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JavaScript Examples Bible: The Essential Companion to JavaScript Bible
TABLE.cellPadding
function swapColors(tableRef) {
var oldLight = tableRef.borderColorLight
tableRef.borderColorLight = tableRef.borderColorDark
tableRef.borderColorDark = oldLight
}
While you can easily invoke this function over and over by ending it with a
setTimeout() method that calls this function after a fraction of a second, the
results are very distracting to the person trying to read your page. Please don’t do it.
caption
NN2 NN3 NN4 NN6 IE3/J1 IE3/J2 IE4 IE5 IE5.5
Compatibility ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Example
The following example, for use with The Evaluator (Chapter 13 in the JavaScript
Bible) in NN6+, demonstrates the sequence of assigning a new CAPTION element
object to a table. While the table in The Evaluator already has a CAPTION element,
the following statements replace it with an entirely new one. Enter each of the
following statements into the top text box, starting with the one that saves a long
reference into a variable for multiple uses at the end:
t = document.getElementById(“myTable”)
a = document.createElement(“CAPTION”)
b = document.createTextNode(“A Brand New Caption”)
a.appendChild(b)
t.replaceChild(a, t.caption)
A view of the table shows that the new caption has replaced the old one because a
table can have only one CAPTION element.
cellPadding
cellSpacing
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Compatibility ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Example
Use The Evaluator (Chapter 13 in the JavaScript Bible) to adjust the
cellPadding and cellSpacing properties of the demonstrator table. First, adjust
the padding (IE5+/NN6 syntax):
document.getElementById(“myTable”).cellPadding = 50