Posted by Andy Dingley on 10/19/05 14:27

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:50:41 -0700, "WJ" <wj@nospam.com> wrote:

>This sample works in Firefox, but not in IE 6.x.

Try this

<span class="linkcell"><a href="#"
onclick="getDetail(1); return false;" >View</a></span>


IE only supports :hover on links, and "link" means an <a> with a href
attribute, not just a <a>.

The href added here is a dummy and because the onclick event returns
false it won't be activated, even if clicked.

You don't need the "javascript:" pseudo-protocol, because this is an
even handler attribute, not a url.

I advise against using bold in a hover CSS rule, because it makes the
link text wider and causes the text to re-flow. It's often a jerky page,

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