onFocus change classname

[Sarky78]

hey there i am using the following code to assign a classname to an element when the element has got the focus

this is something that i have done before but for some reason this has decided not to work. I am now using IE 6 on a win xp home edition

this is the html line:

<td align=&quot;center&quot; ID=&quot;help&quot; class=&quot;dull&quot;><A HREF=&quot;help.asp&quot; tabindex=&quot;1&quot; onfocus=&quot;javascript:focusText('help');&quot;>Help</a></td>

this is the javascript call - i know this won't work in NN but not too bothered about that at the moment

function focusText(theItem) {
document.all[theItem].classname = &quot;hilite&quot;;
}

when i do an alert right after the js code it says that the classname that it is using is the hilite one ! but it is not actually changing the display on the page and the new classname is a completly different colour

any ideas would be appreciated !

 

[Sarky78]

not to worry found what the problem was !

for some reason if i put the whole if statement around the javascript is now works !

so the javascript now looks like:

function focusText(theItem) {

if (document.layers) {
//Netscape
document.elements[theItem].className='hilite';
}
else {
//IE
document.all[theItem].className='hilite';
}
}

weirdness !

 

[xutopia]

just curious. does that work in NS? Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[Sarky78]

i believe that it does there are some things in the classes that can upset NN but i believe for the most it works fine