It seems likely to me that there is some simple problem that you (and we) are overlooking. Please post a concise (yet complete) example of your code and clearly identify the result that you are seeing (and what you want to happen).

If this problem strays very far into Javascript issues, you may be better off getting help elsewhere, although many monks do know quite a bit about Javascript. While we're on that topic, what browser (version) are you using to run your code, and on what platform?