getElementById help and formatting in Javascript

[calypso13]

How do I make the script below work?. It makes the text bold but doesnt go to the default.html page link. The "return false" line stops it. I didnt want to create another stylesheet just to format this one tiny text. Is there a way to format this text in Javascript?

<A href="default.html" id="subject"> Subject</A>
onclick="document.getElementById('subject').style.fontWeight='bold';
return false;">

 

[mwolf00]

<A href="default.html" id="subject" [blue]onclick="document.getElementById('subject').style.fontWeight='bold';"[/blue] > Subject</A>

or this

<A href="default.html" id="subject" [blue]onclick="[red]this[/red].style.fontWeight='bold';"[/blue] > Subject</A>

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[calypso13]

Is there a way to make the text stay bold after the link has been visited? Without "return false;" the text doesnt stay bold, it just acts like a hover or active effect. And with the "return false;", href="default.html" is not processed.

 

[mwolf00]

why not just use CSS to do this?

<style>
  a:active, a:visited {font-weight: bold;}
</style>

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook

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[calypso13]

Thanks for the help but I already tried that. It doesnt work. If I do this " a:active, a:visited {font-weight: bold;}" then the text will remain bold even when users click on a different link. I will figure out something else or way to do it. Thanks for all the help.