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[MikeBarone]

I am trying to get the bgcolor to blink red when the button is pressed.

<FORM><INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Button" Value="CONTACT US" onClick="document.bgColor='#FF0000'; setTimeout(document.bgColor='#FFFFFF', 5000);"></FORM>

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Mike

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[grtammi]

I couldn't tell you why it wasn't working; I know when I have JS problems with setTimeout, I can normally resolve it by assigning the return value of setTimeout to a variable, such as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">
function toggleBg() {
  document.bgColor = "#FF0000" ;
  var resetTimeout = setTimeout("document.bgColor='#FFFFFF'", 5000) ;
}
</script>
 ...

<FORM><INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Button" Value="CONTACT US" onClick="toggleBg();"></FORM>

This is tested in Firefox only.


Greg

 

[MikeBarone]

Works in IE too, thanks!

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Mike

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