javascript doubts

[saju_m]

how to do th following so that it will work with both IE and Netdcape 6.1

1. how to increase the height of a textbox in runtime using javascript
2. how to change the mouse cursor in runtime
3. how to set tab orders in textfields

Thanking You

[Zach Elfers]

Actually, all of the above can be done without using JavaScript and work best the way I will give them:



1) To change the height of an input text box:
<input type="text" style="height:50px;">



2) To change the mouse cursor for an element:
<element style="cursor:default;">

Istead of using default which would be an ordinary arrow, you could use many others:

wait = hourglass
default = arrow
pointer or hand = a pointing hand
crosshair = two crossed lines. It looks like a target sign.
text = the text cursor

3) To set the tabindex of an element:
<input type="text" tabindex="n">

n = number from 0 to somewhere in the 320,000's. This would be the order the user would tab to the element. If one element had a tab order of 1, it would be the second element tabbed to (The first one would be the location bar -- there is no way around this). If another element had an index of 2, it would be the next one tabbed to and so on.

[Stefan]

Originally posted by Zach Elfers
2) To change the mouse cursor for an element:
<element style="cursor:default;">

Istead of using default which would be an ordinary arrow, you could use many others:

The full (and correct) list can be found here
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/ui.html#propdef-cursor