IE does not like setAttribute onClick.
I had a similar problem recently.
I solved it by using the correct method first (as yours) then adding a function to
deal with IE after it.
function onclickIE(idAttr,handler,call){
if ((document.all)&&(document.getElementById)){idAttr[handler]=new
Function(call)}
}
Hope that helps
mike 2k:)2
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-----Original Message-----
From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 19 August 2004 07:22
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [WSG] DOM setAttribute in IE?
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)
---
Justin French
http://indent.com.au
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