[thelist] show/hide layer issue (myownanswer)

[Richard Bennett]

> If I remember correctly, NN 4.x does in fact honor "visibility =
> '[hidden/visible]';". At least, that's what I've used, and it's safe
> when restricted to only NN4.x. Sure, it's not standards compliant, but
> neither is that browser.
>
> -Bruce

Inside the html element yes, but not from JavaScript, as is the case here.
See reference:
http://www.dansteinman.com/dynduo/en/showhide.html

Richard.




> Richard Bennett wrote:
>
> > Hi, I was wondering though, although your show() and hide() methods are
set
> > up to be cross-browser, it looks like there's an error in the NS4
section.
> > what you have:
> >
> >   else if (document.layers && document.layers[object]) {
> >     document.layers[object].visibility = 'visible';
> >   }
> >
> > That should be :
> >   else if (document.layers && document.layers[object]) {
> >     document.layers[object].visibility = 'show';
> >   }
> >
> > And in hide() 'hidden' should be 'hide'.
> >
> > or I am I going crazy :o)
>
> Well, perhaps, but I'm not a psychiatrist :) In my opinion, *everybody*
> is a little crazy, it's the human condition.
>
> If I remember correctly, NN 4.x does in fact honor "visibility =
> '[hidden/visible]';". At least, that's what I've used, and it's safe
> when restricted to only NN4.x. Sure, it's not standards compliant, but
> neither is that browser.
>
> -Bruce