Mega Code Archive
Moving Text
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/*
Mastering JavaScript, Premium Edition
by James Jaworski
ISBN:078212819X
Publisher Sybex CopyRight 2001
*/
<html>
<head>
<title>Moving Text</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
var heading = null
function moveText(milliseconds) {
window.setInterval("changePosition()", milliseconds)
}
function changePosition() {
var x = Math.random()*400
var y = Math.random()*400
if(document.getElementById)
heading = document.getElementById("moveme")
else if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
heading = document.all.item("moveme")
else if(document.layers)
heading = document.layers["moveme"]
if(heading != null) {
if(heading.style == null) { // Navigator 4
heading.left = x
heading.top = y
}else if(heading.style.left != null) { // DOM-capable
heading.style.left = x
heading.style.top = y
}else{ // IE 4
heading.style.posLeft = x
heading.style.posTop = y
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="moveText(2000)">
<div id="moveme" style="position:absolute;font-size:xx-large;">This text moves!</div>
</body>
</html>
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