[thelist] Javascript Timeouts

[Duncan O'Neill]

Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
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> Thanks for the ideas, I appreciate them. What do you mean by
> assigning the timing to a variable? What do I do with it after I
> assign it?
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> On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
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>>function hideMenu(menu){
>>  setTimeout("document.getElementById(menu).style.visibility =
>>'hidden'", 2000); }
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>>called by the following event handler:
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>>onmouseout="hideMenu('yadaYadaYada')"
>>
>>When I try to run this, however, IE gives a "'menu' not defined"
>>error. What's my problem?
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> For one, you are not assigning the setTimeout to a variable:
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> myTimer = window.setTimeout(...);
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> Meanwhile, the second reference to menu might be causing some
> difficulties.
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Joel,

your problem may be that the function 'forgets' the value
of menu between setting the Timeout, and it being called.
Using the *value* of the menu variable instead, as
below, might work.

function hideIt(menu){

  menu_timer = setTimeout("document.getElementById(\"" + menu +
"\").style.visibility=hidden;",2000)

}

hth
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Duncan O'Neill
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