Subj : Re: position of a layer with JS onLoad
To   : jefkaone <jefkanospam@ht.st>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Thu Jul 10 2003 11:58 am

jefkaone wrote:

> Hi everybody, i already post a topic about the same thing but i change 
> all the script, all is working great execpt that with a onload in the 
> body, the script still not works, this script is done to repositionned 
> correctly a layer on a page, the script is this one: 


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/be

>
>
> <SCRIPT>
>
> function setLyr(obj,lyr)
> {
> var newX = findPosX(obj);
> var newY = findPosY(obj);
> if (lyr == 'testP') newY -= 50;
> var x = new getObj(lyr);
> x.style.top = newY + 'px';
> x.style.left = newX + 'px';
> }
>
> function findPosX(obj)
> {
> var curleft = 0;
> if (obj.offsetParent)
> {
> while (obj.offsetParent)
> {
> curleft += obj.offsetLeft
> obj = obj.offsetParent;
> }
> }
> else if (obj.x)
> curleft += obj.x;
> return curleft;
> }
>
> function findPosY(obj)
> {
> var curtop = 0;
> var printstring = '';
> if (obj.offsetParent)
> {
> while (obj.offsetParent)
> {
> printstring += ' element ' + obj.tagName + ' has ' + obj.offsetTop;
> curtop += obj.offsetTop
> obj = obj.offsetParent;
> }
> }
> else if (obj.y)
> curtop += obj.y;
> window.status = printstring;
> return curtop;
> }
>
>
> function getObj(name)
> {
> if (document.getElementById)
> {
> this.obj = document.getElementById(name);
> this.style = document.getElementById(name).style;
> }
> else if (document.all)
> {
> this.obj = document.all[name];
> this.style = document.all[name].style;
> }
> else if (document.layers)
> {
> if (document.layers[name])
> {
> this.obj = document.layers[name];
> this.style = document.layers[name];
> }
> else
> {
> this.obj = document.layers.testP.layers[name];
> this.style = document.layers.testP.layers[name];
> }
> }
> }
>
> </SCRIPT>
>
> i place in the page the layer witch determinates the exact position : 
> <div id="positionLayer"> </div> and in body, i place 
> onload="setLyr(positionLayer,'theLayerWhoNeedToBePositionned')", with 
> IE it's working great but not with mozilla, what can i do to correct it?
>
> thx,++,jefkaOne.
>

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