>>>Looking at the list apart site I thought this would be the easiest way >>>forward, however... it isn';t working, that is the on sate isn't doing >>>iots job :( >> >>You do know that :active means "While the control is being activated" >>(e.g. clicked on) and not "While the URI in the href attribute matches >>the URI in the location bar"? > > Maybe active is the wrong word, it is the wrong word I meant onstate. > > any ideas or is there more to this code than meest the eye, I am now going > down the php css path :) Andrew, Here is a solution to this problem which I posted a while back: http://lists.evolt.org/archive/Week-of-Mon-20040614/160439.html HTH -- Sarah Sweeney Portfolio http://sarah.designshift.com Blog http://hardedge.ca