Thanks, guys. So, let me make sure I have a full understanding. Is it correct to state that javascript does not allow access to rendered page elements pulled via ajax, inserted by dhtml into the document, but it is an IE quirk that allowed it ? While I understand that malformed html could weigh heavily in causing normal processing problems, your saying that you think my code would work if I dropped the dhtml innerhtml method and went pure DOM ? Then everything would be tight. In interim, I made code adjustments to see if this was FF, and just stand-alone pages for those users. I would rather it be clickety-click for them too, but would require a bit of retooling to go pure dom in this instance. I will eventually do it, as I see the advantages immediately. Thanks for all your input.

Bob