XML / DOM Script Question

[Alec_McTurk]

I'd like to put client-side Javascript into my masterpage that can read the concept term from the current page, and assign the value to a variable.

i.e., if within my document I have:

<MadCap:concept term="Scripting" />

I want to be able to do something like:

<script language = Javascript>
var currentConcept = document.getElementsByTagName("MadCap:concept").something?? - what do I need here??

// This should display the word "Scripting":
alert(currentConcept);
</script>

Thanks for any pointers.

[GregStenhouse]

Here is something I use to capture the breadcrumbs in a variable, maybe it will help? I think from memory I really struggled to get anything with <madcap: > into a variable and had to wrap into a <div>

On my breadcrumbs masterpage I have:

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 <div id="bcrumbs">
<MadCap:breadcrumbsProxy class="Breadcrumb" />
</div>

And then in a separate script I use

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var textNode = document.getElementById("bcrumbs");
var textValue1 = textNode.innerHTML;
var textValue2 = textValue1.replace(/<[^>]*>/g,"");
var textValue3 = textValue2.replace(/>/g,">");

Cheers
Greg

[Alec_McTurk]

Greg, thanks - this is a good idea. However I don't think it will work for me because I can't put a div in the masterpage around where my Concept tag will be in the topic (unlike your breadcrumbs example which is in an identifiable spot in the master page)