Thanks for you're imput eric. This is close to what I ended up doing.
I have a box with an height and width that I want. Inside that box I
put a sping and another box. Using setTimout I decrease the "height"
attribute on the spring until it is the height that I want it. This
gives me the desired affect of having the buttons slide up from the
bottom without causing the page to reflow.
Thanks again for everones help!
-eric
Eric Murphy wrote:
> Any XUL part of the chrome is not nearly as flexible as it is in the content
> area. That includes not allowing HTML elements, or positional CSS. At first
> I resented it, but now I know it is for the better :-)
>
> What I would try doing if I were you would be to have a xul box, at the
> bottom with a height of 0. Then you can use the DOM to change the height of
> the box, even animation-like. Use CSS to control the overflow aspects of the
> box too (like disable scrolling).
>
> You should be able to get the effect you want, unless you want to do
> overlapping of other elements. If that is the case, you will have to do
> something with bulletinboard. Maybe have virtually the whole screen be one?
>
> Later,
> Eric
>
>
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