function imageSwap(id) {
var links = document.getElementById(id).getElementsByTagName("a");
var imgLoad = []
for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
attachBehavior(links[i], i);
}
function attachBehavior(obj, iter) {
var img = obj.getElementsByTagName('img')[0];
var imgSrc = img.getAttribute("src");
var ext = imgSrc.match(/\.\S{3}$/);
var overSrc = imgSrc.replace(ext, "-over" + ext);
// preLoad over states
imgLoad[iter] = new Image();
imgLoad[iter].src = overSrc
// use event listeners if appropriate
obj.onmouseover = function(){
img.setAttribute("src", overSrc);
}
obj.onmouseout = function(){
img.setAttribute("src", imgSrc);
}
}
}
imageSwap("footer-links"); //all links inside the element with this id will receive mouseover behavior
/*
takes two image links "about.gif" and "about-over.gif" and swaps them on mouseover and mouseout
Any image link in HTML page that you want to recieve mouseover behavior make sure image exists that
has the name of the original image with "-over" appended to the end of the filename.
*/