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I'm using an include page on my web project, and i wanted to have a dynamic menu.
For example:
Menu1
sub 1
sub 2
Menu2
sub 1
sub 2
If the user is in the section of Menu 1, then its sub contents will be shown by calling a javascript function that shows this sub menu. And if i on the section of Menu 2, its sub contents will appear. I am able to achieve this already in ie4+ but it doesn't seem to work in ns4.
It seems to me that i cannot find the objects within an include page.
This is how it is set up
index.html includes [menu.html]
index.html calls a function menu2show(); (works for ie but not in ns4)
Please help.
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This is probably due to NS4's implementation of the Document Object Model (DOM) more than anything else. The major stumbling block is NS4's use of document.layers as opposed to document.all; this was proprietary to NS, nobody else used it. (If I remember correctly, I believe NS4 also lacked support for 'document.getElementById', but might be wrong on this point.)
Since you mention a "dynamic menu" you're probably going to have to sniff for NS4 and adjust your js code accordingly. There are a few different ways to address this, the simplest being to supply a separate script. There are more elegant solutions around, you're probably going to have to do a bit (a lot) of reading.
Search around for terms like ns4 cross browser dhtml, ns4 dom, netscape javascript, etc. There's a lot of material out there and depending on your menu implementation you should be able to find something that helps.
