changing already loaded text

[milf]

I'm looking to change a block of text using javascript. I'd prefer to use this method as opposed to refreshing the page each time.

I basically want to be able to change the content of a block of text depending on when a visitor clicks a link. The idea is that the visitor can sort navigate through journal entries by clicking on a link. Clicking a link will bring that entry to the main section of the page.

I've seen this done before and I think I had it working on IE, but something still isn't right. Here's what I had:


function rewrite(title, text) {
document.all.mainText.innerText = text;
document.all.mainTitle.innterText = title;
}


I have to <span id="xxx"> tags in the HTML that represent mainText and mainTitle. I read somewhere that document.all is a MS thing and probably won't be supported by all browsers. Is there a workaround to this?

Could someone suggest a better approach. I'm open to suggestions so long as I don't have to refresh the page each time. I'd prefer it to be dynamic.

Thanks!

[khalidali63]

Instead of

function rewrite(title, text) {
document.all.mainText.innerText = text;
document.all.mainTitle.innterText = title;
}

you can use document.getElementById

function (title,text){
document.getElementById("mainText").innerHTML = text
//assuming the mainText is an id for an object
}

I am sure you know that changes made to the page like this are only in the browser memory,and if you had to come to the page this information won't be there.

[milf]

Yes, I know that these changes are not permanent. That's fine, I don't want them to be.

I tried the code that you posted and that worked well. I'm using Chimera, but do you know how well this work with other browsers? I want a solution that is pretty general so that most any visitor will be able to use the page.

Thanks.

[khalidali63]

this solution will work with IE5+ and NS6+, I am hoping it will work with Opera because that to me seems like another IE browser(*_*). to make this work with NS4 type of browsers you will have to do some coding..:-)

Khalid