Hide button works but when changed to image doesn't 1

[Microbe]

Hey there,

I have a page that has the submit button hidden until a selection is made.

It works perfectly.

However when I then change the button to be an image i.e. from

<input type='submit' value='Next' name='nextbutton' id="nextbutton"  style='visibility:hidden' >

to

<input type='image' src="/images/buttonnext.gif" value='Next' name='nextbutton' id="nextbutton"  style='visibility:hidden' >

it breaks and return a javascript error "nextbutton is not defined".

Any clues on what I am doing wrong or is this just not possible?


Steve

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

What is the JS code in question, and when is it being run?

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[Microbe]

here's the code that triggers the button to appear -

<div class='centeredradio'>
				<input name='templateID' type='radio' value='<?php echo  $row_templates["templateID"]; ?>' onclick='nextbutton.style.visibility="visible";resetbutton.style.visibility="visible"'> 

			</div>

it is then hidden again by clicking the reset button in the code in the original post.

As I said, it works perfectly if I use the generic form buttons. The problem happens when I change the button to display an image instead.

Steve

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Where is "nextbutton" defined? You must be testing in IE, as it lets users get away with this sort of non-standard DOM play.

Instead of assuming you can access "nextbutton" just by referencing it, you should use:

document.getElementById('nextbutton')

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[Microbe]

pure genius...what can I say

Thanks.



Steve

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