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Can you use onMouseOver on text?

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cathl

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I am trying to call a javascript function when the mouse goes over a piece of text in the browser but it isn't working.
I am using:
<a href=# onMouseOver=&quot;openIt(0)&quot;>Home</a>
where openIt is a javascript function.
Can anyone tell me why this won't work (in ie and ns) and if there's a solution other than putting an image in place of the text?
Any help greatly appreciated.
 
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Try to put alert at the beginning of the
function so u'll know if the program reaches the function
or not.

I see no probelm with the way u wrote the event.

Exp.:
<html>
<head>
<script language=&quot;Javascript&quot;>
<!--
function functionName(x)
{alert(x);
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>

<a href=&quot;#&quot; onMouseOver=&quot;functionName('text')&quot;>alert the text</a>
</body>
</html>
 
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an other solution is to put your text between a span or a div - more logical than a href !
<span onmouseover=&quot;javascript:eek:penit(0)&quot;>blah blah</span>
it's ie4+ &amp; ns6+ only tho :-/
 
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cathl, I think too that u should focus
on the function, and not on the href syntax.
Give us the link to check it if u can't find the problem yourself.
 
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Thanks - I have now found the problem. It was in the function. I have put the text between a span too as suggested.
Thanks for all your help!
 
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