Addressing form elements in Netscape

ojf · Apr 7, 2002

I want some text to show up in a right frame's textbox, when I click or move the mouse over a href in my left frame. These are my test files, and they work in IE but not in Netscape 6.2:
MAIN.HTM - describing the frames:

<html><head><title></title></head>
<frameset cols="50%,*">
<frame name="left" src="left.htm">
<frame name="right" src="right.htm">
<noframes>
<body>
</body></noframes></frameset></html>

LEFT.HTM (I have just changed the onclick to onmouseover)

<html><head><title></title>
<script language="JavaScript">
function fInfo() {
parent.right.myform.mytext.value="Here is the info.."
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href=start.asp onmouseover=fInfo()>Info</a>
</body></html>

RIGHT.HTM

<html><head>title></title></head>
<body>
<form name=myform method="post">
<input type="text" name="mytext" >
</form>
</body></html>

Any suggestions?
Olav

Guest_imported · Apr 7, 2002

NutScrape is a pian for Javascript sometimes. Try this
function fInfo() {
parent.right.document.myform.mytext.value="Here is the info.."
}

I have been having alot of trouble access form elements without implicitly going through the document object. If the above does not work, try putting document. in front of it all.
kibb

ojf · Apr 7, 2002

It worked! Thanks!
Olav

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