[thelist] Is it possible to change the table cell bgcolor by JavaScript?

[Joshua OIson]

Winfried,

If you are using ie, the technique for changing the cell color is simple.
Give the cell a unique identifier using the id attributes, a la:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td id="unique123">My Info</td>
  </tr>
</table>

You can access the cell in JS using:

   document.all.unique123

You can access the cells style properties using:

   document.all.unique123.style

You can access the cell's background color property using:

   document.all.unique123.style.backgroundColor

So, you can set it to blue using:

   document.all.unique123.style.backgroundColor='blue'

The general rule for style property names is that the JS equivalents are the
same as the CSS name except that the hyphens are removed and the characters
after the CSS hyphens are capitalized.

Again, this technique works for ie 4.0+.  Resources for the NN and the NS6
equivalents can be found at http://developer.netscape.com/tech/css/

Good luck,
-joshua