Easy change link colors on page w/out reload

michael

I have many links on a page, but for example sake, these two:

<a href="bla1.html" id="link1">bla1</a>
<a href="bla1.html" id="link2">bla1</a>

I use a Javascript function to change the link colors:

document.getElementById("link1").style.color='lime '
document.getElementById("link2").style.color='lime '

Above works fine to change the 2 link colors to lime, but is there way to
dynamically change all links on a page, without a separate id for each
link, and without reloading the page with a new link style declaration?

Jul 20 '05 #1

Harlan Messinger

"michael" <no****@example.com> wrote in message
news:cb*************@news.t-online.com...

I have many links on a page, but for example sake, these two:

<a href="bla1.html" id="link1">bla1</a>
<a href="bla1.html" id="link2">bla1</a>

I use a Javascript function to change the link colors:

document.getElementById("link1").style.color='lime '
document.getElementById("link2").style.color='lime '

Above works fine to change the 2 link colors to lime, but is there way to
dynamically change all links on a page, without a separate id for each
link, and without reloading the page with a new link style declaration?

var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");

Jul 20 '05 #2

michael

Harlan Messinger wrote:

var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");

By the above I've got the variable "links" as an HTML object collection.
I suppose this is now a Javascript question; but how could I dynamically
change all link colors on the page from here?
Any further pointers would be much appreciated... Thanks.

Jul 20 '05 #3

Mr.Clean

In article <cb*************@news.t-online.com>, no****@example.com
says...

Harlan Messinger wrote:

var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");

By the above I've got the variable "links" as an HTML object collection.
I suppose this is now a Javascript question; but how could I dynamically
change all link colors on the page from here?
Any further pointers would be much appreciated... Thanks.

Use a for loop on the collection.

Jul 20 '05 #4

michael

> Use a for loop on the collection.

Does anyone have an example?

Jul 20 '05 #5

michael

> Does anyone have an example?

.... found a solution:

links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=0;i<links.length;i++)
if (links[i].className=="link")
links[i].style.color = 'lime';
}

Jul 20 '05 #6

Jan Roland Eriksson

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:13:43 +0200, michael <no****@example.com> wrote:

I have many links on a page, but for example sake, these two:
<a href="bla1.html" id="link1">bla1</a>
<a href="bla1.html" id="link2">bla1</a>
I use a Javascript function to change the link colors:

Why?

--
Rex

Jul 20 '05 #7

michael

> Why?

Why not?

Jul 20 '05 #8

Neal

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:51:05 +0200, michael <no****@example.com> wrote:

Why?

Why not?

For starters, not all users have Javascript enabled. You can change link
colors in CSS, which is more widely trusted.

Jul 20 '05 #9

Brian

michael wrote:

Use a for loop on the collection.

Does anyone have an example?

Please take it to comp.lang.javascript. But before posting a question,
check the archives. This has come up before. You might also consider
Google.

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http://www.tsmchughs.com/

Jul 20 '05 #10