--- Benoit Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it looks like it's more efficient, and I remember > when we talked > about it in my test it was, we should certainly > fully test it and > eventually adopt it.
Yes I agree. We will still have to keep to old method to support ie4 -- Raymond Irving > Benoit > > On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 07:16 AM, Raymond > Irving wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Some time ago benoit had suggested that we use the > > createElement() function to create layers inside > DOM > > browsers. After hitting my head against the wall > in > > trying to prevent slow downs after with each newly > > created layer, I've found the createElement() > function > > to be more efficient than insertAdjacentHTML(). I > > don't know how well this will scale with nested > > layers, but I think it's a more efficient way to > go. > > > > Please see the code below. Any comments? > > > > Speed Test - 100 layers @ 170ms. > > > > p._create = function() { > > if (this.parent && !this.elm) { > > DynElement._flagEvent(this,'precreate'); > > var elm, parentElement; > > parentElement = this.parent.elm; > > if(dynapi.ua.v<5){ > > > > > parentElement.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeEnd",this.getOuterHTML()); > > elm = > > > parentElement.children[parentElement.children.length-1]; > > } > > else { > > elm=document.createElement('DIV'); > > elm.id=this.id; > > elm.style.position='absolute'; > > elm.style.pixelLeft=(this.x||0); > > elm.style.pixelTop=(this.y||0); > > elm.style.width=(this.w||'auto'); > > elm.style.height=(this.h||'auto'); > > > > > elm.style.backgroundColor=(this.bgColor||'transparent'); > > elm.style.zIndex=(this.z||1); > > elm.style.cursor=(this._cursor||'auto') > > elm.style.overflow=(this._overflow!=null)? > > 'hidden;':''; > > if(this.bgImage!=null) > > elm.style.backgroundImage='url('+this.bgImage+')'; > > if (this.bgImage==null && this.html==null) > > elm.style.backgroundImage='none'; > > if (this.clip) > > elm.style.clip='rect('+this.clip[0]+'px > > '+this.clip[1]+'px '+this.clip[2]+'px > > '+this.clip[3]+'px)'; > > else if (this.w!=null && this.h!=null) > > elm.style.clip='rect(0px '+this.w+'px '+this.h+'px > > 0px)'; > > elm.style.visibility=(this.visible==false)? > > 'hidden':'inherit'; > > elm.innerHTML=this.getInnerHTML(); > > parentElement.appendChild(elm); > > } > > DynLayer._assignElement(this,elm); > > DynElement._flagEvent(this,'create'); > > } > > }; > > > > > > -- > > Raymond Irving > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers > of TotalView, The > > debugger > > for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can > leave you feeling lost > > and > > disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. > Available on major > > UNIX > > and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/