Mega Code Archive
Using the onPropertyChange Property
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/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>onPropertyChange Event Handler</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function normalText() {
myP.innerText = "This is a sample paragraph."
}
function shortText() {
myP.innerText = "Short stuff."
}
function normalColor() {
myP.style.color = "black"
}
function hotColor() {
myP.style.color = "red"
}
function showChange() {
var objID = event.srcElement.id
var propName = event.propertyName
var newValue = eval(objID + "." + propName)
status = "The " + propName + " property of the " + objID
status += " object has changed to \"" + newValue + "\"."
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>onPropertyChange Event Handler</H1>
<HR>
<P ID="myP" onPropertyChange = "showChange()">This is a sample paragraph.</P>
<FORM>
Text: <INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="btn1" CHECKED onClick="normalText()">Normal
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="btn1" onClick="shortText()">Short
<BR>
Color: <INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="btn2" CHECKED onClick="normalColor()">Black
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="btn2" onClick="hotColor()">Red
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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