FormItem: not possible to set explicit ID (not in Openbravo demos either)

[mtaal]

Hi,
I am trying to set an explicit ID for a form item by setting the ID attribute:
ID: 'abc'

and then refering to the form item using document.getElementById('abc') but this does not work...

It seems that Smartclient still generates an auto id (isc_8 for example). In the docs it says that I can use the ID attribute to force a global id. I also tried in one of the select/combo demo examples and there I saw the same behavior.

Is this intended behavior from SC? Or how can I force a global ID?

Thanks!

gr. Martin