"Lau Lei Cheong" <lau_lc@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> <td onmouserover="self.bgcolor='#000000';"
> onmouseout"self.bgcolor='#FFFFFF';"></td>
>
> if you need more than one "state" of color, you probably want to write a
> javascript function to handle it.

> How do you change the background/fg color of a cell when the mouse is
> hovered above it?
>
> Examples would be nice.
>
>

"Jos" <josnospambranders@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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>
> "Lau Lei Cheong" <lau_lc@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
> news:%23ctuQv2TEHA.808@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > <td onmouserover="self.bgcolor='#000000';"
> > onmouseout"self.bgcolor='#FFFFFF';"></td>
> >
> > if you need more than one "state" of color, you probably want to write a
> > javascript function to handle it.
>
> Your code doesn't work with me. But this works:
>
> <td onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='red';"
> onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#FFFFFF';" >
> test
> </td>
>
> Jos
>
>