JavaScript Forum

**kline11** · 01-04-2008, 09:41 PM

I cannot seem to get the same javascript effect from this script with Firefox. I only works in IE, and I need one that works like it in Firefox as well. Please help! I have converted 30 code generating tools to be compliant with Firefox as well as IE and Netscape, but one tool generates this code and I need to have it generate Firefox friendly code as well...and it's killing me.

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>SearchBliss: Slide Link Drop Menu Example</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v3.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); return x;
}

function MM_changeProp(objName,x,theProp,theValue) { //v3.0
  var obj = MM_findObj(objName);
  if (obj && (theProp.indexOf("style.")==-1 || obj.style)) eval("obj."+theProp+"='"+theValue+"'");
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="bottom" align="left"> 
<td> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Menu: </font> 
<select name="s" onChange="MM_changeProp('Layer1','','innerHTML','&lt;MARQUEE SCROLLAMOUNT=120 behavior=slide direction=left&gt;&lt;a href=\&quot;\'+document.all.s.value+\'\&quot; target=\&quot;_blank\&quot; style=\&quot;color:#FF0000;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\&quot;&gt;\'+document.all.s.value+\'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/MARQUEE&gt;','DIV')" style="color:#FF0000;background-color:#CCCCCC;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">
<option selected>- Select One -</option>
<option value="http://www.searchbliss.com/Webmaster-Tools.htm">Webmaster Tools</option>
<option value="http://www.searchbliss.com/Free-Website-Content.htm">Free Website Content</option>
<option value="http://www.searchbliss.com/generators.asp">Buy Tools</option>
</select>
<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; z-index:1; visibility: visible; width: 700px"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

**chrishirst** · 01-05-2008, 03:11 PM

the <marquee> element is not a standard HTML element so sticking the HTML code for one into the innerHTML is not always going to work.

IE of course will handle all manner of odd things being thrown at it. After all, it's the same people that sell FrontPage

Found this Simple Marquee script when I was poking about on HowToCreate though.

**kline11** · 01-05-2008, 03:38 PM

Thanks Chris. I knew <marquee> was the problem but I cannot seem to find an alternative that will behave the same way as this menu does. I will check out the link. If you have any other suggestions that would be great. This is the last fix...and I'm still going nuts