function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
  if ( obj.attachEvent ) {
    obj['e'+type+fn] = fn;
    obj[type+fn] = function(){obj['e'+type+fn]( window.event );}
    obj.attachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );
  } else
    obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
}

function removeEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
  if ( obj.detachEvent ) {
    obj.detachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );
    obj[type+fn] = null;
  } else
    obj.removeEventListener( type, fn, false );
}


/* Get all elements by class name */

function getElementsByClassName(className) {
  var children = document.getElementsByTagName('*') || document.all;
  var elements = new Array();
  
  for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
    var child = children[i];
    var classNames = child.className.split(' ');
    for (var j = 0; j < classNames.length; j++) {
      if (classNames[j] == className) {
        elements.push(child);
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  
  return elements;
}


/*
 *
 * Given a selector string, return a style object
 * by searching through stylesheets. Return null if
 * none found
 *
 */
function getStyleBySelector( selector )
{
    var sheetList = document.styleSheets;
    var ruleList;
    var i, j;

    /* look through stylesheets in reverse order that
       they appear in the document */
    for (i=sheetList.length-1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        ruleList = sheetList[i].cssRules;
        for (j=0; j<ruleList.length; j++)
        {
            if (ruleList[j].type == CSSRule.STYLE_RULE &&
                ruleList[j].selectorText == selector)
            {
                return ruleList[j].style;
            }   
        }
    }
    return null;
}

/*
 *
 * Given an id and a property (as strings), return
 * the given property of that id.  Navigator 6 will
 * first look for the property in a tag; if not found,
 * it will look through the stylesheet.
 *
 * Note: do not precede the id with a # -- it will be
 * appended when searching the stylesheets
 *
 */
function getIdProperty( id, property )
{
        var styleObject = document.getElementById( id );
        if (styleObject != null)
        {
            styleObject = styleObject.style;
            if (styleObject[property])
            {
                return styleObject[ property ];
            }
        }
        styleObject = getStyleBySelector( "#" + id );
        return (styleObject != null) ?
            styleObject[property] :
            null;
}

/*
 *
 * Given an id and a property (as strings), set
 * the given property of that id to the value provided.
 *
 * The property is set directly on the tag, not in the
 * stylesheet.
 *
 */
function setIdProperty( id, property, value )
{
        var styleObject = document.getElementById( id );
        if (styleObject != null)
        {
            styleObject = styleObject.style;
            styleObject[ property ] = value;
        }
}