Posted by Rod on 04/04/06 06:25

Thanks! Thanks!
May I ask why usability purists will squawk at this? We aren't breaking an
ancient Masonic code here, are we?
Thanks again,
Rod


"Neredbojias" <http://www.neredbojias.com/fliam.php?cat=alt.html> wrote in
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> To further the education of mankind, "Rod" <knightraveler@yahoo.com>
> declaimed:
>
>> Hi.
>> Thanks for being here -- this is a tough one for me...
>>
>> When I link a rollover graphic to one of my sliced images, it leaves
>> an even dotted white line around three sides of the image after you
>> click on the link and then go back to the page, similar to visiting
>> linked text which turns a color after visiting. This doesn't happen
>> in I.E., just Firefox, and it doesn't help to load the page in table
>> form or layer form (Dreamweaver). I've set all table borders to "0".
>>
>> This doesn't happen to any of the other sliced images if I create a
>> link -- only to the rollover slice (consists of 2 jpgs - rollover
>> state 1 = "over" - state 2 = "off". The rollover works great until
>> you click on it, then you see the dotted line, and when you go back to
>> the page it is quite visible and ugly!! Yikes.
>>
>> Anybody know a fix to this. It really ruins the look of the rollover
>> to have this white box show up every time someone clicks on the image
>> and goes back to the page.
>>
>> Thanks so much!!
>> Rod
>
> Change this:
> <td><a href="home.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver=....
>
> To this:
> <td><a href="home.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"
> onMouseUp="this.blur()" onMouseOver=....
>
> Usability purists might sqwack, but since you have only one link...
>
> --
> Neredbojias
> Apprentice Learner
>

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