I've put an example of what I'm talking about here Notice when you click on the position...it doesn't always work. I think it's a problem setting the default start value. var tabs_curtab = 'tabs0'; function goTabtabs (whichtab) { getEl(tabs_curtab + 'td').className='bg1'; getEl(whichtab + 'td').className='bg2'; getEl(tabs_curtab).style.visibility='hidden'; getEl(whichtab).style.visibility='visible'; tabs_curtab = whichtab; } I want the default drop-down to be "tabs0", which is the Catchers. Feel free to take a look at the source and let me know if you see anything...Any help would be appreciated!!