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Using the toElement and fromElement Properties

  
/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman 

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
ISBN: 0764533428
*/



<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>fromElement and toElement Properties</TITLE>
<STYLE TYPE="text/CSS">
.direction {background-color:#00FFFF; width:100; height:50; text-align:center}
#main {background-color:#FF6666; text-align:center}
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function showArrival() {
    var direction = (event.fromElement.innerText) ? event.fromElement.innerText :
    "parts unknown"
    status = "Arrived from: " + direction
}
function showDeparture() {
    var direction = (event.toElement.innerText) ? event.toElement.innerText :
    "parts unknown"
    status = "Departed to: " + direction
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>fromElement and toElement Properties</H1>
<HR>
<P>Roll the mouse to the center box and look for arrival information
in the status bar. Roll the mouse away from the center box and look for
departure information in the status bar.</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5>
<TR><TD></TD><TD CLASS="direction">North</TD><TD></TD></TR>
<TR><TD CLASS="direction">West</TD>
<TD ID="main" onMouseOver="showArrival()" onMouseOut="showDeparture()">Roll</TD>
<TD CLASS="direction">East</TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD CLASS="direction">South</TD><TD></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>








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