ctoz - 1:11 am on Feb 3, 2011 (gmt 0)

Looking at the solution proposed, I eventually saw that I had too many functions going: went back to the jQuery site and followed instructions for a simple callback, without parameters:

function loadWen() {
$('#allhex').load('loadem/hexWen.htm', doWen);
}

which actually does the business. The pause between the onclick color-change and the appearance of the text is handled by a separate function: so there's no need to hide and then show the text div; and even less need to make that part of a callback.

I'll use different versions of this simple callback to load different sets on the right, linking to different text on the left.

Sometimes just setting the problem out helps. Thanks again.