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chappy01
12-15-2011, 11:39 PM
We've been attempting to add a drop-down menu with hidden tables driven by javascript functionality to change the CSS from display:none to display: show, however the site that it's being added to has numerous (about 20) style sheets attached to it. When I use the code below it works fine inside of Dreamweaver but not in the site itself, which leads me to believe I've missed something very important in asking the script to loop through the sheets to find the correct values. Any help is greatly appreciated.


<style type="text/css">
.al {display:none}
.ca {display:none}
.ct {display:none}
.ga {display:none}
.il {display:none}
.la {display:none}
.ma {display:none}
.mi {display:none}
.mn {display:none}
.mo {display:none}
.ms {display:none}
.nc {display:none}
.ne {display:none}
.nh {display:none}
.nv {display:none}
.ny {display:none}
.or {display:none}
.sc {display:none}
.tn {display:none}
.tx {display:none}
.va {display:none}
.vt {display:none}
.wa {display:none}
.wi {display:none}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showHide(cls, show) {

// browser-compatibility
var rule = document.styleSheets[0].rules ? document.styleSheets[0].rules : document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;

for (var j = 0; j < rule.length; j++) {
if (rule[j].selectorText == "." + cls) { //find css selector
rule[j].style.display = (show) ? 'block' : 'none';
}
}
}

function selAction(sel) {
for (var i = 0; i < sel.options.length; i++) {
showHide(sel.options[i].value, i == sel.selectedIndex);
}
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<select name="type" onchange="selAction(this);">
<strong><option value="et">
Please Select Your State:
</option>
<option value="al">Alabama</option>
<option value="ca">California</option>
<option value="ct">Connecticut</option>
<option value="ga">Georgia</option>
<option value="il">Illinois</option>
<option value="la">Louisiana</option>
<option value="ma">Massachusetts</option>
<option value="mi">Michigan</option>
<option value="mn">Minnesota</option>
<option value="mo">Missouri</option>
<option value="ms">Mississippi</option>
<option value="nc">North Carolina</option>
<option value="ne">Nebraska</option>
<option value="nh">New Hampshire</option>
<option value="nv">Nevada</option>
<option value="ny">New York</option>
<option value="or">Oregon</option>
<option value="sc">South Carolina</option>
<option value="tn">Tennessee</option>
<option value="tx">Texas</option>
<option value="va">Virginia</option>
<option value="vt">Vermont</option>
<option value="wa">Washington</option>
<option value="wi">Wisconsin</option></strong> </select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="al">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ca">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ct">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ga">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="il">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="la">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ma">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="mi">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="mn">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="mo">
<td> No issues in your state at this time. </td>
</tr>
<tr class="ms">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="nc">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ne">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="nh">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="nv">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ny">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="or">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sc">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="tn">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="tx">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="va">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vt">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="wa">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="wi">
<td>
No issues in your state at this time.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
jscheuer1
12-16-2011, 06:02 AM
The code doesn't:


loop through the sheets

It just makes one pass through document.styleSheets[0]. If once the code is put on the live page, that stylesheet is no longer the first on the page, that would explain it.

Since you don't want to have to count stylesheets, and id is an invalid attribute for stylesheets, you could use title, or ensure that this is the last stylesheet before the script and find it that way.

Using title:


<style type="text/css" title="menusheet">
.al {display:none}
.ca {display:none}
.ct {display:none}
.ga {display:none}
.il {display:none}
.la {display:none}
.ma {display:none}
.mi {display:none}
.mn {display:none}
.mo {display:none}
.ms {display:none}
.nc {display:none}
.ne {display:none}
.nh {display:none}
.nv {display:none}
.ny {display:none}
.or {display:none}
.sc {display:none}
.tn {display:none}
.tx {display:none}
.va {display:none}
.vt {display:none}
.wa {display:none}
.wi {display:none}
</style>

And then the script, which can go anywhere:


<script type="text/javascript">
function showHide(cls, show) {
// find the sheet:
for (var i = document.styleSheets.length - 1; i > -1; --i){
if(document.styleSheets[i].title === 'menusheet'){
showHide.sheet = document.styleSheets[i];
break;
}
}

// browser-compatibility
var rule = showHide.sheet.rules ? showHide.sheet.rules : showHide.sheet.cssRules;

for (var j = 0; j < rule.length; j++) {
if (rule[j].selectorText == "." + cls) { //find css selector
rule[j].style.display = (show) ? 'block' : 'none';
}
}
}

function selAction(sel) {
for (var i = 0; i < sel.options.length; i++) {
showHide(sel.options[i].value, i == sel.selectedIndex);
}
}
</script>



In this second method (determine the last sheet before the script), the stylesheet must be right before the script (additions/changes highlighted):


<script type="text/javascript">
function showHide(cls, show) {

// browser-compatibility
var rule = showHide.sheet.rules ? showHide.sheet.rules : showHide.sheet.cssRules;

for (var j = 0; j < rule.length; j++) {
if (rule[j].selectorText == "." + cls) { //find css selector
rule[j].style.display = (show) ? 'block' : 'none';
}
}
}

function selAction(sel) {
for (var i = 0; i < sel.options.length; i++) {
showHide(sel.options[i].value, i == sel.selectedIndex);
}
}
showHide.sheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length - 1];
</script>

The browser cache may need to be cleared and/or the page refreshed to see changes.

There could be other problems.

If you want more help, please post a link to the page on your site that contains the problematic code so we can check it out.