> I'm having a problem making my page cross-brower compatible.  The problem
> occurs where I try to use scripting.  Before i used DIV tags and in IE
these
> allowed scripting, but not so in Netscape.  So instead I decided to use <a
> href=.....> inside my div tags.
> So I have:
> <DIV ID="TestLayer" STYLE="position:absolute;
> left:30px; top:200;  width:230; height:120; background-color:#C0C0C0;
> layer-background-color:#C0C0C0;visibility:visible;}">

> <a name="blah" href="javascript:mouseclick(this)" onMouseOver="
> mouseon(this);"
>          onMouseOut="mouseout(this)" text="the actual text">
> some text
>        </a>
> </DIV>
> This is now almost working.
>  The problem is now that where before I would pass my object events to the
> JS functions with
> onmouseclick=Click(this); but now this isn't an object. (Note that by
> setting the name attribute it actually causes the object to behave
> differently)  Is there any way of referencing the containing div tag(ie
> TestLayer)?
> Also the < a> tag is supposed to have a text property.  However it doesn't
> seem to display this.  Does anyone know of any way to display this?

> Thanks,
> Stephen

> Really simple example :)

> <div id="Daddy">
> <a href="#" onmouseover="alert(this.parentElement.id)">bla</a>
> </div>

> Here is more info:

> http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/

> --
> Best Regards
>   Vidar Petursson
>  ==============================
>  Microsoft Internet, Client, SDK MVP
>  ==============================
>  http://www.icysoft.com
>  http://www.dna.is



>  ==============================
>  No matter where you go there you are

> > Hi,

> > I'm having a problem making my page cross-brower compatible.  The
problem
> > occurs where I try to use scripting.  Before i used DIV tags and in IE
> these
> > allowed scripting, but not so in Netscape.  So instead I decided to use
<a
> > href=.....> inside my div tags.
> > So I have:
> > <DIV ID="TestLayer" STYLE="position:absolute;
> > left:30px; top:200;  width:230; height:120; background-color:#C0C0C0;
> > layer-background-color:#C0C0C0;visibility:visible;}">

> > <a name="blah" href="javascript:mouseclick(this)" onMouseOver="
> > mouseon(this);"
> >          onMouseOut="mouseout(this)" text="the actual text">
> > some text
> >        </a>
> > </DIV>
> > This is now almost working.
> >  The problem is now that where before I would pass my object events to
the
> > JS functions with
> > onmouseclick=Click(this); but now this isn't an object. (Note that by
> > setting the name attribute it actually causes the object to behave
> > differently)  Is there any way of referencing the containing div tag(ie
> > TestLayer)?
> > Also the < a> tag is supposed to have a text property.  However it
doesn't
> > seem to display this.  Does anyone know of any way to display this?

> > Thanks,
> > Stephen

> However in Netscape I am told that the parentElement does not exist. Is
this
> due to the different object layout in Netscape, and if so does anyone know
> how to access the parent Element in Netscape.

> > Hi

> > Really simple example :)

> > <div id="Daddy">
> > <a href="#" onmouseover="alert(this.parentElement.id)">bla</a>
> > </div>

> > Here is more info:

> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/

> > --
> > Best Regards
> >   Vidar Petursson
> >  ==============================
> >  Microsoft Internet, Client, SDK MVP
> >  ==============================
> >  http://www.icysoft.com
> >  http://www.dna.is



> >  ==============================
> >  No matter where you go there you are

> > > Hi,

> > > I'm having a problem making my page cross-brower compatible.  The
> problem
> > > occurs where I try to use scripting.  Before i used DIV tags and in IE
> > these
> > > allowed scripting, but not so in Netscape.  So instead I decided to
use
> <a
> > > href=.....> inside my div tags.
> > > So I have:
> > > <DIV ID="TestLayer" STYLE="position:absolute;
> > > left:30px; top:200;  width:230; height:120; background-color:#C0C0C0;
> > > layer-background-color:#C0C0C0;visibility:visible;}">

> > > <a name="blah" href="javascript:mouseclick(this)" onMouseOver="
> > > mouseon(this);"
> > >          onMouseOut="mouseout(this)" text="the actual text">
> > > some text
> > >        </a>
> > > </DIV>
> > > This is now almost working.
> > >  The problem is now that where before I would pass my object events to
> the
> > > JS functions with
> > > onmouseclick=Click(this); but now this isn't an object. (Note that by
> > > setting the name attribute it actually causes the object to behave
> > > differently)  Is there any way of referencing the containing div
tag(ie
> > > TestLayer)?
> > > Also the < a> tag is supposed to have a text property.  However it
> doesn't
> > > seem to display this.  Does anyone know of any way to display this?

> > > Thanks,
> > > Stephen