how to get the first element in <UL>

[Rxyz]

Want to get the first element that's in the <UL>

How do I get this?

Thanks.

[Fang]

document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[objIndex].getElementsByTagName('li')[0]

[Rxyz]

Thankyou for your response. But have couple more questions.

<UL><LI>Required</LI></UL> is the String that's returned using the tag <html:errors property="custName"/>

I want to get just the Required field in it. I am sure there will be only one in the list always.

In my jsp there will be more than one <UL>

I am planning to send the <UL><LI>Required</LI></UL> String to a JS function

<c:set var="custTypeSelectedError"><html:errors property="custTypeSelected"/></c:set>

<script>
var errorMsg = getErrorMsg(custTypeSelectedError);
</script>


function getErrorMsg(var error) {
if(error != null) {
document.forms[0].errorMsg.value = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[objIndex].getElementsByTagName('li')[0]; ---- what will be objIndex???
return document.forms[0].errorMsg.value;
}
return null;
}

is this aproach right??

[Fang]

function getErrorMsg(error) {
if(error != null) {
// assume first unordered list in document
return document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0].getElementsByTagName('li')[0].innerHTML; // or firstChild.data if li only contains text.
}
return null;
}

[ray326]

I believe you have direct control of what is returned in that tag. The best way to fix the problem is to fix it at it's source, the content of the resource bundle where the error messages are defined.