hi. i have this html code: <div class="menu_left"> <ul><li><a id="cat1" class="catlink" href="detalii.php" title="" onclick="java script:return togglethis(this,true);">Institutii</a> <ul class="menu_left_subsection hide"><li id="subcat0"> <a href=utile.php?idsubmeniu=1&idjudet=1>Institutii </a></li> <li id="subcat1"> <a href=utile.php?idsubmeniu=2&idjudet=1>relatii publice </a></li> </ul></li><li><a id="cat2" class="catlink" href="detalii.php" title="" onclick="java script:return togglethis(this,true);">Institutii2</a> <ul class="menu_left_subsection hide"><li id="subcat2"> <a href=utile.php?idsubmeniu=3&idjudet=1>primarii </a></li> </ul></li></ul> <br><br><Br><form action=search.php method=get> <input type=text name=searchfield size=23> <input type=submit value=cauta> </form> <a href=contact.php>Contact</a> </div> HTML: and meniu.js: function setCookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure){ var today=new Date(); today.setTime(today.getTime()); if(!path)path='/'; if(expires){ expires = expires*1000*60*60*24; } var expires_date = new Date(today.getTime()+(expires)); document.cookie = name+"="+escape(value)+(expires?";expires=" +expires_date.toGMTString():"")+(path?";path="+path:"") +(domain?";domain="+domain:"")+(secure?";secure":""); } function getCookie(name,def){ var cs=document.cookie.split("; "); for(var i=0;i<cs.length;i++){ var c=cs[i].split("="); if(name==c[0]) return unescape(c[1]); } return def; } function togglethis(el,mode){ var ul=el.parentNode.parentNode; var csec=getCookie('current_sec',null); document.cookie='current_sec='+el.id; for(i in ul.childNodes){ if(ul.childNodes[i].nodeType=='1'){ if(ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].id==el.id){ ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].className='catlink act'; for(j in ul.childNodes[i].childNodes){ if(ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeName=='UL'){ if(el.id==csec&&mode==true){ ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].className='menu_left_subsection hide'; ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].className='catlink'; document.cookie='current_sec='; }else{ ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].className='menu_left_subsection' } } } }else{ ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].className='catlink'; for(j in ul.childNodes[i].childNodes){ if(ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeName=='UL'){ ul.childNodes[i].childNodes[j].className='menu_left_subsection hide'; } } } } } return false; } Code (markup): this script is a menu with menus and submenus, when i click on a menu, it expands and it shows the submenus.. the problem is when i refresh the page, the menu will not stay expanded... meniu.js is creating a cookie called current_sec with the menu id, i'ved tried to add in <body> to be like this:<body onload="javascript: return togglethis('cat1',true);"> but it doesn't work. Can someone help me?