Setting a table cell as a link

[Anon]

Hello,
Im trying to set an entire table cell as a link. This is what I've been doing:

<a href='index.php'><td onmouseover="style.cursor='hand'" align='center' width='100' bgcolor=468FD0><a class=menulinkactive href='index.php'>Home</a></td></a>";

I have a <a href></a> outside of the <td></td>, Internet Explorer seems to be able to handle this, but Netscape 4.7 cannot. So, I inserted another <a href></a> inside of the original one around the words so that the button is accessible in netscape.

Everything works fine in Netscape, but in Internet Explorer, what ends up happening, is that IE can read both <a hrefs>, so users are sent to the same link twice.

What is the proper way to set an entire table cell as a link without these crazy bugs?

Thanks!
Shawn

[greg252]

Use an image the size and color of the cell.

[Anon]

Hello,
I'd rather not use an image, since I have lots of buttons,even a small image will delay page loading, and I also want to have different buttons, one for home, members, register, etc. So I don't want the viewer to have to download so many graphics.

Are there any other ways?

[Anon]

use an onClick event in Javascript

[Anon]

Im not familiar with Javascript, could you elaborate?

Thanks!

[Anon]

you really should do some research on your own. there is about a million javascript sites out there. I coudn't do it off the top of my head.