appendChild. Table inside DIV. Doesnt show up

xaces · #1 August 31st, 2005, 12:25 AM

I am relatively new to javascript.
I am trying to create a menu. I cant get it to show on IE.
The object exists but just wouldnt show up.
Can anyone please help??
Thanks
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         var menuDivNode = document.createElement("DIV");

        menuDivNode.id = "thisMenu";

        menuDivNode.align = "center";

        menuDivNode.style.position = "absolute";

        menuDivNode.style.top = "100";

        menuDivNode.style.left = "500";

        menuDivNode.style.width = "100";

        menuDivNode.style.height = "20";

        menuDivNode.style.backgroundColor = "#FFCF06";

        menuDivNode.style.cursor = "hand";

        menuDivNode.style.zIndex = "1";
 
        var tableNode = document.createElement("TABLE");

        tableNode.border = "1";

        tableNode.cellspacing = "1";

        tableNode.cellpadding = "0";

        tableNode.style.borderCollapse = "collapse";

        tableNode.bordercolor = "#FFCF06";

        tableNode.bgcolor = "#FFCF06";

        tableNode.width = "100%";

        tableNode.height = "100%";
 
        var tableRowNode = document.createElement("TR");

        var tableColumnNode = document.createElement("TD");

        var innerDivNode = document.createElement("DIV");

        innerDivNode.style.fontSize = "9";

        innerDivNode.style.backgroundColor = "#FFCF06";
 
        var menuTitle = document.createTextNode("Rate");
 
        innerDivNode.appendChild(menuTitle);

        tableColumnNode.appendChild(innerDivNode);

        tableRowNode.appendChild(tableColumnNode);

        tableNode.appendChild(tableRowNode);

        menuDivNode.appendChild(tableNode);

        document.body.appendChild(menuDivNode);

xaces · #2 August 31st, 2005, 12:45 AM

Figured it out :D
Requires a TBODY object. Usually it works without this tag in HTML but the DOM requires this object to be defined.

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