>Try: ><td class="menuTable"><a href="news.jsp" class="menuText" onmouseover="var m22 = getElementById('m22'); m22.firstChild.nodeValue='<div class=\"menuText\";>Hello</div>';">News</a></td> Hmm... Didn't really read the code first. I think you should use innerHTML or use DOM to create your new node instead of using nodeValue. /Marcus