Changing the bgcolor of table cells using onclick event

try to use this to change the cells

<table id="tableTest">
<tr><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr><td> 2 </td></tr>
<tr><td> 3 </td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td><input type="radio" name="rdoChange" onclick="changeColor('blue');"> Blue</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="rdoChange" onclick="changeColor('red');"> Red</td>
</tr>
</table>

<script>
var getTableId = document.getElementById('tableTest');
var getCell = getTableId.getElementsByTagName('TD');

function changeColor(color) {
  for(i=0;i<getCell.length;i++) {
   getCell[i].style.backgroundColor = color
  }
}
</script>

While this solution works, it is not the solution I am looking for.

This is exactly what I was looking for as I can embed the style and have this definition to be able to use all over my pages. I have no idea why I couldnt not remember this, but I appreciate the help.

Sorry it took so long to get the points assigned.

quantum2

I am going to have to play with it some. I want this to work as a toggle, but I am sure not that I see how to implement it correctly, that I can make it work as a toggle color change.

Meaning, the cell is the same color as the background, when you enable the function that is represented by the radio button the cell turns another color, when you disable on another radio button the enabled color returns to its original color, and the disabled cell highlights to indicated the feature is disabled.

Thanks again.

Toggle?

If the radios are the same name then they are treated as and array.  I you put the cell name in an array as well then:

<script language ="JavaScript">
<!--
  var cellarr new Array('cell1','cell2',cell3','cell4');
  var pntr=document.myform.rads;
  function togglecell()
  {
     for (i=0;i<pntr.length;i++)
     {
        thecell=cellarr[i];
        if (pntr[i].checked)
        {
           document.getElementById(thecell).classname='blue';
        }
        else
        {
           document.getElementById(thecell).className='red';    
        }
     }
   }
//->
</script>

Then call the function from the radios and it will act as as refresh

<input type="radio" onClick="togglecell()'">

You can make it more complex by adding additional arrays to set back to a default or a previous color.  As long as the array line up you can have all kinds of flexibility just by changing the className.

Thanks for the A. :^)

Cd&

Basically,
I have a form with two boxes (tables) with options. One is for credit card on file, one is to enter a new card for a single transaction. When you enable the new card information, I watned to turn the cell for the enabled radio button green, and then dim out the other table to indicated it is disabled. Then if you selected the disable new card inforamtion (the default) its cell would turn a color and then the card on file table would be re-enabled and highlighted. JavaScript is testing the state of the radio buttons so I know what data to pass on the post.

This is what I ended up doing.

in my CSS I defined the background colors for each of the color states. Then in my radio button click events, I tagged all of the color changes in a row so that multiple cells would change on the single click.

The radio inout type ended up looking like this:
<input type="radio" name="radiobutton" value="radiobutton" checked onClick="document.getElementById('cell3').className='Red',document.getElementById('cell4').className='Red', document.getElementById('cell1').className='White',document.getElementById('cell2').className='white',document.getElementById('current').className='Homesum'">

The page that does this is real nice now, and works very well.

Basically, I have created a site for online transactions that is a tempalte where everything in the site can be manipulated by CSS rather than having a great deal of custom graphcis etc. Visual cues were important, and I watned to avoid FLASH as not all of our customers will be able to use it. So, CSS, DHTML and JS were the solution.

Thanks again for the help.

Quantum

Your array solution is cleaner from a code maintenance point of view. I will duplicate the same page and see how well that works. All in all, I really apprecaite the help, I was missing the ID in the tables when i was trying to do it, and by not having an ID I could not selectively change the colors in the other tables over the page.

God I love this site.... Time for me to go help someone and spread the wealth.

Your welcome for the "A"

Short, sweet answers that work always get an "A" from me. I wouldnt ask if I wasnt stuck, and when I get a good answer I appreciate it.

-Q2