[RESOLVED] RE: Window status Commands and Event Handlers (Javascript)

[kaihirst]

Hi all,

Got a wierd problem here with a relatively simple command and event handler.

Designing a intranet using classic ASP and have a simple Javascript handler to mask the server pathway in the statusbar. The problem is that the status command does not show when the mouse is over the tag text, but shows when the mouse is out.

Checked the CSS and this isnt the issue (Using inhereited CSS2 class framework), and used a standard sttring format rather than avariant array, so that isnt the problem. also tried using this tag format and problem persists onMouseOut= "JAVASCRIPT:window.status='helloworld';"

Ive pretty much exhausted everything

So i'll leave it to you guys to work this one out...

onMouseOver="Commerce()"
'thsi is the event handler in the html tag that triggers the Javascript function

This is the javascript code that the command calls.

var StatusBar = new Array("Business and Personal E-Commerce Essentials", 
        "Home and Business Networking Essentials", 
        "Business and Enterprise Infra-Structure Essentials", 
        "Home Computing Essentials", 
        "Business Computing Essentials", 
        "Application Architecture and Design Essentials", 
        "Software and Systems Development Essentials", 
        "Consulting xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx", 
        "")
 
function Commerce() {
    
    window.status=StatusBar[0]
}
 
function Clear_status() {
    
    window.status=StatusBar[8]
}

now as you can see. Abolsutely nothing wrong with this at all. So why the F***K does it not work properly!!!!

Cheers all

Kai

[visualAd]

The onmouseover event must return true; otherwise the events default action will kick. Adding this will solve your problem:

onmouseover="Commerce(); return true;"

[kaihirst]

Hi.

BONZA!!!!

I did add this to the function itself, but to no avail, but this worked.

rep points duelly added

cheers

Kai

[visualAd]

The code inside the event handler, is the same as declaring a function:

function onmouseout
{
    Commerce(); 
    return true;
}

So if the function itself returns true, you need only do this:

onmouseover="return Commerce();"