setAttribute() Not Working in IE

[Gregg Bolinger]

I have created a table with rows that highlight as the mouse moves over them. I am doing something similar to this.

var x = tb.inertRow(count);
x.setAttribute("on mouse over", "this.className='highlight';");
x.setAttribute("on mouse out", "this.className='normal';");

Works great in FF but not in IE(6). I've also tried x.on Mouse Over = ... but that does not seem to work in either browser. Anyone have a cross browser solution?

(spaces on mouse events due to UBB rendering)
Thanks.

[Eric Pascarello]

IE is not reliable with setAttribute. Sometimes it works sometimes it does not what you need to do is rather simple.

x.onmouseover = function(){this.className='highlight';}

Eric

[Gregg Bolinger]

Thanks Eric. So where is this documented? Seriously.

[Eric Pascarello]

Quirksmode.org should become your friend...

http://www.quirksmode.org/bugreports/archives/2005/03/setAttribute_does_not_work_in_IE_when_used_with_th.html

Eric