Re: DHTML problem in NN6

Hey Bryce.

Have you been reading the thread on this list about accessibility issues
and "government" web pages?

You should - right away.

It will solve your issues completely and very quickly.

HTH,
Fuzzy.


At 09:03 AM 1/5/01 -0800, Bryce and Kerri wrote:
>HELP!  I am creating dynamic expandable menus for the
>Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission's web site.
> I'm using JavaScript to change the "display" property
>to show/hide submenus when a user clicks on a widget. 
>Here's the Script:
>
>function toggleMenu(menu, widget1, widget2){ 
>	var dom;
>	if (document.getElementsByTagName("*")) {
>		domMenu = document.getElementById(menu);
>		domWidget1 = document.getElementById(widget1);
>		domWidget2 = document.getElementById(widget2);
>		};
>	else {
>		domMenu = eval(dom + '.all.' + menu);
>		domWidget1 = eval(dom + '.all.' + widget1);
>		domWidget2 = eval(dom + '.all.' + widget2);
>		};
>	if (domMenu.style.display == "none") {
>		domMenu.style.display = "block";
>		domWidget1.style.display = "none"
>		domWidget2.style.display = "inline"
>		};
>	else {
>		domMenu.style.display = "none";
>		domWidget1.style.display = "inline";
>		domWidget2.style.display = "none";
>		};
>}
>
>where 'menu' is the menu to be toggled, 'widget1' is a
>"+" sign that is displayed while the menu is
>collapsed, and 'widget2' is a "-" sign that is
>displayed when the menu is open.  Here is a snigglet
>of code on how the function is called:
>
>This is the anchor that calls the JavaScript
>function... 
>
><a href="javascript:// "onClick="toggleMenu
>'programMenu', 'programwidget1', 'programwidget2')">
><img src="images/widgetplus.gif" id="programwidget1"
>style="display: inline; position: relative;">
><img src="images/widgetminus.gif" id="programwidget2"
>style="display: none; position: relative;"></a>
>
>and here is the DIV container for the menu that is to
>be expanded and collapsed:
>
><div id="programMenu" style="display: none;">
>   //menu items go here		
></div>
>
>Everything works fine in IE5. (I confess I haven't had
>a chance to check it in IE4 YET, so I don't know if
>the IE4 branch of the JavaScript function works or
>not, but I can't see why it wouldn't (famous last
>words!).  However NN6, which should have no problem
>using the W3C DOM, does not work and I have no idea
>why not.  I'm rather new to DHTML.  Am I missing
>something obvious?
>
>Incidentally, I realize that NN4 is a DHTML capable
>browser and that I've made no attempt to accomadate it
>yet in the code.  We're still trying to decide if we
>want to support NN4 or recommend to visitors that they
>upgrade to 6.
>
>Please CC: all replies to my work address,
>bryce.fields(at)mail.state.ky.us.  Any help will be
>appreciated.
>
>Bryce Fields
>KSNPC Webmaster 
>
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