Use CCS - only works in standards-compliant browsers to my knowledge:
a {
cursor: pointer;
}
--- "John M. Corro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to call a javascript function from an html link w/o
> causing the parent page to reload, but still having the cursor change to a
> pointing finger when it goes over the link?
>
> I'm trying to implement the following basic situation....user clicks on a
> link, a child window pops up w/ a listing of widgets, user clicks on a
> widget, and a value is passed back to the parent page. I've been able to get
> everything working (popup window, widget listing, return value, etc) w/ an
> anchor tag like this...
> <a onclick="openWidgetWindow()">Click here to see a listing of Widgets</a>
>
> However, one thing w/ this is that the mouse cursor doesn't change to a
> pointing finger when it goes over the link because I don't have the href
> attribute set. I can manipulate the stylesheet settings so that it "looks"
> like a regular link (underline, same color as all links), but the cursor
> never changes to a pointing finger to indicate to the user that it's just a
> plain old link to click on. When I try putting in the href attribute, the
> page tries to reload (don't want that happening). I've tried a variety of
> dummy values for the href (pound sign '#', blank, etc), but every value I've
> tried seems to make the page reload.
>
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