OnMouseOut problem

[fallingrock]

My navbar is composed with table cells. The following script within a TD tag highlights the cell when you pass over it with the mouse:

onMouseOver="this.bgColor='#FFFFFF'"
onMouseOut="this.bgColor='transparent'"

Works fine in IE 6. But in all versions of Netascape 4-7, when you mouse out, it leaves a blue background color instead of showing the underlying body transparently.

Any clues on how to fix this Netscape problem?

Thanks

 

[tviman]

I suspect that the problem lies with the 'transparent' color attribute. Note that in the onMouseOver function the attribute it a hex representation of a color (in this case, white). I believe that netscape will require a hex value for the onMouseOut event also. I don't think there is a hex value for 'transparent' so you'll have to find a workaround color.

There's always a better way...

 

[fallingrock]

You are close. I stumbled on the solution, which involves leaving the value undefined. Thus,

onMouseOut "this.bgColor=''"

works fine. In both Netscape 7 and Explorer 6 the code is read as "return no cell color," which is what I wanted.

Thanks all.