severndigital Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I am jumping into javascript and ajax for the first time. As i am going through my tutorials i am learning about the different javascript events. particularly in this case the onmousedown event. my code below is exact to the tutorial, this is what i have. <html> <head> <title>Javascript Event Example</title> </head> <body onmousedown="document.bgcolor='pink'"> <h1> Click this page to turn it pink. </h1> </body> </html> according to the tutorial in the book I have the page is supposed to turn pink when you click on it. I have tried several different servers to eliminate the server being configured wrong. Also tried Firefox and Explorer with no luck. Does anyone know why this isn't working?? thanks in advance. chris Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65272-onmousedown-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilman Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Try document.backgroundColor Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65272-onmousedown-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/#findComment-325992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
severndigital Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 that did not work either. Is it something I am doing with the code incorrectly? or could it be a server or browser issue? thanks, chris Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65272-onmousedown-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/#findComment-326015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emehrkay Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 try onclick Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65272-onmousedown-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/#findComment-326034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnghtblue Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I tried this myself, and couldn't get it to work, even with onclick, in both Firefox and IE. Not sure what the problem is. =/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65272-onmousedown-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/#findComment-326045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
severndigital Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 at least it is not me or my servers then ??? interesting though, it is an example from Ajax For Dummies book, you would think they would all work. I will move through the rest of the book and see if I get any other errors. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/65272-onmousedown-doesnt-seem-to-be-working/#findComment-326049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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