Allow me to provide a somewhat more helpful link to Prototype's position functions: http://prototypejs.org/api/position
FYI, one of the core developers just mentioned these functions will be moved to the Element namespace in version 1.6 I don't know what that means for the future of Position namespace, i.e. whether they will keep it backwards compatible or not. TAG On Jul 6, 2007, at 11:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i would love to be able to store the information in a DB. > unfortunately, i'd have more luck curing cancer than i would getting > access to our DBs from the systems guys. however, the TOS of the app > i'm building this for requires users to accept cookies, as we use them > for other authentication purposes. so that's not an issue. plus, my > superiors prefer things done fast rather than done right, so i'm ok w/ > quick and dirty. > > On Jul 2, 5:20 pm, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Are you sure you want to store it in cookies, and not something more >> durable? In addition to the obvious issues of users rejecting/ >> deleting cookies, you're limited to 20 per domain, an upper size >> limit of each cookie (4K), and the browser may limit the total number >> of cookies allowed across all sites. If storing the position is >> important, you may wish to put it in a db via Ajax calls. >> >> Check the docs for functions to get an element's position. >> >> TAG >> >> On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>> problem: i have a page full of divs (a la iGoogle) that are >>> movable. i >>> need to be able to save the page layout pref. in cookies when the >>> user >>> leaves the page, so the divs will appear in the same configuration >>> when they user comes back. so far my searches have been fruitless. >> >>> i'm using sortables in script.aculo.us, and i think what i need >>> might >>> already be in the code someplace. but i'm a total n00b, so if anyone >>> can point me in the right direction, i'd be much abliged. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
