filtersSQAREBRACKETNN n/a IE 4(Win) DOM n/a

Provides a collection of all filters associated with the current element. Internet Explorer lets you use array notation or parentheses to access a single element in the collection. Filters are not available in IE for the Macintosh through Version 5.1.

 
Object Model Reference
 
document.getElementById("elementID").filters
 
Object-Specific Properties
 
length
 
Object-Specific Methods
 
item( )namedItem( )
lengthNN n/a IE 4(Win) DOM n/a

Read-only

Returns the number of elements in the collection.

 
Example
 
var howMany = document.body.filters.length;
 
Value

Integer.

item( )NN n/a IE 4(Win) DOM n/a

item(index)

Returns a filter object corresponding to the filter that matches the index value in source code order.

 
Parameters
 
  • A zero-based integer corresponding to the specified item in source code order.
 
Returned Value

Reference to a filter object. If there are no matches to the parameter, the returned value is null.

namedItem( )NN n/a IE 6(Win) DOM n/a

namedItem(IDOrName)

Returns a filter object or collection of objects corresponding to the filter matching the parameter string value.

 
Parameters
 
  • The string that contains the same value as the desired filter's name.
 
Returned Value

One filter object or collection (array) of filter objects. If there are no matches to the parameters, the returned value is null.