I have a beautiful lil' javascript function called preview. I have tested it, and it works fine, however when I try to call it from the onclick handler of button like so:


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the status bar changes like it should and then my javascript console gives me this:




I know it can call functions because alert() works fine.

Need more context to understand.

I don't believe window.status is the correct method...

button looks like so:


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function preview() works fine when called in script, however, it gives the following errors when called by the onclick function (or any input event handlers for that matter, such as onkeyup of a textarea)


window.status is fine. it does exactly what it should. and without it I still get the same errors.

It seems probable (especially after our discussion on IM) that you've discovered some sort of bug/glitch in JS. Solution: workaround.

wierd, cause it showed up in multiple browsers. anywho, I just added a timer and eliminated the preview button.

Did you try...
window.defaultStatus='Loading preview box...'

the Window status has absolutely nothing to do with it

at least read the debug output if you aren't going to listen to me.

I already tried removing all status bar stuff whatsoever. it had no effect.


Im not a noob, I know the steps of the debugging process. Ive been programming for the last 8 years....

>> [turns a fan in elfprince13's direction]
>> I'm guessing you're talking about something like below.
Well I tried putting

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in a simple page and then a really simple function preview() and it works fine in FF and IE and it works so I'm lost...

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sorry for blowing up like that, however Im starting to get irritated with people who try to offer help (a good thing, always grateful for it) and the go back and say stuff thats already been said, and that wouldn't need to be said again if you read back 3 or 4 posts for context.

Ive tried it in IE, FF, and Opera, all of them tell me it can't call the preview function, even though its there, and it works from anywhere else in the script except form event handlers.