How to access an object that is inside two html forms using javascript?

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why if this code works:

<form name="form1"><textarea class="xxlarge" id="add_url_desc" name="j_desc" onKeyDown="textCounter(document.form1.j_desc,'job_limit',150)" onKeyUp="textCounter(document.form1.j_desc,'job_limit',150)"></textarea>

why this one dont?:

<form name="general">
<form name="form1"><textarea class="xxlarge" id="add_url_desc" name="j_desc" onKeyDown="textCounter(document.general.form1.j_desc,'job_limit',150)" onKeyUp="textCounter(document.general.form1.j_desc,'job_limit',150)"></textarea>
</form>

Why i cant trigger the onKey action when one form is inside other one??? Thanks!

kan · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-09 15:37:48Z

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HTML doesn't allow nested forms.

answered Dec 9, 2011 at 15:37

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Adam Rackis Over a year ago

+1 - by my count you had two more characters in that answer than needed :)

Dagg Nabbit · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-09 15:38:33Z

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You just can't nest forms in HTML. It will never work right... not only will javascript break, the browser won't know how to handle the forms either. Sorry.

answered Dec 9, 2011 at 15:38

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