Yeah, I gave up and changed to use all absolute positioning. Wrote a function to do the rearranging of squares. Everything works well now! :) http://www.perceptivecorner.com/layer2.html
-- Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/ On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 20:29:34 -0700 (PDT) Raymond Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it true that a layer cannot be dragged outside of > > its parent? > > Yes. Layers "can not" be dragged outside of their > parents. You might have to use another technique. > > See the GroupManager example for a hint. > > > -- > Raymond Irving > > > The small squares on my test page cannot be dragged > > outside of its > > parent no matter what I do, even when not using > > setDragBoundary. > > It can go past the parent's border, but will not be > > shown on top of > > other layers once outside of the parent. I have set > > the square's > > z-index to very high already. > > > > -- > > Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/ > > > > > > On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:42:12 -0400 > > Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Just realized something, if the first time I use > > setDragBoundary on a > > > layer and I do not provide the 4 dimension > > parameters, then I won't be > > > able to change the boundary later on. > > > However, if I give the dimension paramters the > > first time I call > > > setDragBoundary, i can always change the boundary > > by calling it again > > > with different parameters. > > > But now I need to menually calculate the > > parameters for each layer, > > > since it is relative to the layers, not to the > > screen. (or is there a > > > way to set boundary relative to whole page??) > > > > > > -- > > > Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/ > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 22:11:48 -0400 > > > Jack Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > See below... > > > > > > > > > The thing to do is to reset the css position > > and > > > > > display propreties whenever you remove the > > layer. > > > > > > > > > > big2.addChild(lyr1); > > > > > > > > > > big2.addChild(lyr2); > > > > > > > > > > big2.addChild(lyr3); > > > > > big1.addChild(lyr3); > > > > > > > > > > lyr1.css.display = 'inline'; > > > > > lyr1.css.position = 'relative'; > > > > > DragEvent.setDragBoundary(lyr1); > > > > > > > > > > lyr2.css.display = 'inline'; > > > > > lyr2.css.position = 'relative'; > > > > > DragEvent.setDragBoundary(lyr2); > > > > > > > > > > lyr3.css.display = 'inline'; > > > > > lyr3.css.position = 'relative'; > > > > > DragEvent.setDragBoundary(lyr3); > > > > > > > > > > This might however affect the DragBoundary as > > the > > > > > layers are displayed inline with position set > > to > > > > > relative. > > > > The display and alignment are perfect now! > > > > However, DragBoundary is still incorrect. > > > > It seems that no matter what parameters I put > > into the setDragBoundary > > > > function (or not using it at all), the boundary > > is still the same. > > > > All the boundaries are offset to the lower > > right. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IMO it's best to use a reflow system to > > re-align your > > > > > layers inside there parent. I do hope someone > > will one > > > > > day be able to create such a library. > > > > If nothing works for me, then I will create one. > > However I think > > > > letting the browser do the job is more efficient > > and less likely to > > > > cause bugs (or not?). > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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: Parasoft > > > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > > > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > > > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dynapi-Help mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! 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