Adding an event to a tag

[stinkybee]

Is there any way of dynamically adding or changing an event for an HTML tag.

I would like to add or change an 'onMouseOver' event within a <div> tag (or any other tag for that matter).

I have tried 'setAttribute' but this does not work, presumably because it is an event not an attribute that I want to set.

 

[theemperor]

setAttribute() only works in Netscape...try attachEvent('onmouseover',name of function); instead! However, it is not possible to call a function which expects any parameters (attachEvent('onmouseover',foo(x, y)); would fail!).

Hope this helps!

 

[twist]

to set events use the following (these are for mouseMove)...
for ie:
document.onmousemove = someFunction;
for ns < 6:
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
document.onmousemove = someFunction;
for ns6:
document.addEventListener(&quot;mousemove&quot;, someFunction, true);

this is basically the 3 ways to set events for the broswers (ie,ns<6, and ns6)

 

[stinkybee]

Thanks for the answers, I have had some success with both.
Only problem is the inability to pass parameters.

Oh well, you can't have it all.

 

[GIGN]

You can grab the parameter from the arguments collection, form inside the function.


function someFunction(){

alert(&quot;Hello &quot; + arguments[0]);

}

someFunction(&quot;Gary Busey&quot;

yo [bb]

P.S. setAttribute does work for IE5.

 

[Guest_imported]

here, i wrote some basics: faq216-1063 but it is not in DOM & so, i don't know would it be of any help

there i used handler=new Function(&quot;body of the function&quot

but here is another way:
handler=new function(){
//put here whatever you want:
callSomeFunction(with, parametres)
}

something like that..

 

[stinkybee]

Thanks, the 'new Function' method works a treat.

 

[baad]

Victor