function switch_display_type() {
    obj = document.getElementById("searchbox");
    sc = document.getElementById("style_changer");
    if(obj.className == "search-grid") {
        obj.className = "search-list";
        sc.innerHTML = "switch to grid view";
        Set_Cookie("search_display","list");        
    }
    else {
        obj.className = "search-grid";
        sc.innerHTML = "switch to list view";
        Set_Cookie("search_display","grid");
    }
}

function check_display_cookie() {
    if(Get_Cookie('search_display') == "list") {
        switch_display_type();
    }
}

check_display_cookie();

function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
// set time, it's in milliseconds
var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct 
expires time, the current script below will set 
it for x number of days, to make it for hours, 
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
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" : "" );
}

// this function gets the cookie, if it exists
function Get_Cookie( name ) {
	
var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
var len = start + name.length + 1;
if ( ( !start ) &&
( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) )
{
return null;
}
if ( start == -1 ) return null;
var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}