diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a90c9199..fe4067f4d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-12-20  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* UI/WebServerResources/HTMLElement.js: replaced the functional
+	selectNode() and deselectNode() functions with select() and
+	deselect() methods of HTMLElement.
+
 	* UI/WebServerResources/ContactsUI.js: cleanup, most of the
 	events are initialized from here now instead of in the HTML code.
 
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/HTMLElement.js b/UI/WebServerResources/HTMLElement.js
index dc4b125c6..9b18e9275 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/HTMLElement.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/HTMLElement.js
@@ -177,3 +177,19 @@ HTMLElement.prototype.attachMenu = function(menuName) {
   this.sogoContextMenu = $(menuName);
   this.addEventListener("contextmenu", this.onContextMenu, true);
 }
+
+HTMLElement.prototype.select = function() {
+  this.addClassName('_selected');
+}
+
+HTMLElement.prototype.deselect = function() {
+  this.removeClassName('_selected');
+}
+
+HTMLElement.prototype.deselectAll = function () {
+  for (var i = 0; i < this.childNodes.length; i++) {
+    var node = this.childNodes.item(i);
+    if (node.nodeType == 1)
+      node.deselect();
+  }
+}