GetEl Method

The GetEl method simplifies the process of finding DOM element associated with a particular control in the applet region. It can detect if the control has multiple instances in the DOM and if so, it will them return all. If a single instance is required, the index must be passed to this function. It uses the following syntax:

GetEI(index) 

• Where index is a numerical value representing the row number of the DOM element of the control that is required. This argument is optional.

Returns the associated jQuery based DOM reference for the control or NULL.

For example, the following code uses the GetUI method to retrieve all DOM element of a particular control:

var el =  this.GetUIWrapper( control ).GetEl(); 

For another example, the following code uses the GetUI method to retrieve index-based DOM elements of a particular control when the control has multiple DOM instances, as in a list applet:

var el = this.GetUIWrapper( control ).GetEl( index );