onmouseover="(de???)select();"

[dhtmlhelp]

Hi,

what is the opposite of:

onmouseover="select();" ?

DHTMLHELP

[mordred]

Only you know what is meant with "opposite".


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[dhtmlhelp]

ok, ok, I am using it for an <input type=text> box. When the mouse goes over the text box the box is automatically selected with onMouseOver="select();".

What I need is the function that deselects the box OnMouseOut:

??? OnMouseOut="(de???)select();" ??

thanks,

DHTMLHELP

[mordred]

I fear there is no javascript method specifically designed to remove to deselect a previously selected form field, and which works reliably crossbrowser. You might consider employing this function, that should provide the desired functionality for IE and Mozilla (this browsers I tested it with).


function deselect(inputField) {
if (window.sidebar) {
inputField.blur();
}
if (document.all && !window.opera) {
inputField.value = inputField.value;
}
}


and call it like

onmouseout="deselect(this)"