Why doesn' t his work?

harry

Trying to set the background colour for individual drop down items using
JS -

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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var ctrl = getElementByID('busresid');

ctrl.options[2].style="background-color:#FF0000";
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////

in jsp page can set it no problem like -

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////
<select id='busresid''>
<option style="background-color:#FF0000">Red</option>
<option style="background-color:#FFFF33 ">Amber</option>
<option style="background-color:#00FF00 ">Green</option>
</select>

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////

any ideas?

thanks

harry

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Dag Sunde

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Trying to set the background colour for individual drop down items using
JS -

var ctrl = getElementByID('busresid');

ctrl.options[2].style="background-color:#FF0000";

in jsp page can set it no problem like -

<select id='busresid''>
<option style="background-color:#FF0000">Red</option>
<option style="background-color:#FFFF33 ">Amber</option>
<option style="background-color:#00FF00 ">Green</option>
</select>

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the style attribute of an element is not a text-node, but an object:

ctrl.options[2].style.backgroundColor = "#ff0000";

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Dag
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Jul 23 '05 #2

harry

Thanks, works fine now!

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"harry" <a@abc.com> wrote in message
news:5H*********************@news-text.cableinet.net...
Trying to set the background colour for individual drop down items using
JS -

var ctrl = getElementByID('busresid');

ctrl.options[2].style="background-color:#FF0000";

in jsp page can set it no problem like -

<select id='busresid''>
<option style="background-color:#FF0000">Red</option>
<option style="background-color:#FFFF33 ">Amber</option>
<option style="background-color:#00FF00 ">Green</option>
</select>

<snipped a zillion slashes />

the style attribute of an element is not a text-node, but an object:

ctrl.options[2].style.backgroundColor = "#ff0000";

--
Dag
58°26'15.9" N 008°46'45.5" E

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