ns = (document.layers)? true:false ie = (document.all)? true:false function show(id) { if (ns) document.layers[id].visibility = "visible" else if (ie) document.all[id].style.visibility = "visible" } function hide(id) { if (ns) document.layers[id].visibility = "hidden" else if (ie) document.all[id].style.visibility = "hidden" }