would mouseover work for you? ~:"
Jonathan Chetwynd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.openicon.org/ +44 (0) 20 7978 1764 On 30 Aug 2008, at 22:03, russellgum wrote: > I have an svg application where a click on a polygon changes its > color and sets up an entry > to a database. This works fine except when I want to change my mind > and unselect the > polygon and change its color back to the original. > > I tried to use a mouseup to select the polygon that needs to have > its color reset. This > sortof works but the click event also triggers the mouseup function > so I get extraneous > data in my database. > > I tried up using a mousedown event to select and a mouseup to > unselect, but this is very > dependent on the users moving the mouse into or out of the polygon. > This does work, > however. > > So, question 1 is: Is there a better way to select and then unselect > a polygon? > > Next > > I tried to determine the fill color of a polygon via javascript but > had little success. > > function restoreColor(evt) { > > objet=evt.target; > att=objet.attributes; > var state = document.getElementById(att.item(0).value); > var style = state.style; > > //var oldcolor = att.item(4).value); (this is the original polygon > color) > //alert(oldcolor); (this does not work) > > style.setProperty("fill","blue", ""); (for some reason -- ie my > lack of expertise in > javascript -- I could not replace "blue" with att.item(4).value) > chaine = chaine+'field='+ att.item(0).value +"&"; > alert("chaine" + " " + chaine); > } > > Question 2 is how can I define a variable that would allow me to > replace "blue" in the > example above with the original polygon fill which is > att.item(4).value > > > ------------------------------------ > > ----- > To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -or- > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit > my membership" > ----Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
