Put the accordion in a container with a fixed height that is greater than
the height of the tallest item in the accordion.

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:29 PM, jbmoore (via Nabble) <
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> wrote:

>
> Ok.. I understand what you are saying..
>
> But..<smile>
>
> The question still is, but now reworded:  How does one fix the
> situation where of the page height changing (increasing) causes the
> undesirable "effect" that the selected statement is scrolling up out
> of sight?
>
> Idea: Is there a way to place an "anchor" above each statement
> (toggler) and have the function like:
>
> function jumpToAnchor(arg_sAnchor) {
>       window.location.hash= arg_sAnchor;
> }
>
> triggered.. where "arg_sAnchor" is dynamically set for each
> statement..??
>
> (Not familiar enough with MooTools to understand how to hack this
> in...)
>
> Or.. do you have another suggestion..??
>
> Thank you for your help..
>
> John...
>
> On Dec 11, 3:58 pm, nutron 
> <anut...@...<http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=1653126&i=0>>
> wrote:
>
> > This is how accordion works. If you have a big item open and you expose a
>
> > smaller one, the page size shrinks:
> > item 1: 20px high
> > item 2: 100px
> >
> > page height excluding either one: 200px.
> >
> > state 1: item 2 is hidden: page height: 220px
> > state 2: item 1 is hidden: page height: 300px
> >
> > Because the page height changes if you are all the way at the bottom of
> the
> > page it will appear to scroll up, though really what is happening is that
>
> > the page is getting shorter.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:44 PM, jbmoore (via Nabble) <
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> >
> >
> >
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm... ok... It is still behaving strange for me..
> >
> > > Let me be clear on the correct sequence to produce the effect.
> >
> > > 1) Load the page fresh.
> > > 2) Scroll down so that the "Company Information" statement and table
> > > has scrolled UP out of view and you can only see the "checkbox"
> > > statements. (This is important, and IMO would be very likely because
> > > the user will want to see all of the statements to review)
> > > 3) Click the FIRST statement "We are not sure what PayPal solution is
> > > best for our needs."
> > > 4) For me it now scrolls UP leaving me to see only to see the bottom
> > > of the exposed table.
> >
> > > The user has to now scroll up to see the beginning of that table and
> > > that clicked statement.
> >
> > > I "think" what is happening is that the clicked statement scrolls UP
> > > to the previously active statement which is UP out of view. This is
> > > fine as a start, and makes sense, but I think there needs to be a
> > > check that the "active" toggler  element is moved  INTO  the viewport
> > > at some point in the process.
> >
> > > If you have a chance to try this again, that would be appreciated..
> >
> > > Thanks for replying..
> >
> > > John..
> >
> > > On Dec 10, 11:46 am, nutron <anut...@...<
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> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > It looks find to me (FF3, OSX).
> >
> > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:35 AM, jbmoore (via Nabble) <
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> > > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > Thanks for the reply...
> >
> > > > > I thought I posted this already, but I guess not...
> >
> > > > > I added a LOT of space where I thought you indicated and that does
> not
> > > > > seem to help.. If you wouldn't mind checking that link again you
> can
> > > > > see my changes and that the effect remains..
> >
> > > > > John...
> >
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