[Javascript] object that floats over frames

[David Lovering]

Has anyone considered launching a new window?  It will float over frames, (and can contain new ones if need be), and the layer control can put it anywhere in the stack that you need it.  Yes, it can be superseded by other layers (even pop-ups can be "invisibled"), but as long as focus is locked on it while its function remains current, and it is destroyed when that function no longer applies, you basicly have a super-delux pop-up.  All the windows/frames can communicate with the elements of all the others (even though the DOM tree can be pretty baroque), so there's no problem in exchanging data between them.

I'm not sure I understand why this approach wasn't considered.

[By "pop-up" I am assuming we are talking about the peculiar IE construct, and not just another slave window -- the same solution I am pushing].

-- Dave Lovering
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matt Barton 
  To: [JavaScript List] 
  Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [Javascript] object that floats over frames


  Hi Dan,

  I have had to find a solution to this too (this week in fact).  Unfortunately I found nothing apart from the popup object (i.e. document.createPopup()) that would float over frames.  I didn't want to use the popup object either, but with a fair bit of experimentation I have found it to be very useful, and fits my application perfectly (also IE6/Win intranet app).

  If you want any hints with using the popup object then don't be afraid to ask :)

  Matt
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Dan Costea 
    To: [JavaScript List] 
    Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 12:31 PM
    Subject: [Javascript] object that floats over frames


        Hi!

    I work with IE6 (an intranet applicaiton). I need an object that can float over frames, like a popup object (but not this object). For example, I have an HTML page with frames and I need an object that will stay visible at a certain position (for example, exactly in the middle of the page, no metter that at this area is splitted by frames). Do you know if such object exists in IE? If yes, what is it?

    Thanks,
    Dan Costea.


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