function highlightFormElements() {
    // add input box highlighting
    addFocusHandlers(document.getElementsByTagName("input"));
    addFocusHandlers(document.getElementsByTagName("textarea"));
}

function addFocusHandlers(elements) {
    for (i=0; i < elements.length; i++) {
        if (elements[i].type != "button" && elements[i].type != "submit" &&
            elements[i].type != "reset" && elements[i].type != "checkbox" && elements[i].type != "radio") {
            if (!elements[i].getAttribute('readonly') && !elements[i].getAttribute('disabled')) {
                elements[i].onfocus=function() {this.style.backgroundColor='#fcf6f4';this.select()};
                elements[i].onmouseover=function() {this.style.backgroundColor='#fcf6f4'};
                elements[i].onblur=function() {this.style.backgroundColor='';}
                elements[i].onmouseout=function() {this.style.backgroundColor='';}
            }
        }
    }
}

function highlightTableRows(tableId) {
    var previousClass = null;
    var table = document.getElementById(tableId); 
    var tbody = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody")[0];
    var rows;
    if (tbody == null) {
        rows = table.getElementsByTagName("tr");
    } else {
        rows = tbody.getElementsByTagName("tr");
    }
    // add event handlers so rows light up and are clickable
    for (i=0; i < rows.length; i++) {
        rows[i].onmouseover = function() { previousClass=this.className;this.className+=' over' };
        rows[i].onmouseout = function() { this.className=previousClass };
        rows[i].onclick = function() {
            var cell = this.getElementsByTagName("td")[0];
            var link = cell.getElementsByTagName("a")[0];
            location.href = link.getAttribute("href");
            this.style.cursor="wait";
        }
    }
}