Moin, > I think > javascript is not a W3C standard. Am I wrong? Sort of. There ist a "standard" called "ECMAScript (ECMA-262 standard)". The W3C defines the binding of ECMAScript to the DOM (http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/ecma-script-binding.html). see also: http://www.ecma.ch/stand/ecma-262.htm http://www.webreference.com/js/column25/ecma.html hth, Walter -- Hochdahl am Neandertal