including a file stops function from runing?? why

banbutcher

lo,
csn any one see why including this function on to a web page:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
startList = function() {
    if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
        navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
        for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
            node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
            if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
                node.onmouseover=function() {
                    this.className+=" over";
                }
                node.onmouseout=function() {
                    this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
window.onload=startList;
//--><!]]>
</script>

would stop this function running on the

<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&amp;v=2&amp;key=ABQIAAAAsiQvuugI6Ni06Zq-4qcw8xRDySWSj47LhKkbc2n0qzQPgi3L7hS02DtDqb_nguwz4fdmwsrHj5E1vw"type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function load() {
    if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
       var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
       map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
       map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
       map.setCenter(new GLatLng(53.396432, -7.470703), 5);      
       GEvent.addListener(map, "click", function(overlay, point){
         map.clearOverlays();
         if (point) {
             map.addOverlay(new GMarker(point));
             map.panTo(point);
             document.form1.mylat.value = point.lat();
             document.form1.mylng.value = point.lng();
    
         }  //close if(point)...
       });   //close GEvent...
    }  //close if(GBrowser...
} //close load()
</script>

ive been lookin for ages and my brain is fried!!

Cheers
Richie

dzy

Your best bet would be to install the Firebug extension for Firefox and step through the code in that.

Evil Phil

^^ what dzy said++

Eoin

Another +1.

This is completely off the top of my head, but you are using:

window.onload=startList;

Is there any chance that this is overriding an onload event elsewhere?

I think it's better practise to use:

window.attachEvent("onload", functionname);

banbutcher

eoin_s wrote: »

Another +1.

This is completely off the top of my head, but you are using:

window.onload=startList;

Is there any chance that this is overriding an onload event elsewhere?

I think it's better practise to use:

window.attachEvent("onload", functionname);

Yep thats done it! i had a feeling that that might have had something to do with it alright! thanks eoin!!

Eoin

banbutcher wrote: »

Yep thats done it! i had a feeling that that might have had something to do with it alright! thanks eoin!!

Wow - that was complete guesswork on my side!

banbutcher

good guess work tho!! :P