var baseopacity=99

function showtext(thetext){
if (!document.getElementById)
return
textcontainerobj=document.getElementById("tabledescription")
browserdetect=textcontainerobj.filters? "ie" : typeof textcontainerobj.style.MozOpacity=="string"? "mozilla" : ""
instantset(baseopacity)
document.getElementById("tabledescription").innerHTML=thetext
highlighting=setInterval("gradualfade(textcontainerobj)",50)
}
function hidetext(){
cleartimer()
instantset(baseopacity)
document.getElementById("tabledescription").innerHTML="";
}

function instantset(degree){
if (browserdetect=="mozilla")
textcontainerobj.style.MozOpacity=degree/100
else if (browserdetect=="ie")
textcontainerobj.filters.alpha.opacity=degree
else if (document.getElementById && baseopacity==0)
document.getElementById("tabledescription").innerHTML=""
}

function cleartimer(){
if (window.highlighting) clearInterval(highlighting)
}

function gradualfade(cur2){
if (browserdetect=="mozilla" && cur2.style.MozOpacity<1)
cur2.style.MozOpacity=Math.min(parseFloat(cur2.style.MozOpacity)+0.2, 0.99)
else if (browserdetect=="ie" && cur2.filters.alpha.opacity<100)
cur2.filters.alpha.opacity+=20
else if (window.highlighting)
clearInterval(highlighting)
}

//map popups from outdoor/landscape_photos.html
function showonlyone(thechosenone) {
      var newboxes = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
            for(var x=0; x<newboxes.length; x++) {
                  name = newboxes[x].getAttribute("class");
                  if (name == 'more_info_box') {
                        if (newboxes[x].id == thechosenone) {
                        newboxes[x].style.display = 'block';
                  }
                  else {
                        newboxes[x].style.display = 'none';
                  }
            }
      }
}
