[javascript] Question

[mwarden at gmail.com (Matt Warden)]

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Schalk Neethling wrote:
> Now, after all that. The problem is, the first time I click the link
> nothing happens. After that it works perfectly. I am new to javascript
> and I am sure I am overlooking something. Any help or pointers will be
> much appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I am pretty sure that .style is a reference to the style attribute of
the element. So, the first time you call the function, style.display
is empty if it is not defined in the element as such:

<foo style="display: block;"></foo>

And, since it's empty, it gets thrown into your else condition, when
then assigns: style2.display = 'block'. Now, the next time you call
the function, the .style.display property will indeed equal 'block'.


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Miami University
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http://mattwarden.com


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