Re: Netscape DHTML

hi bruce,

the main thing to note is that there is no "document.all" in netscape.  it's
just "document".  if you use "all" in NN, your scripts will fail to run.
however, in quite a few instances (particularly with form fields), you will
be able to use the same code for both NN and IE.  the following will set the
value of the "name" field to "carebear".

    document.formname.name.value = "carebear";

if you're showing and hiding layers, there's a rather large difference, and
it's usually best to test for the browser type:

    if(document.all) { ie = 1; nn = 0; }
    if(document.layers) { ie = 0; nn = 1; }

    function swapLayers {
      if(ie) {  document.all.layername.style.visibility = 'hidden'; }
      if(nn) {  document.layername.visibility = 'hide'; }
    }

for more information, i'd suggest checking out the info at
http://developer.netscape.com/tech/dynhtml/index.html.

hth,
rebecca
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-----Original Message-----
From: CareBear <caringbear(at)home.com>
To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Date: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: Netscape DHTML


Hi, I'm new here.
I want to make my site compatible with netscape, I am using internet
explorer 5.0
Can anyone tell me the proper paths from window or document to say the div
tag as well as any diference in calling a javascript function with a form
item value? Most of the items will be in a form and a table.
If it is too much to write on here maybe just tell me where I can find the
information.
The site does work well in internet explorer.

Bruce


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