dynamically changing background color HELP please

[Billy]

Hello,
I'm having a problem dynamically changing the color of a table background.

I'm not sure exactly how to word this, but I'll give an example.

I have a function called greentored(propname)

i want to be able to change the following to a different color:
document.all.propname.style.visibility

but substitute the propname with the variable that I'm sending over.

Here is what I had written before but it did not work, it should be easy to
understand what i'm trying to do:

function greentored(propname) {

changecolor = "document.all." + propname + ".style.background";

changecolor = "green";

}

I understand why this doesn't work because all i'm doing is reasigning
"changecolor" to equal green, rather then setting the property of the first
instance of "changecolor" to green. I hope I explained this well enough.

Thanks,

Billy

[kaeli]

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enlightened us with...

Hello,
I'm having a problem dynamically changing the color of a table background.

And it only works in IE, too.
I'm not sure exactly how to word this, but I'll give an example.

I have a function called greentored(propname)

i want to be able to change the following to a different color:
document.all.propname.style.visibility

That is IE only syntax.
Not all of us use IE.

Visibility has no color. It is a property all by itself
(style.visibility). Most block elements have a style.backgroundColor
property. Some block elements, notably those with text like P and DIV,
have a style.color property.

I will assume that what you are sending is the name of an element.
For this to be cross-browser, what you need is an id.
I will show you a function that is for DOM browsers only (IE5+/NN6
+/Mozilla/Opera6+ etc). You're on your own for NN4 - I wiped my hands on
that one.

For this example, I have an element that has a background color
property.
<div id="myId">my div contents</div>
The function would then be called as
greenToRed("myId");

The function is defined in the head of the document as
(Watch for word-wrap)

function greenToRed(propname)
{
var changeColor="green";
if (document.getElementById(propname) && document.getElementById
(propname).style)
{
document.getElementById
(propname).style.backgroundColor=changeColor;
}
}

HTH

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[Billy]

Thanks.... I've just started working on an addition to my website and you
reminded me i
need to test on Netscape as well as IE. yes, i did give my example wrong...
i
did mean "style.background" but your help was helpful none the less.
Thanks.

Billy

"kaeli" <ti******@NOSPAM.comcast.net> wrote in message >

And it only works in IE, too.

I'm not sure exactly how to word this, but I'll give an example.

I have a function called greentored(propname)

i want to be able to change the following to a different color:
document.all.propname.style.visibility

That is IE only syntax.
Not all of us use IE.

Visibility has no color. It is a property all by itself
(style.visibility). Most block elements have a style.backgroundColor
property. Some block elements, notably those with text like P and DIV,
have a style.color property.

I will assume that what you are sending is the name of an element.
For this to be cross-browser, what you need is an id.
I will show you a function that is for DOM browsers only (IE5+/NN6
+/Mozilla/Opera6+ etc). You're on your own for NN4 - I wiped my hands on
that one.

For this example, I have an element that has a background color
property.
<div id="myId">my div contents</div>
The function would then be called as
greenToRed("myId");

The function is defined in the head of the document as
(Watch for word-wrap)

function greenToRed(propname)
{
var changeColor="green";
if (document.getElementById(propname) && document.getElementById
(propname).style)
{
document.getElementById
(propname).style.backgroundColor=changeColor;
}
}

HTH

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http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

[kaeli]

In article <10*************@corp.supernews.com>, bi***@jimtown.org
enlightened us with...

Thanks.... I've just started working on an addition to my website and you
reminded me i
need to test on Netscape as well as IE.

Don't forget Opera. :)

And ask around for people to test with Safari and other browsers they
may have, especially IE for Mac.

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