Coloring Tabs in Use

[kdix]

Our web developer is looking for a way to make tabs highlight, not just on mouse-over, but while the visitor is browsing that page. Is there a javascript function for this, or is there some other functionality that will allow this?

Many thanks,

K. Dix

[DrDaMour]

like just randomly?


you can use the setTimeout function

setTimeout(functiontorun,timeinmilliseconds);

[kdix]

No, not randomly -- you know, there are separate tabs for "Home", "Contact Us", "About Us", etc. When a visitor is on the Contact page, she wants the Tab saying "Contact Us" to turn red instead of blue, for example; thus, the visitor is aware of which page he's visiting just by glancing at the color difference.

Thanks!

--K

[DrDaMour]

are the buttons in a seperate frame of the home page?

[mpvirgo]

no this is not in separate frames, it is a top navigation with images for each subject ... home, contact us, etc...

[AdamGundry]

Why not just edit each page to refer to the correct image? For example, on the Contact Us page change the "Contact Us" image's <img> tag to refer to a highlighted version of the image.

This is a bit of work, but it ensures the 10% or so of users who don't use Javascript can use your pages.

Adam

[DrDaMour]

yeah, that's what i was getting at with my questions. in fact if there is only one frame, this is just about the ONLY way you could really accomplish this with javascript.

[khalidali63]

Might not be the only way,most certainly the most straight forward way..

:D

[DrDaMour]

that's why i said just about, not THE ONLY WAY. (if you want to nit-pick)