AJAX

Why the following does not work in Firefox

Please support our JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX advertiser: PostgreSQL or MySQL? Compare and contrast the two most popular open source databases

•

Join Date: Mar 2007

Posts: 1

Reputation: mp54214 is an unknown quantity at this point

Solved Threads: 0

mp54214

Offline

Newbie Poster

Why the following does not work in Firefox

Jul 13th, 2007

Hi,

Can anyone say, why the following TEXTAREA-enlargening javaScript does not work in Firefox even though it works ok in IE7?
============================================

<html>
<head></head>

<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="" id="form1">
<br />
<br />
<textarea name="TextBox1" rows="4" cols="15" id="TextBox1" onClick="enLargeTbox(this.name)" onMouseOut="ReduceTbox(this.name)"></textarea><br />

<textarea name="TextBox2" rows="4" cols="15" id="TextBox2" onClick="enLargeTbox(this.name)" onMouseOut="ReduceTbox(this.name)"></textarea><br />

<textarea name="TextBox3" rows="4" cols="15" id="TextBox3" onClick="enLargeTbox(this.name)" onMouseOut="ReduceTbox(this.name)"></textarea>

<script language=javascript>
function enLargeTbox(a){
var cbobject= document.form1.elements(a)
cbobject.rows = 40
cbobject.cols = 30
}

function ReduceTbox(a){
var cbobject= document.form1.elements(a)
cbobject.rows = 4
cbobject.cols = 15
}
</script>
</form>
</body>

</html>

•

Join Date: May 2006

Posts: 1,422

Reputation: stymiee is on a distinguished road

Solved Threads: 35

stymiee

Offline

He's No Good To Me Dead

Re: Why the following does not work in Firefox

Jul 14th, 2007

Check the firefox javascript error console. It will tell you what error it sees.

John Conde
Brainyminds | Merchant Account Services | I Love Code
IT'S HERE: Merchant Accounts 101 Everything you need to know about merchant accounts!

•

Join Date: Jun 2007

Posts: 52

Reputation: GiorgosK is an unknown quantity at this point

Solved Threads: 1

GiorgosK

Offline

Junior Poster in Training

Re: Why the following does not work in Firefox

Jul 14th, 2007

You are using very archaic javascript techniques

Either go with a cross browser javascript library (dojo, jquery, scriptaculous, mochikit, mootools )

or find a code that works "cross-browser"

I would go with the former, it takes a little bit of learning but you want have to think about browser incompatibilities anymore ....

GiorgosK
Web developer/marketer
------------------
Free online games Chios studios Chios Apartments Chania studios Chios Greece travel guide