Hi, Sorry...I was too specific about everything and too general about what kind of feedback I was looking for ;-(
See my replies inline. Thanks, Jon On Mar 14, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Els wrote: > Jon Wynacht wrote: > >> I'm wondering if there is a definitive way to show/hide text >> using JavaScript and CSS. I'm working on a project which >> involves a map with various states that are linked. When a >> state is clicked content appears which is relevant to that >> state. Click another state, the old content is hidden and the >> new content appears. >> >> You can see what I've come up with here: >> >> http://www.bicyclingbeyondcitylimits.com/new/excerpts.html >> >> Obviously this doesn't work so well as the positioning is not >> correct. > > How do you mean 'not correct' ? Is it in the wrong place? where do > you want it to appear? It should be centered with the map, the white boxes matching on left and right edges. I can get this to happen on Safari but not with IE and FF for Windows. >> I'm using the same CSS for each <div/> of content: >> >> #ca >> { >> background-color: #FFFFFF; >> width: 480px; >> position: absolute; >> top: 515px; >> left: 378px; >> visibility: hidden; >> z-index: 100; >> padding: 10px; >> } >> >> I'm then using JavaScript to show/hide the layers. >> >> Any suggestions to obtain cross-browser positioning bliss? > > It's currently showing the same in Windows IE, Opera and FF here. Yup. I'd like to have it appear the same for all (most!) popular browsers. Looking for hints or tips > Another suggestion though: let the text 'click on a state...' only > appear if JS is enabled. That way nobody needs to try and click > while nothing happens :-) Yup. I will definitely degrade that functionality. Thanks! ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/