INFO: JavaScript Entities Not Supported in Internet Explorer 4.0ID: Q190280
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JavaScript entities are a method supported in Netscape Navigator 3.0 and
later that assign JavaScript code to an HTML tag attribute.
Entities takes the following form:
<tag attribute="&{ javascript-statements };">
This technique is not supported in Internet Explorer.
In Netscape Navigator, the following HTML page displays a prompt while
rendering and dynamically sets its background color to the entered value.
This code does not work in Internet Explorer.
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Javascript Entity Test</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="&{prompt("color?");};">
</BODY>
</HTML>
For more information about Netscape Navigator's JavaScript specification, see the following Web page:
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/index.htm
Additional query words: kbIE kbHTML kbScript kbJScript
Keywords : kbhtml kbIE kbJScript kbScript kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,4.01,4.01 SP1,5.0dp1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo
Last Reviewed: July 22, 1999