Hi Brett,
The problem isn't this:
> var whatever = document.getElementById(layer);
I's this:
> onhover="namedFunction('timer')
What you're doing is mixing JavaScript in the HTML of the page. What you should
do is use a "listener" on your link to see when it is hovered over. This code
uses the prototype library [1] but you can do the same thing with other
libraries such as jQuery and mootools. I recommend you take a look at one of
those libraries to help you with this stuff. (Warning: I've not tested this
code!)
In the <head> of your page:
<script type="text/javascript">
// listen for the page being loaded completely
Event.observe(window, 'load', HoverListener, false);
function HoverListener()
{
// for each link with the class 'hover'
$$('a.hover').each(function(element)
{
// listen for the 'mouseover' event on this link and execute
the 'RunCode' function when it happens
Event.observe(element, 'mouseover', RunCode, false);
// also listen for the 'focus' event on this link for
keyboard-compatibility
Event.observe(element, 'focus', RunCode, false);
});
}
function RunCode(e)
{
// get the element which triggered the event
var el = Event.findElement(e, 'A');
// now do your code! In this example I'm just alert()ing the text in
the link
alert(el.innerHTML);
}
</script>
You can apply the class "hover" to any link, it will execute the RunCode
function above when that link is hovered over (or receives focus from a
keyboard action):
<a href="somepage.html" class="hover">Hover over this link...</a>
Hope this helps,
Chris
[1] http://prototypejs.org
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