change bg onMoueOver

merlin posted this at 15:28 — 28th January 2000.

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hi there
i'd like to change the background of a table-cell OnMouseOver...
does anyone have an idea how to do that? (head & body-section)

thnx!

Vincent Puglia posted this at 02:10 — 29th January 2000.

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Hi Ali,

I've managed to do it with IE with dHTML, but NN doesn't like it. (haven't had time to play with it lately)

function swapColor(cell, switchOn)
{
source = (isOk) ? document.all[cell] : document.layers[cell];
if (switchOn == true) source.bgColor = '#66ff66';
else if (switchOn == false) source.bgColor = document.bgColor;
}

<td id="cellB0" onMouseOver="return swapColor('cellB0',true)"
onMouseOut="return swapColor('cellB0',false)">cell contents</td>

Hope this helps (and makes up for the confusion with css)

Vinny GrassBlade:cut&paste javascript

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merlin posted this at 11:30 — 29th January 2000.

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thnx vincent
i'll try it on monday...

Ian posted this at 13:36 — 29th January 2000.

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Hi, It can be done in IE and you can see an example of it here if you're interested.
http://homes.arealcity.com/themanor/scripts/cellchanger.html

good luck.
Ian

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merlin posted this at 16:07 — 29th January 2000.

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is there no possibility to do it in N? it's for internal use in our company and all of us have N, not IE...

Vincent Puglia posted this at 22:12 — 29th January 2000.

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Hi Ali,

fiddled with it today, still no go (for nn). I'm beginning to think I remember it's unsupported in ver 4 & down, but that may just be a wish for an alibi on my part. Part of the problem is that it refuses to recognize the source. I even tried source.document.bgColor with no luck. Either Netscape doesn't support changing the property, or I'm a bit thick-headed.

btw: isOk is defined as ie4+ browser

Vinny GrassBlade: cut&paste javascript

[This message has been edited by Vincent Puglia (edited 29 January 2000).]

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merlin posted this at 14:14 — 31st January 2000.

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ok i tried all the possibilities given, there was no way to do it in NN... i start to think it's really unsupported in NN...
but still, i'm open for your suggestions. thnx!