Re: dynamic changes in Netscape

by Peter-Paul Koch <ppk(at)xs4all.nl>

 Date:  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:25:14 +0200
 To:  diades(at)diades.screaming.net,
hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
  todo: View Thread, Original
>I am trying to work out how to dynamically change the border-style for a div
in Netscape 4+ versions.  This is for a mouse action.  I can get the
document to acknowledge that the border style has ben changed via an alert()
but it doesn't physically show it. Can any one help?

No, because what you want is impossible in Netscape. Netscape is simply not
able to dynamically change styles, except for moving blocks (DIV's or P's)
across the page.

The really nasty bit is that Netscape doesn't give any errors either
because it does change the style in the JavaScript memory (ie. it sets
document.ids.b0.borderStyle to 'outset') but doesn't show any changes on
the  screen because it can't.

Too Bad For Netscape 4. You can use this style change for all other
browsers, but not for Netscape 4.

ppk

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