[thelist] TOC using DOM?

[david.landy at somerfield.co.uk]

Hi All,

I've got stuck trying to create an automatic Table-of-Contents (TOC) for my
page and I'd love some help.

What I've dfrom all the H1, H2, and H3 elements on a page.

I've written a javascript function that sifts through all the H1, H2, and H3
elements and makes anchors using the DOM, and hooked this function onto the
body.onload event.

So far so good, except for 2 small things:

1. My TOC appears at the end of the doc, not the top
2. It doesn't work!

It looks like all the elements are created correctly, but the <a name=xxx>
next to each <h1>, <h2> element don't receive the events targetted at them
eg <a href=#xxxx>, so there's no movement when you click.

Sorry if this description is a bit woolly I can't think how to phrase it
more clearly!

Any help appreciated.

David


<script>
//scan elements on the page and make a Table of Contents
function makeTOC() {
    /*
        Make a TOC
    */

    var toc = "";

    if (!document.all)
        document.all = document.getElementsByTagName("*");

    var elem, i = 0;
    while (elem = document.all[i++]) {
        var oh, ih, newel;
        if ((elem.nodeName == "H1") || (elem.nodeName == "H2") ||
(elem.nodeName == "H3")) {
            ih = elem.innerHTML;
            newel = document.createElement("a name=\"" + ih + "\"");
            elem.appendChild(newel);
            toc += "<li><a href=\"#" + ih + "\">" + ih + "</a>";
            alert(newel.outerHTML);
            alert(newel.innerHTML);
        }
    }
    toc = "<ul>" + toc + "</ul>";
    
    var newel = document.createElement("DIV");
    newel.innerHTML = toc;
    document.body.appendChild(newel);
}
</script>

The problem is that although the <a name=xxx> elements are created, they
don't receive events targetted 




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