Subj : Re: Redefining firstChild on prototype in firefox
To   : Mcginkel
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Wed Jun 08 2005 09:54 am

Mcginkel wrote:
> I am trying to change the default behaviour from firefox/mozilla to
> behave exactly like IE for the firstChild property of an HTMLElement. I
> want comment- and text-nodes with only whitespace to be skipped just
> like IE does.
> 
> I use the following code to get this behaviour :
> 
> HTMLDivElement.prototype.__defineGetter__("firstChild", function() {
>     var node = this.childNodes[0];
>     while (node && (node.nodeType == 8 || ( (node.nodeType == 3) &&
> !(/[^\t\n\r ]/.test(node.data))) ))
>     {
>          node = node.nextSibling;
>     }
>     return node;
> });
> 
> The code works, but I have to do this for every type of Element
> (HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableElement etc) while I would like to do this
> once on HTMLElement so all elements get this behaviour.

This should be possible, but beware Firefox 1.0.3 
(http://developer-test.mozilla.org/en/docs/Working_around_the_Firefox_1.0.3_DHTML_regression).

> I can do this with properties that are new (outerHTML etc), but not
> with existing properties in firefox/mozilla.
> 
> Any ideas if this is possible ?

You are using the wrong newsgroup.  See message headers.

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