Subj : Re: How can JS intercept relayout calls?
To   : Geoff
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon Dec 20 2004 06:57 pm

Geoff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've written an ASP.NET ComboBox, and mostly it works pretty well in IE
> and Mozilla.  (I'm using Firefox 1.0, by the way.)
> 
> I've just come across this problem though.  First of all, here's an
> example of the problem in action:
> 
> http://www.opinionatedgeek.com/DotNET/products/powerpack/ComboProblem.aspx
> 
> If you click the button, it dynamically un-hides a DIV element, which
> dynamically changes the layout.  However, since I've used a clipped
> absolutely-positioned SELECT to create the dropdown part of the
> ComboBox, it's still stuck in the original position.
> 
> I want it to follow the textbox part of the ComboBox, so it looks just
> the way it should.
> 
> I /think/ I want a Javascript event I can hook into to say a re-layout
> has just occurred.  Or the element I'm interested in has moved.  Or
> something.  (IE has onmove and onresize, which I can use - check out
> the same URL in IE.)
> 
> Alternatively, I'm happy to re-jig things so they work properly in
> Mozilla, whatever it is I need to do.  I just don't know what.  (I
> can't use relative positioning, because then I can't clip it, but I
> can't see any way of finding out I need to re-calculate the absolute
> positioning.)
> 
> I want it to work as well in Firefox as it does in IE.  Any thoughts or
> ideas appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,


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> 
> Geoff
>

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