[thelist] draggable layers on msdn site

[Saila, Craig]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: todea [mailto:todea at escape.com]
> Sent: August 28, 2002 9:41 PM

> Does anyone know where to get the code or similar code that
> creates those draggable/transparent boxes on the right hand
> side of the msdn site?

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/toolbar/toolbar.js>
(BTW, the effect only works in IE)

As for more friendly explanation on how to do something like that, I
have no idea where you find would it. Have you checked MSDN itself?

You could throw something together yourself, depending on how much time
you have and how comfortable you are with the DOM and CSS.
 - Scott Andrew LePera has an example of creating cross browser
draggable layers:
<http://www.scottandrew.com/weblog/articles/domwin_1>
 - The collapse effect is just a matter of dynamically toggling the
display values of the block (e.g.,
document.getElementById("block").style.display = "none")
 - The sort function could be done by changing the absolute positioning
of the various blocks.

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Cheers,

Craig Saila
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