Re: Is this JS Script cross-browser

rfr said the following on 3/25/2006 12:29 AM:

I have found a show-hide script that is nice and short and seems easy to
use.

But, I dont know if it is cross-browser.

It isn't.

I have just current version of MSIE, Netscape and Opera and it works
in them. I do want to know if this works with other, especially the
slightly older browsers.

What qualifies as "slightly older"? 1 year? 5 years? 10 years?

script type="text/javascript"
!--
function ShowHide(id, visibility) {
obj = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
obj[id].style.visibility = visibility;
}
//--
/script

That looks like a dumb way to do this:

function showHide(id,displayMode){
document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = displayMode;
}

But, do you know the difference between .style.visibility = "hidden" and
..style.display = "none";?

<snip>

a href="javascript:ShowHide('sub1Div','visible')">sh ow.sub1</a> |

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24 >

Does anyone know what browsers this won't work in?

It won't work in browsers that do not support the features you are
trying to use.

--
Randy
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I am a cut-n-paste js script user seeking a show/hide script that is simple
to impliment. This one loooks simple to use. Good.

However, I know just enough to suspect that this works only with the
browsers that use the new coding. If that is true, then this would fail on
any browsers except those that use the new coding. Thus, I suspected that on
browsers over 2 years old this scipt might fail. Bad.

Can you point me to a show/hide js script that is BOTH simple to implement
AND will handle recent browsers, say , . . since the major shift . . what
was it . . since about NS 4?

"Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

rfr said the following on 3/25/2006 12:29 AM:
I have found a show-hide script that is nice and short and seems easy to
use.

But, I dont know if it is cross-browser.

It isn't.

I have just current version of MSIE, Netscape and Opera and it works
in them. I do want to know if this works with other, especially the
slightly older browsers.

What qualifies as "slightly older"? 1 year? 5 years? 10 years?

script type="text/javascript"
!--
function ShowHide(id, visibility) {
obj = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
obj[id].style.visibility = visibility;
}
//--
/script

That looks like a dumb way to do this:

function showHide(id,displayMode){
document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = displayMode;
}

But, do you know the difference between .style.visibility = "hidden" and
.style.display = "none";?

snip

a href="javascript:ShowHide('sub1Div','visible')">sh ow.sub1</a> |

URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24

Does anyone know what browsers this won't work in?

It won't work in browsers that do not support the features you are trying
to use.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
Javascript Best Practices -
http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

rfr said the following on 3/25/2006 10:13 PM:

I am a cut-n-paste js script user seeking a show/hide script that is simple
to impliment. This one loooks simple to use. Good.

However, I know just enough to suspect that this works only with the
browsers that use the new coding. If that is true, then this would fail on
any browsers except those that use the new coding. Thus, I suspected that on
browsers over 2 years old this scipt might fail. Bad.

Closer to browsers that are 5 years old or so. IE6 is ancient and it
supports what your script does.

Can you point me to a show/hide js script that is BOTH simple to implement
AND will handle recent browsers, say , . . since the major shift . . what
was it . . since about NS 4?

The function I gave in my last reply:

function showHide(id,displayMode){
document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = displayMode;
}

Will work in IE5.0+, NS6+, Opera7 for sure (not sure about O6) and most
"current" MAC browsers.

But, the use of href="javascript: is a bigger problem than the script is.

--
Randy
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Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

What is the problem that you speak of with the use of href="javascript:?

Is there a preferred method to evoke this function that works more reliably
or more cross-browser than this?

"Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

rfr said the following on 3/25/2006 10:13 PM:
I am a cut-n-paste js script user seeking a show/hide script that is
simple to impliment. This one loooks simple to use. Good.

However, I know just enough to suspect that this works only with the
browsers that use the new coding. If that is true, then this would fail
on any browsers except those that use the new coding. Thus, I suspected
that on browsers over 2 years old this scipt might fail. Bad.

Closer to browsers that are 5 years old or so. IE6 is ancient and it
supports what your script does.

Can you point me to a show/hide js script that is BOTH simple to
implement AND will handle recent browsers, say , . . since the major
shift . . what was it . . since about NS 4?

The function I gave in my last reply:

function showHide(id,displayMode){
document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = displayMode;
}

Will work in IE5.0+, NS6+, Opera7 for sure (not sure about O6) and most
"current" MAC browsers.

But, the use of href="javascript: is a bigger problem than the script is.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
Javascript Best Practices -
http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

rfr said the following on 3/26/2006 3:44 PM:

What is the problem that you speak of with the use of href="javascript:?

The most common is with IE and animated gifs. If you have an animated
gif on a page in IE and click a href="javascript: link then the
animation will stop.

Is there a preferred method to evoke this function that works more reliably
or more cross-browser than this?

The URL I gave explains it, but here goes:

<a href="noScript.html" onclick="someFunction();return false">Some
Function</a>

--
Randy
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Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/