How can I make this tree menu work in Firefox and Netscape too?

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March 3rd, 2005, 12:31 PM

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How can I make this tree menu work in Firefox and Netscape too?

I am experiencing some problems with my tree menu, because the plus
signs don't change to minus signs in Firefox and Netscape. The code
works just the way I want it to in IE. I guess that Firefox and Netscape
don't support the "innerText" but I just don't know how to make the
code cross browser compatible and make it look the same as here (one
main menu, 2 submenus, and some links contained in the submenus). I
have tried to change the "innerText" to "innerHTML" instead, but that
didn't make any difference.

I hope you have one or two ideas to make the code behave the way I want.

<html>
<head>
<title> My incompatible tree menu </title>

<style type="text/css">
a:link{text-decoration: none; color: 004884}
a:visited{text-decoration: none; color: 004884}
a:hover{text-decoration: underline; color: 004884}
font-family: verdana;}
</style>

<script language="javascript">

//Checks if menu is collapsed or expanded and then expands or collapses accordingly.

function Toggle(which, under) {
var visible = document.getElementById (which).style.display != "none"
//This is the div that should be expanded or collapsed.
var obj = document.getElementById (which)
//This is the div that is clicked to change the plus/minus sign.
var sub1 = document.getElementById (under)

if(obj.style.display = "none") {
obj.style.display = "block"
sub1.innerText = "–"
}

if(visible) {
obj.style.display ="none"
sub1.innerText = "+"
}
}

//Collapses the menu completely when called.
function close() {
divs = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
keys = document.getElementsByTagName("span");

for (i=0; i<divs.length; i++)
divs[i].style.display="none";

for (i=0; i<keys.length; i++)
keys[i].innerText ="+"
}

</script>
</head>

<body>

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td >
<a href="javascript:Toggle('menu1', 'sub1');">
<span id="sub1">+</span><b>   Menu 1</b> </a>
</td></tr>
</table>

<div id="menu1" style="display: none; margin-left: 13px;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
<tr><td>
<a href="javascript:Toggle('menu1.1', 'sub1_1');">
<span id="sub1_1">+</span>   Submenu 1.1 </a>
</td></tr>
</table>

<div id="menu1.1" style="display: none; margin-left: 13px;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
<tr><td>
<a href="menunumber.asp?submenu=1.1.1" target="main">
  Go to URL 1.1.1 </a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<a href="menunumber.asp?submenu=1.1.2" target="main">
  Go to URL 1.1.2 </a>
</td></tr>
</table>
</div>

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
<tr><td>
<a href="javascript:Toggle('menu1.2', 'sub1_2');">
<span id="sub1_2">+</span>   Submenu 1.2 </a>
</td></tr>
</table>

<div id="menu1.2" style="display: none; margin-left: 13px;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
<tr><td>
<a href="menunumber.asp?submenu=1.2.1" target="main">
  Go to URL 1.2.1 </a>
</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td >
<a href="javascript:close();"><b>Collapse menu</b> </a>
</td></tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

March 3rd, 2005, 05:39 PM

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Use "innerHTML" instead of innerText.

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