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Is it not just a different way of getting the same object?<br />
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document.forms is part of the DOM specification and so should not be unnecessarily avoided in favour of getElementById, simply use whatever is easiest.
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Is it not just a different way of getting the same object?

document.forms is part of the DOM specification and so should not be unnecessarily avoided in favour of getElementById, simply use whatever is easiest.

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What is the difference between document.getElementById() and document.forms[0].element
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What is the difference between document.getElementById() and document.forms[0].element

Javascript: Difference between getElementById and document.forms

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