I don't think that text inputs ever had that problem, but <select>'s do
Marlon On Thu, 29 May 2003 14:14:04 -0700, Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marlon... > > I say hooey to that article...it's not written by the author of the code. > ;-) > > All I can say is...I use CoolMenus...they do NOT let the form elements > show > through AND I am NOT doing anything special with the form fields (i.e. > hiding them in a seperate div). > > To prove it...go here and mouseover the "contact" menu...voila! > http://64.180.84.134:27100/current/ > > Cheers > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlon Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:01 PM > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > > >> From the Coolmenus web site faq: >> >> Q: How can I avoid overlapping form elements, flash plugins or applets > thru >> coolmenus? >> >> Answer by Sergi Meseguer >> There are certain elements that "float above" HTML elements. It is not a >> "z-index" issue. Well, this is not an easy issue, as the problem is not > from >> the script but from browsers behaviours. Please make sure you read > carefully >> the following article in DHTML Lab: >> http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/diner/seethru/ >> >> There you will find a through explaination of this proble. They say >> there > is >> no fix. Actually, if you're using form elements, the fix is placing the > form >> in a div and hide it everytime the coolmenu gets in its path. See >> example > 11 >> in the Coolmenus3 section. >> >> As for the flash plugins, you may want to read this post for a likely >> solution. I'm not sure if this really works though, at least not >> crossbrowser. >> >> No solution found for java applets and coolmenus overlapping yet. >> >> :::: >> >> So in essence, you can have them show up over top of form elements, >> you're >> only hiding the form elements whenever the menu pops up. Very >> distracting >> to me. >> >> Marlon >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:49 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic >> >> >> Your HTML/JS guy is WRONG. >> >> First I'd didch this MX JS script your using and grab CoolMenus from >> www.DHTMLCentral.com >> >> It works back to IE 4+ and Netscape 4+. It also works OVER select boxes > and >> other form elements (instead of being hidden behind like you sound like >> you're experiencing). >> >> The code is excellent and I've been using it for dynamic menuing for >> over >> ayear with NO problems. >> >> HTH >> >> Cheers >> >> Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. >> VP & Director of E-Commerce Development >> Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. >> t. 250.920.8830 >> e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Macromedia Associate Partner >> www.macromedia.com >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group >> Founder & Director >> www.cfug-vancouverisland.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "webguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:44 PM >> Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic >> >> >> > Does anyone know how to make to a menu like those work over a >> > <select> element in IE5/win so that the select isn't visible thru' the >> menu >> > div ?? >> > >> > My HTML/JS guy says it can't be done >> > >> > WG >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: 29 May 2003 20:52 >> > To: CF-Talk >> > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic >> > >> > >> > I usually use a character count times an average width. For instance, >> I >> use >> > 6.5 as my multiplier for 10pt verdana. Capital 'W' is 11 pixels, I >> believe, >> > lowercase 'l' is 2 pixels, and the rest are somewhere in between. > Really >> > simple, no cost, and quite effective: >> > >> > <script> >> > multiplier = 6.5; >> > buffer = 20; // extra space around the items >> > >> > window.mymenu = new Menu("title, null, null, "verdana,sans-serif"); >> > <cfset maxlen = 0 /> >> > <cfloop query="items"> >> > <cfset maxlen = max(maxlen, len(name)) /> >> > mymenu.addMenuItem("#name#", "location='#url#'"); >> > </cfloop> >> > mymenu.menuWidth = Math.round(#maxlen# * multiplier) + buffer; >> > </script> >> > >> > I haven't used the menus from DWMX, i use an old version from >> fireworks, >> but >> > that shouldn't matter. >> > >> > --- >> > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer >> > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > voice : 360.756.8080 x12 >> > fax : 360.647.5351 >> > >> > www.audiencecentral.com >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:24 PM >> > > To: CF-Talk >> > > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic >> > > >> > > >> > > The COOLjsMenu and COOLjsTree look pretty good. Decent prices too. >> > > >> > > http://javascript.cooldev.com/scripts/coolmenu/ >> > > >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:14 PM >> > > To: CF-Talk >> > > Subject: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic >> > > >> > > >> > > I hacked up the popup javascript generated by DreamWeaver MX, so I >> > > could make the popups data-driven (see below, if interested). I only >> > > have one problem, though: mm_menu.js doesn't dynamically size the >> > > popup "cells," so if your data is longer than your static width, >> it's >> > > ugly. >> > > >> > > Apparently DreamWeaver MX (and, I guess, Fireworks MX) itself >> > > calculates and sums glyph widths, according to font and size (in >> other >> > > words, it takes into account the width difference of an Arial "i" >> and >> > > "M"). It seems like this could get hairy, if I were to try to >> > > calculate these myself. >> > > >> > > Does anybody know how to modify mm_menu.js to dynamically size these >> > > popup "cells," OR know of any comparable, free DHTML popup app that >> > > does dynamic sizing? (I used to use HierMenus, but they want $1500+ >> > > for it now -- what a GOUGE.) >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Jamie >> > > >> > > <cfoutput> >> > > <script language="JavaScript"> >> > > <!-- >> > > function mmLoadMenus() { >> > > if (window.mm_menu_1) return; >> > > </cfoutput> >> > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = 0> >> > > <cfoutput query="getHeadlines" group="section_name"> >> > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = jsLoopIdx + 1> >> > > window.mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx# = new Menu("root",500,18,"Arial, >> > > Helvetica, >> > > sans-serif",12,"navy","purple","##DDDDDD","##FFCCCC","left","middl >> > > e",3,0,100 >> > > 0,-5,7,true,true,true,0,true,true); >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.addMenuItem("#section_name#","location='articl >> > > es.cfm?sec >> > > tion_id=#section_id#&issue_id=#request.issue_id#'"); >> > > <cfoutput> >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.addMenuItem("#headline#","location='articles.c >> > > fm?article >> > > _id=#article_id#'"); >> > > </cfoutput> >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.hideOnMouseOut=true; >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.bgColor='##555555'; >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuBorder=1; >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuLiteBgColor='##FFFFFF'; >> > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuBorderBgColor='##777777'; >> > > </cfoutput> >> > > >> > > <cfoutput>mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.writeMenus();</cfoutput> >> > > } // mmLoadMenus() >> > > //--> >> > > </script> >> > > <script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js"></script> >> > > <script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script> >> > > >> > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = 0> >> > > <cfoutput query="getHeadlines" group="section_name"> >> > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = jsLoopIdx + 1> >> > > <img src="images/sec_btn_top.gif" width=151 height=4 alt="" >> > > border="0"><br> >> > > <a href="javascript:;" >> > > onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#,140,3,null,'bu >> > > tton#jsLoo >> > > pIdx#')" >> > > onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();"><img #button_image# >> > > name="button#jsLoopIdx#" alt="#section_name#" border=0></a><br> >> > > <img src="images/sec_btn_bot.gif" width=151 height=3 alt="" >> > > border=0><br> >> > > <cfoutput> >> > > </cfoutput> >> > > </cfoutput> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. 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