Given the HTML:
Click me!
Click me!
Click me!
And given JavaScript: function meFirst(object) { activeDiv = object.id divGroup = object.getAttribute("name") allMyDivs = document.getElementsByName(divGroup); for(i=0; i < allMyDivs.length; i++ ) { var newContent = ""; if( allMyDivs[i].id == activeDiv ) { newContent = "I rule!!"; } else { newContent = "Click me next!!"; } allMyDivs[i].innerHTML = newContent; } }