Thanks Raymond, you have been so helpful! Now I have changed to use dynamic creation for everything on the page (http://www.perceptivecorner.com/layer2.html updated). Initial display and drag boundaries are all fine. Only one more problem to fix. :) When I initially add the layers to Big1, they align nicely one by one. However, the layers won't append to the end of the blocks list when I use appendChild() in my init() function.
The blocks 1, 2, 3 shows this problem (they are overlapped on the screen, drag them to reveal). Any fix? Thanks in advance! Jack -- Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/ On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:16:29 -0700 (PDT) Raymond Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jack, > > I think you'll have to rethink your design. > > Please see below: > > --- Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >..I want to design it so that when a block is dragged > > to the other side, > > it is removed from it's parent, then become child of > > the other big DIV. > > This way, theorectically, the browser should handle > > the aligning > > automatically since the block is set to > > display:inline and > > position:relative. > > > > It looks like the layer is losing its > > position:relative property after > > being deleted from its parent and added to the new > > parent. > > In the example URL, the upper left corner has two > > blocks illustrating > > such problem. The "1" is created by insertChild, > > and the "a" is created > > by inline layer. Also, both have incorrect drag > > boundaries. The > > boundary is supposed to be the light gray big box, > > but somehow the > > bottom is not bounded. > > When you add a layer to another layer it will be > removed from it's former parent and then added to it's > new parent. There is not need to call > deleteFromParent() or otherwise. > > By looking at your code I can see where you're adding > layers to dynapi.document and then inserting them into > the inline layer "Big1". This is wrong. The layers > according to DynAPI will have dynapi.document as there > parent, but according to the browser they will be > children of layer Big1. > > I think it's possible to not use inline layers. All > you layers can be created before page load and you can > use the setPosition() function to set the position to > 'relative'. When the page loads you can use > css.display = "inline" to set them to inline. > > Secondly, the DynLayer.getInline(id,p) function has > two arguments. The "p" is used to identify the > DynLayer to be used as the inline layer's parent. If > "p" is missing then the default parent will be set to > dynapi.document. You have to be careful of the > parent-child relationship when working with inline > layers. > > > One more weird problem, when I drag the "a" block, > > the browser (IE6) > > keeps trying to load an image file called "none", > > which doesn't exist. > > This is due to the fact that you're using > background=#EEEEEE inside your style sheets. This I > believe should be background-color:#EEEEEE; > > I do hope this helps to clear up some of the problems > you're having > > -- > Raymond Irving > > > Jack > > > > -- > > Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/ > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 06:26:50 -0700 (PDT) > > Raymond Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Jack, > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
