Comments on: JavaScript – Hide or Show an Element

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:17:50 +0000

I actually haven’t tried jQuery, or even looked into it much. Though I do hear it mentioned a lot. Lately I’ve been learning Dojo and my newest project uses that for the vast majority of its JavaScript functionality. However the code required to build my menu looked way more complicated than it needed to be, so I used my old trusty technique and afterwards I thought I’d share it.

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:14:37 +0000

I agree with you that people should be upgrading their browsers, and that we should educate them on doing so. As a web developer I would more than anything to see IE6 die, let alone older versions. Problem is, people still use these browsers. Sure their numbers are dwindling, bu they cant be ignored. As much as I’d love to say “well, it works on my browser, so tough luck” I just can’t get away with that. Believe me, I’ve tried

By: marty

marty — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:58:38 +0000

Why do you even consider supporting extremely old browsers (Netscape 4, IE4). Avoid using CSS for hide/show behaviour, that’s what JavaScript is for. If old browsers can’t cope with it, users should be upgrading their browsers. We should be educating the users to use modern web standard based browsers and avoid IE4, 5, 5.5 at all costs.

By: Gerhard

Gerhard — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:21:05 +0000

hey man, you should really check out jquery, you can do what you did here with a fade in and out in 3 lines of code

By: matchu

matchu — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:39:42 +0000

Orrrrrrr, you could use a Javascript library.

Any Javascript library.

Ever.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:43:49 +0000

good job.
its always better to attach sample example with code ……..