Why can only forms be referenced by dot notation?

Question

It seems like a simple beginners question, but I\'m unable to find an answer anywhere.

Let\'s say I have this HTML:

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Answer 1

The syntax you've posted is for form, to be specific.. It will work only with forms..

You will need to use following line to make it work for divs...

document.getElementsByName("myDiv")[0].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].innerHTML = "bar";

There are other ways to do this too...