That's the basic theory ... but its more complex to implement in practise :rolleyes: Have a look at this example, and note a few things about it:
1 - the layer inside the ilayer - the ilayer specifies an inline element, but writing directly to ilayers is unreliable; it's more robust to put a layer inside it and write to that
2 - in ns4, each layer has its own document, so two nested layers are two documents inside each other
3 - you have to open() write() and close() to make it work
4 - it's also problematic to write to empty layers. You should have something inside it to begin with.
5 - layers are not flexible to written content - you must declare an initial width that;s enough for what you want to write into it (although you can modify it afterwards instead)
<table border=1>
<tr><td><span id="boxdescription"><ilayer id="boxdescription"><layer width=50>x</layer></ilayer></span></td></tr>
</table>
<form><input type="button" value="writeToLayer()" onclick="writeToLayer()"></form>
<script language="javascript1.2">
function writeToLayer() {
if (typeof document.getElementById!="undefined") {
document.getElementById("boxdescription").innerHTML = "hi";
}
else if (typeof document.layers!="undefined") {
var layerObj = document.layers["boxdescription"].document.layers[0];
layerObj.document.open();
layerObj.document.write("hi");
layerObj.document.close();
}
}
</script>