How do I dynamicly get the id of an element?

I want to get the id of this element so I can use it. How would I do it? (I want the <a> to have no id yet still be able to be called from javascript)

Example:

Javascript

function imgover(name)
{
  document.getElementById(name).style.cursor = 'pointer';
}

Code (markup):

<a onmouseover="imgover('this')">link here</a>

HTML:

Is this even possible?

Thanks.

~imozeb

 

You can check the results of getElementsByTagName and locate the one you want.

 

But there could be any number of <a> tags on my page. Is there anyway I can pass along a referer in the function call?

 

you can of course but not 'this'

// <a onmouseover="imgover(this);">link here</a> // using this as scope for function, no " "

var imgover = function(el) {
    if (!el) return; // needs to be an object, in our case the callee = a
    el.style.cursor = 'pointer'; // for ie this needs to be el.style.cursor = 'hand'; iirc
};

Code (javascript):

however, you don't need to do the cursor stuff, just add a href as # and it will automatically do the cursor for you.

 

Thanks. Using # worked.