Oh cool. I actually have written something similar but I called it bgIframe. One thing to note is that if the element that requires the iFrame hack has a border, then the iFrame will have to be positioned negative top and left the width of the border to cover it as well.
BTW ... Great idea on using the expression css and the mask filter! That reduces the code lots. Brandon On 9/26/06, George Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nice idea. Quite a few plugins would find that useful. > > Another useful funtion would be a method to return the x,y (left,top) > coordinates of any element (relative to the page or some specified element). > The classic iteration through offsetParent elements would be a good start > but runs into problem with relatively positioned elements etc, and IE's own > very special box model. Perhaps someone has a solution for this. I've been > working on one gradually but I'm not there yet! (Very much > http://www.softwareunity.com/sandbox/JQueryElemXY/ work in progress !) > > I dare say there are plenty more 'useful' functions. You guys are doing a > great job of regulating what should be in the core and what should not. > Maybe someone will do a 'handyExtras' plugin some day ;) > > Cheers, > > George > > > Mark Gibson-8 wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I was thinking that due to it being such a common problem, I'd like to > > suggest adding the iframe hack for IE to the jQuery core. > > (To hide <select> elements beneath a positioned element) > > > > The plugin below appends an iframe with the necessary css so that you > > don't need any messy hacks in your normal CSS stylesheets. > > > > I've made use of IE's CSS expression() to resize the iframe to match the > > parent element - the previous suggestions of 3000px caused select's to > > the left or below to disappear. > > > > I've only tested in IE6, will it work in IE 5/5.5? > > Is it needed for IE7? > > > > $.fn.iframehack = function() { > > if ($.browser.msie) > > return this.append('<iframe > > style="display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:-1;filter:mask();width:expression(this.parentNode.offsetWidth);height:expression(this.parentNode.offsetHeight)"/>'); > > else > > return this; > > }; > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jQuery mailing list > > discuss@jquery.com > > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Suggestion%3A-add-iframe-hack-to-core-jQuery-tf2337605.html#a6506401 > Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
