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Changing variables for currentElement.firstChild.data

I am working on a script that allows a link’s text to be changed from Show Video to Hide Video and back. However, I can’t get this to work, as it changes but won’t change back. ? My script:

[code=html]<head>
<script language=”javascript”>
// I wrote this. The alert is to see if the var changes.
var chText = “Hide Video”

function change(){
if (chText == “Hide Video”) {
var chText = “Show Video”;
}
else {
var chText = “Hide Video”;
}
alert(chText)
}
</script>
<script language=”javascript”>
//Not mine. It works fine.
function changeText(currentElement){
currentElement.firstChild.data=chText;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href=”#” onclick=”change(), changeText(this)”>Show Video</a>
</body>[/code]

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@rnd_meJun 06.2011 — is data r/w?


what's up with minute dom methods for text?

just use element.innerHTML dude, nodes are a headache.
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