[Javascript] Positioning in IE

[Paul Cowan]

Well seeing as the subject of the thread is 'Positioning in IE', that sounds 
like a Microsoft specific question to me.

So unless I have missed the 'hump', I gave an Microsoft IE answer.



dagda1 at hotmail.com





>From: "Hakan Magnusson (Backbase)" <hakan at backbase.com>
>Reply-To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Javascript] Positioning in IE
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:36:38 +0200
>
>You are still humping IE-specific, non-standard properties.
>
>>I just added my $0.02 in case somebody wanted to do it the RIGHT way, and 
>>don't want to split their code up more than necessary.
>
>Feel free to use proprietary code with no future compatibility.
>
>Regards,
>H
>
>Paul Cowan wrote:
>
>>What about:
>>
>>document.getElementById('glava').style.posLeft = '500px';
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>dagda1 at hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Peter Brunone" <peter at brunone.com>
>>>Reply-To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>>>To: "'[JavaScript List]'" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>>>Subject: RE: [Javascript] Positioning in IE
>>>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:27:44 -0500
>>>
>>>
>>>     Just for the record, Hakan's is the most correct answer,
>>>according to the DOM.  Also, you would never assign units to the
>>>pixelLeft property since it takes an integer and assumes pixels... And
>>>if you assign a property with units to the style.left property, you'd
>>>need to feed it in as a string.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Peter
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
>>>[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Hakan Magnusson
>>>(Backbase)
>>>
>>>None of the previous replies, including the ones in your, are conformant
>>>
>>>to the DOM standard. In fact, it's not going to work on any browser
>>>except Internet Explorer, and I have a hard time seeing how
>>>"glava.style.pixelLeft=500px" could ever work.
>>>
>>>I just added my $0.02 in case somebody wanted to do it the RIGHT way,
>>>and don't want to split their code up more than necessary.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>H
>>>
>>>Troy III Ajnej wrote:
>>> > Or, as Peter had allready repplyed
>>> >
>>> > document.getElementById('glava').style.pixelLeft =  500
>>> >
>>> > or even clearer and also many times faster instruction :
>>> >
>>> > glava.style.pixelLeft=500px
>>> >
>>> > Ask why if U like Iztok
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> From: "Hakan Magnusson (Backbase)" <hakan at backbase.com>
>>> >>
>>> >>> document.getElementById('glava').style.left =  '500';
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> What unit do you want to use when specifying coordinates? 500 cows,
>>> >> 500 feet or, perhaps, 500 pixels?
>>> >>
>>> >> This could very well be the solution to your problem:
>>> >>
>>> >> document.getElementById('glava').style.left =  '500px';
>>> >>
>>> >> Best regards,
>>> >> H
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Iztok Polanic wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hi!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Here's the <div> element:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> <div style="position:absolute; top:64px; left:190px;" align="center"
>>>
>>> >>> id="glava">
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> and here Javascript which tries to move the object:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> document.getElementById('glava').style.left =  '500';
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This works fine in Mozilla (Firerfox) but not in IE 6.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Bye,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Iztok -----Original Message-----
>>> >>> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
>>> >>> [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu]
>>> >>> On Behalf Of Flavio Gomes
>>> >>> Sent: 23. julij 2004 17:00
>>> >>> To: [JavaScript List]
>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Positioning in IE
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Well, then you shouldn't have any problems..
>>> >>>    Post your code, please
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Flavio Gomes
>>> >>> flavio at economisa.com.br
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Iztok Polanic wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Hi!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Element is <div> tag and it's positioned absolutely.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Bye,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Iztok -----Original Message-----
>>> >>>> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
>>> >>>> [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu]
>>> >>>> On Behalf Of Peter Brunone
>>> >>>> Sent: 23. julij 2004 16:16
>>> >>>> To: '[JavaScript List]'
>>> >>>> Subject: RE: [Javascript] Positioning in IE
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>     What's the element, and is it positioned relatively or
>>> >>>> absolutely?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>     Try style.pixelLeft if you're specifying an integer without
>>> >>>> units.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>>> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
>>> >>>> [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Iztok Polanic
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hi!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I hope this is my last question on positioning on this list :) I'm
>>> >>>> using
>>> >>>> document.getElementById('').style.left to position an element to
>>> >>>> another
>>> >>>> coordinates. It works fine in firerfox (Mozilla) 0.9 but not in IE
>>>6.0.
>>> >>>> Any clues?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Bye,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Iztok
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
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