you're talking about the onclick = ".." part? if so try onclick="UnHideText();" I think that only one statement can be passed inside these parameters. If your question is about another different thing then please could you explain better? Marlon 2007/11/2, Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Anyone have any ideas about this? How do you embed a javascript function > call within a string parameter? > > For instance, I first have the link... > > <a id="linkElementID" href="#" onclick="UnHideText(); return false;"> Toggle > show hidden text </a> > > Then the functions > <script> > function UnHideText() { > linkElementID.onclick = 'HideText(); return false;'; > // Function to show the text... > } > function HideText() { > linkElementID.onclick = 'UnHideText(); return false;'; > // Function to hide the text again... > } > </script> > > Each time the link element is clicked, it should reset the onclick to > trigger the appropriate function. It doesn't appear to work though, the > embedded function > call within the string doesn't look to work. > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > -- When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free." Linus Torvalds __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind