[thelist] simple Javascript help

[Chris Marsh]

> > Now, this works fine in IE, but Netscape complains about
> document.all
> > not existing.
> >
> > Can this be done in Netscape?
>
> The document.all object does not exist in Netscape, like the
> error indicated.  Instead, use the getElementById function.
> Make sure that the elements have the id attribute set.

Or even better, do something a little like the followng:

function ElementObject(s) {
  if(document.getElementById) {
    var e = document.getElementById(s);
    var o = 2;
  }
  else if(document.all) {
    var e = document.all[s];
    var o = 1;
  }
  else if(document.layers) {
    var e = document.layers[s];
    var o = 0;
  }
  this.ElementName = s;
  this.ObjectSupport = o;
  this.ElementO = e;
}

function StyleObject(s) {
  var eo = new ElementObject(s);
  var e = eo.ElementO;
  var o = eo.ObjectSupport;
  switch(o) {
    case 2:
      var t = e.style;
      break;
    case 1:
      var t = e.style;
      break;
    case 0:
      var t = e;
      break;
  }
  this.StyleO = t;
}

Then...

var s = new StyleObject('id');
var so = s.StyleO;
so.visibility = 'visible';

HTH

Regards

Chris Marsh