disable image until ....

[Geoff Cox]

Hello

I have for example

<IMG alt="image" id="IMG1" src="../images/play1.gif"
onClick="getSou nd(this);">

Can I disable this (stop onlick from working) until another action has
been completed?

I imagine I use

document.getEle mentById('IMG1' ).style.disable d = 'true';

but it doesn't stop the getSound() function from working ...

Cheers

Geoff

[Evertjan.]

Geoff Cox wrote on 14 apr 2008 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Hello

I have for example

<IMG alt="image" id="IMG1" src="../images/play1.gif"
onClick="getSou nd(this);">

Can I disable this (stop onlick from working) until another action has
been completed?

I imagine I use

document.getEle mentById('IMG1' ).style.disable d = 'true';

You are inventing a language: CSS styles has no disable,
a img cannot be disabled as it has(!) no action.

Try:

notYet = true;
........
onClick="if (!notYet) getSound(this); "

or make the img not displayed by:

...style.displa y = 'none';
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[RobG]

On Apr 14, 9:14*pm, Geoff Cox <[e-mail] tcomwrote:

Hello

I have for example

<IMG alt="image" id="IMG1" src="../images/play1.gif"
onClick="getSou nd(this);">

Can I disable this (stop onlick from working) until another action has
been completed?

One way is to add the click handler when the "other" action finishes.
Another is to set a variable and check its value when calling
getSound. Change its value when the other function runs so getSound
knows.

I imagine I use

document.getEle mentById('IMG1' ).style.disable d = 'true';

Don't guess, the disabled attribute is valid for BUTTON, INPUT,
OPTGROUP, OPTION, SELECT and TEXTAREA elements, not IMG:

<URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/...#adef-disabled >
--
Rob

[Geoff Cox]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:13:31 -0700 (PDT), RobG <rg***@iinet.ne t.au>
wrote:

>On Apr 14, 9:14*pm, Geoff Cox <[e-mail] tcomwrote:

>Hello

I have for example

<IMG alt="image" id="IMG1" src="../images/play1.gif"
onClick="getSo und(this);">

Can I disable this (stop onlick from working) until another action has
been completed?

One way is to add the click handler when the "other" action finishes.
Another is to set a variable and check its value when calling
getSound. Change its value when the other function runs so getSound
knows.

>I imagine I use

document.getEl ementById('IMG1 ').style.disabl ed = 'true';

Don't guess, the disabled attribute is valid for BUTTON, INPUT,
OPTGROUP, OPTION, SELECT and TEXTAREA elements, not IMG:

Thanks Rob - I will try your suggestions.

Cheers

Geoff

>
<URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/...#adef-disabled >

[Geoff Cox]

On 14 Apr 2008 12:12:11 GMT, "Evertjan."
<ex************ **@interxnl.net wrote:

>Geoff Cox wrote on 14 apr 2008 in comp.lang.javas cript:

>Hello

I have for example

<IMG alt="image" id="IMG1" src="../images/play1.gif"
onClick="getSo und(this);">

Can I disable this (stop onlick from working) until another action has
been completed?

I imagine I use

document.getEl ementById('IMG1 ').style.disabl ed = 'true';

You are inventing a language: CSS styles has no disable,
a img cannot be disabled as it has(!) no action.

Try:

notYet = true;
.......
onClick="if (!notYet) getSound(this); "

or make the img not displayed by:

...style.displa y = 'none';

OK - will try out these ideas.

What I really want is to disable the onClick not event not the image .

Cheers

Geoff

[Evertjan.]

Geoff Cox wrote on 14 apr 2008 in comp.lang.javas cript:

>>You are inventing a language: CSS styles has no disable,
a img cannot be disabled as it has(!) no action.

Try:

notYet = true;
.......
onClick="if (!notYet) getSound(this); "

or make the img not displayed by:

...style.displ ay = 'none';

OK - will try out these ideas.

What I really want is to disable the onClick not event not the image .

Whet is an "onClick not event" ?

Perhaps putting some commas in the sentense would make it clear to me.

Are you still inventing the language and the event mechanism?

You cannot disable an html event listener.

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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