Document.write headaches

Adam · Aug 20, 2003

Hey gang,

I'm trying to have a certain piece of html be written into a document
depending on the browser (specifically, Netscape). Anyway, I have the
following INSIDE the html (nested in a table) and wonder if this is
incorrect. Can someone give me some pointers? It's been a while since
I've done any javascripting and this will help so much. Thank you!!

<script language="javascript">

</SCRIPT>

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen · Aug 20, 2003

Evertjan. said:
<SCRIPT>

document.write() needs a closing bracked:

I think that is the original posters problem.

===================

why not do this:

<TD align="center"
<SCRIPT>
if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape')
document.write("height="250px")
</SCRIPT>

Because it is illegal HTML. Script tags are HTML tags, and they must
obey the normal rules for nesting tags. You cannot put a tag *inside*
another tag, only inside the element (between open and close tags).
(And as a side note, script tags are only legal inside the head or
body elements).

Also, you shouldn't add "px" to the height attribute. Preferably you
shouldn't use the HTML height attribute, but use CSS styles instead
(as you say later), or you should just write the number (height="250").

<TD align="center" id="td74">
<img src="media/copyright.gif" width="260px"
height="13px" alt="" border="0">

and later [or <body onload=..]

<SCRIPT>

Type is mandatoty.

if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape')
document.getElementById("td74").height="250px"

The original poster didn't say which Netscape he is after, and this
would break in Netscape 4. Apart from that, I would prefer this
method. The HTML height attribute doesn't use "px".

btw1: it seems more reasonable to set the height of a <tr> than of a <td>

It should work, at least if you use CSS (I am not sure how the HTML
attributes interact with CSS, but proabably reasonably).
The height of a table cell is the maximum of the specified height and what
the contents need. The height of a table row is the maximum of its specified
height and the heights of the cells in that row.

btw2: even better use css:

Absolutely!

/L

Evertjan. · Aug 20, 2003

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen wrote on 20 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

Because it is illegal HTML.

You are right. My brain was in serverside mode.

Help with Visual Lightbox: Scripts	2	May 3, 2023
Colspan probs	2	May 21, 2026
Help with my responsive home page	2	Dec 14, 2022
Help with code	0	Jun 11, 2022
Uncaught ReferenceError: item is not defined at HTMLButtonElement.onclick in the: <button onclick="item.inserir()">Inserir dados</button>	1	Apr 21, 2023
Image on header	2	May 1, 2024
Can someone tell me if this a real tracker? Or is it one designed to show you a different message at certain times, ie. acting like one?	0	Jan 10, 2021
How to have two html audio players on one page?	0	May 3, 2022

Document.write headaches

Adam

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen

Evertjan.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Members online

Forum statistics

Latest Threads