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[Guest]

Hi Nunzio,

First let me say you have a great site here! Tons of very helpful information and humerous subject matter - thank you for sharing .

I have a question about a wonderful bit of javascript (table cell bg color change) that I came across a while ago that you wrote (the same script you use in your navigation to the left).

I have been playing with the script for a short while to change the bgcolor of table cells with more than one line of text or links (like you have in your navigation). What I have found is that if there are any html tags other than a standard <br> tag, the color change will flicker between the original color and hover color when my mouse encounters that specific element.

For example, if I have a paragraph of text within a table cell that has <p> tags the bg color of the cell flickers. This happens with any html tags (e.g. <ul><b><p><span><a href> etc. etc.). If I use double <br><br> tags I am able to space paragraphs without the "flicker."

I was hoping that you might be able to give me some recommendations as to what might be done to prevent this from happening. I am not a great coder by any stretch of the imagination so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I think your code would make a fantastic visual effect for entire tables filled with links, content, images etc - but the flicker prevents me from using anything but straight text.

Any help will be GREATLY appreciated . Thanks again and take care!

Michael

[Nunzio]

Hello,

Sorry it took so long for me to respond, but I haven't really looked at anything here for awhile, to check for new postings. I'd been away for awhile, and then had a death in the family, where I was out-of-state for several more days. I also notice that you never registered/logged in when you posted and posted only as a "Guest". Therefore I would not have received any auto-email notification of your post either. I rarely check the board for new postings on my own and usually always rely on email notification (although in this case I wasn't even checking email for awhile).

[Nunzio]

Woops! Almost forgot...

[Vibe]

Hi Nunzio,

I just checked back with the forum and saw your reply - thanks for your suggestions!

When I originally posted I thought I was logged in (I am the original poster of this thread but I see now that it falls under that "guest" heading.

I have had one heck of a time finding a script that works as well as yours does in multiple browsers...however, I did find something that I am trying to work with. When I get further along I will definitely post it here (which may be a little while as I am not the JavaScript guru). I have been able to get it to function in I.E. and Mozilla just fine. It is definitely a "cool" effect for table cell transitions.

Thanks again for your assistance and for your informative site!

Michael

[Nunzio]

Okay Michael,

If the script you located suits your needs, you can also reference it for me and I'll make an attempt to edit it to be cross-browser compatible if possible.

Yer welcome and I'm glad my site has been of interest to you.

Take care,
Nunzio
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[Vibe]

Hi Nunzio

WOW has it been a long time since I had originally posted! Work and the birth of my son have taken me in many directions not giving me the free time that I had. I haven't forgotten about the table fade, and now have had some free time to work with it so I thought I would share with you what I have found.

I found a script that I have been toying with that is rather interesting. It is basically a compound rollover effect for table cell fades using two table rows. I have been trying to "break apart" the effect so that I can remove the top row and limit the fade effect to one table cell with the graduation of color over multiple increments. Here is a link to the code (full html page):

http://www.vibeinteractive.com/fade.htm

If you have the opportunity it would be great to hear your feelings about the effect overall and how it compares to your code. I definitely like your code much better as it seems clearer for my understanding and is easier to configure. Interestingly enough this particular code brings up the "code-blocker" in I.E. when you run it locally.

I do hope all is well for you and again thank you for your very informative site - thanks again and best wishes!

Michael