdBy.firstName} ${mcbean.auditable.createdBy.lastName}, <fmt:formatDate value="${mcbean.auditable.createdDate}" pattern="${date_time_pattern}" />

  ${mcbean.remark} ---  <a href="show.view_hotparts_guidelines?id=${mcbean.id}">TEST!!!!!!</a>  

  </c:forEach></TEXTAREA><br/>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 642

Answers (1)

moongoal
moongoal

Reputation: 2956

The variable is an array of elements

var textarea = document.getElementsByName("mcRemarkOld");

try by using:

var textarea = document.getElementsByName("mcRemarkOld")[0];

or

var textarea = document.getElementByName("mcRemarkOld");

Upvotes: 2

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