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djeglin · 30-05-2007, 10:45

Thats actually a pretty ugly way of doing it. Yes, it requires the least javascript, and is the easiest to get the hang of, but its obtrusive into the html, and uses the innerHTML attribute, which is generally looked down upon, and for good reason.

Its actually nicer to use proper DOM scripting to do this. For example, what if you have more than text you want to display in that div? You would have to use strings for each option, which would be all of the html required for that section of content. Its just not manageable, especially not if you need to update the content with any regularity.

You could try using the Yahoo DOM Builder - relevant article linked below:

Jack Slocum's Blog » DomHelper - Create Elements using DOM, HTML fragments and Templates

Or, you can write it yourself by using createChild and AppendChild... Which is what I tend to do at the moment, but that tends to work better where you have a list of data you are pulling from an array or something, cause you only have to set the paramaters once and get the script to do the rest of the repetitive work.

Cheers

David

30-05-2007, 10:45	#4 (permalink)
djeglin goober :-) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 533	Thats actually a pretty ugly way of doing it. Yes, it requires the least javascript, and is the easiest to get the hang of, but its obtrusive into the html, and uses the innerHTML attribute, which is generally looked down upon, and for good reason. Its actually nicer to use proper DOM scripting to do this. For example, what if you have more than text you want to display in that div? You would have to use strings for each option, which would be all of the html required for that section of content. Its just not manageable, especially not if you need to update the content with any regularity. You could try using the Yahoo DOM Builder - relevant article linked below: Jack Slocum's Blog » DomHelper - Create Elements using DOM, HTML fragments and Templates Or, you can write it yourself by using createChild and AppendChild... Which is what I tend to do at the moment, but that tends to work better where you have a list of data you are pulling from an array or something, cause you only have to set the paramaters once and get the script to do the rest of the repetitive work. Cheers David __________________ My signature sucks.