Get nested element by tag->id->element with javascript

Question

document.getElement(div#menuArea).getElements(a)

I want to get all the a elements from a div with id "menuArea". I think above syntax is wrong. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Try this

document.getElementById('menuArea').getElementsByTagName('a')

Or for IE8+

document.querySelectorAll('#menuArea a')