javascript help

matrim

Hi,

I need some help with a javascript problem I'm having.
I'm creating a drop down menu. This works fine but when I try to update it to be generic ('ie not hardcode the elementId into the functions) I run into a problem.

I have a timeout around one method and this prevents me from passing the element id to the functions
eg

onmouseover='setTimeout('noshow()' 5000)'

-- works ok
If I want to pass a variable throught noshow it causes an error because I cannot quote it

onmouseover('setTimeout('noshow([COLOR="Olive"]'elementid'[/COLOR])' 5000)'

I then tried to add this to another function as

function myTimeout(id)
{
    setTimeout('noshow(id)' 5000);
}

called from

onmouseover = "myTimeout('elementid')"

This causes a javascript error - id is not defined.

For other functions similar function calls work
eg
onmouseover = "show('elementid')" works.

Has anyone any ideas what might cause this?

matrim

*bump* Anyone?

Eoin

sorry, edited post because I just realised my idea wouldn't work at all

edit #2:
Have you tried this:

document.getElementById(elementIDHere)

Not too sure from your examples, where exactly you would use it, but could be worth a go.

matrim

eoin_s wrote:

edit #2:
Have you tried this:

document.getElementById(elementIDHere)

Not too sure from your examples, where exactly you would use it, but could be worth a go.

That's what I have. The no show method is something like this

function noshow()
{
   element = document.getElementById('elementid');
   //do stuff
}

I want it in such a way that I can pass the element id as a variable in the function.
eg

function noshow(id)
{
   element = document.getElementById(id);
   //do stuff
}

Otherwise if I want more than 1 drop down list, I've to have more than one noshow function.