[thelist] javascript link to popup window validation issue

[Hassan Schroeder]

Joel,

> uh, what? how do I assign 'onclick' on page load?

Offlist, as I'm breaking my own rule about advising people to not use
libraries until they're familiar with the underlying basics :-)

Attaching events to DOM objects does keep your markup a lot cleaner
but the differences between IE and ${everyone else} are a pain in the
butt... Using a JS library like prototype (http://prototypejs.org/) can be a
huge help, though it (of course) also involves a learning curve.

So for your example above, you'd most simply add an id to the link, e.g.

<a id="iaaw" href="/g/IAmAWoman.asp">...</a>

and then something like this in the head:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/prototype.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
Event.observe(window, 'load', function(ev){
         Event.observe($('iaaw'),'click',IAmAWoman);
         Event.stop(ev);});
</script>

The non-library-aided way might be something like

<script type="text/javascript">
function init()
{
	document.getElementById("iaaw").onclick = IAmAWoman;
}

if ( window.attachEvent ) {
	window.attachEvent("onload",init);
	}
else if ( window.addEventListener ) {
	window.addEventListener("load",init,true);
}
</script>

Food for thought, perhaps, and if you spend much time doing JS stuff,
it'll be time well spent to check out prototype, jquery, YUI, dojo, etc.

FWIW!
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Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder at gmail.com