Hi there,

You can achieve a similar effect using CSS Mastery

See my crude re-created example:
http://taledo.com.au/map_overlay.htm

Basically, the wrapping DIV needs:
1. Aboslute positioning
2. A very small width (I've used 10px)
3. overflow:visible

The ONLY consideration to this method is that all your inner elements
(links, headings etc) need a defined width on them to correctly work.
Just see my example and it will make sense

Pete

On Feb 21, 9:37 am, rowanc88 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm making a page pretty similar to this -http://www.upstruct.com/contact
>
> Which has the same pitfall.
>
> The fact that the couple of divs I overlay on top of the full-page
> Google Maps api stop you from interacting with the maps in the ground
> they cover.
>
> Have a look at the example page to see what I mean. There's a div on
> the left with the addresses of this company's two offices. The div
> covers all of that space, and juts out into the maps as far as that
> little grey "Weather forecast from..." message comes.
>
> The user can still see the maps through all of the blank space that
> square makes, but can't interact with it. (Try dragging the map around
> by clicking west of Ireland)
>
> I was wondering if there's a way to fix this?
>
> As I have pretty much no knowledge of javascript, I'm not sure if a
> workaround needs to be done in html/css. Or if there is some way to do
> it here.
>
> I realise why it happens, because a div is a block level element..
> taking up all that space etc etc etc... But I was just wondering.

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