Hi Justin,
You can also use the simpler event model and add the event as follows:
anchor.onclick = function(){
alert('anchor with rel clicked');
}
This works in both IE and Mozilla.
For more info on events in javascript the best resource I've found is
http://www.quirksmode.org
Cheers,
Mark
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:06:28 +0300, Eser 'Laroux' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can use attachEvent method for this. But it's supported by Internet
> Explorer 6 only.
>
> --
> <a href="about:mozilla" rel="help">test</a>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
> for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
> var anchor = anchors[i];
> if (anchor.getAttribute('rel') == 'help') {
> anchor.attachEvent(
> 'onclick',
> function() {
> window.open(event.srcElement.getAttribute('href'),'popupwindow','width=400,h
> eight=400,scrollbars=1,resizable=1'); return false; }
> );
> }
> }
> </script>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Here's a function:
> >
> > function helpLinks()
> > {
> > if(!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
> > var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
> > for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++)
> > {
> > var anchor = anchors[i];
> > if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
> anchor.getAttribute("rel")
> > ==
> > "help")
> > {
> > anchor.setAttribute(
> > "onclick","window.open(this.href,'popupwindow','width=400,height=400,scr
> > ollbars,resizable'); return false;",0);
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > It works perfectly well in everything I can get my hands on except for
> > IE, where it fails to set the onclick event to all A elements with a
> > rel attribute of 'help'.
> >
> > Changing anchor.setAttribute(...) to
> > anchor.setAttribute('target','_blank',0); DOES work (the link opens in
> > a new window), so it would appear that IE doesn't like setting onlick
> > attributes this way.
> >
> > Can anyone either:
> > - suggest an alternate way to achieve this, or
> > - suggest a good mailing list to seek further help on (like a DOM list)
>
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