Re: xhtml and javascript

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Tom Gilder wrote:
>
> You could of course use the DOM to generate the checkbox, but you'd
> have to wait for onload to fire, which is a bad thing

You shouldn't need to:

   <div id="hook"></div>
   <script type="application/x-javascript">
     /* in an XHTML document this would have to use createElementNS(), not
        createElement(), but that's another story */
     var element = document.createElement('INPUT');
     element.onclick = function() { ... };
     // etc...
     document.getElementById('hook').appendChild(element);
   </script>

(The above might need some tweaks to work in legacy UAs like Windows IE6,
but the basic principle should work in any UA with DOM1 support.)

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Received on Saturday, 28 June 2003 17:18:11 UTC