document.getElementById() VS. getElementById()

Question

It is common for me to register javascript functions for certain events by doing something like:

myBtn.Attributes.Add(\"onClick\", \"Validate(getElementById(         


        

Answer 1

The correct way is indeed document.getElementById().

The reason (speculation) it might work by itself is that depending on where you use it the current context may in fact be the document object, thus inexplicitly resulting in document.getElementById().