Houston ! we have a problem :-(

[Mel]

the following code works fine, except that it does not scroll to the bottom.
which is what i really want
can someone help this pooooor soooouuuuullllll
i am a newbeeeee (kind'a)


<a href=# onclick="addtext('Tue Mar 22 2:39:09 PM Eastern Standard Time
2005<BR>');">
<b>HELLO</b></a>

<div id=MyDiv style=height:100;overflow:auto class=normal style="border:1px
CCCCCC solid"></div>

<script>
function addtext(string) {
var c = new Date();
oDiv = document.getElementById("MyDiv");
oDiv.innerHTML = oDiv.innerHTML + string + '<A name=' + c + '></A>';
self.location = "#" + c;
}
</script>

 

[Evertjan.]

Mel wrote on 22 mrt 2005 in comp.lang.javascript:

the following code works fine, except that it does not scroll to the
bottom. which is what i really want
can someone help this pooooor soooouuuuullllll
i am a newbeeeee (kind'a)


<a href=# onclick="addtext('Tue Mar 22 2:39:09 PM Eastern Standard
Time 2005<BR>');">
<b>HELLO</b></a>

<div id=MyDiv style=height:100;overflow:auto class=normal
style="border:1px CCCCCC solid"></div>

<script>
function addtext(string) {
var c = new Date();
oDiv = document.getElementById("MyDiv");
oDiv.innerHTML = oDiv.innerHTML + string + '<A name=' + c +
'></A>'; self.location = "#" + c;
}
</script>

which stands to reason, since location reloads the original page,
where the script is not yet executed.

 

[Mel]

I know it does not work, but the question is can you help ?

 

[Lee]

Mel said:

I know it does not work, but the question is can you help ?

He also told you why it doesn't work.

Don't assign a new value to the location object. Assign a new value to
"location.hash".