Dreamweaver staff...% positioning increments are not fine enought to represent absolute pixel value?

In article <bf9rop$l8d$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com>, Scott
<scottplumlee (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Values of 3.1% can be entered into L and T fields but those decimals are not reflected
in the final layout.

And this surprised you? Seriously?

It seems that only increments of 1% are possible and those increments seem
to be equal to about 5 pixels at 1024.

Scott

Here's a free piece of advice - keep your day job and just continue to
play around with web site development until you get a new hobby.

You're welcome.

I am trying to use relative postitioning for all my web designs. When I use
% however it does not match up with the tracing image designed with absolute
positioning. Is it not possible for Dreamweaver to implement this? Values of
3.1% can be entered into L and T fields but those decimals are not reflected
in the final layout.

It seems that only increments of 1% are possible and those increments seem
to be equal to about 5 pixels at 1024.

I am just wondering if there is a way around this and also three questions
for Dreamweaver staff.

Can I get the decimal % values to work? How difficult would it be for
dreamweaver to interpret decimal percentage values and translate them to
exact pixel values? Any plans to allow relative positioning of layers by
grabbing the layer with the mouse? (Moving or even selecting a layer that
has been previously defined with % values causes dreamweaver to
automatically revert to aboslute pixel values for layer position.)

Even a button that you could click that would change the pixel values from
pixel to percent would be of great help.

Thanks for any info,
-Scott.

Lumper Dawgz wrote:

Here's a free piece of advice - keep your day job and just continue to
play around with web site development until you get a new hobby.

...and here's a free piece of advice to you:
When you're posting as "j.e.b.", you have finally learned to participate
without adding arrogant, insulting remarks. That's good.
Please try to maintain this newly adopted habit which ever other name
you're using.
Thanks.

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The reason you DW doesn't render decimal values is that a browser will not
render them.
As for the issue of using pixels when you use the mouse to move the div
(layer) around, that is also the correct operation. If you drag an object
around DW assumes you want it absolutely positioned because you are putting
it in a definitive spot.

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In article <bf9t8h$s4q$6 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com>, Dan Vendel *GOF*
<see_my_signature_ (AT) _the_bottom_of_the_post (DOT) com> wrote:

Lumper Dawgz wrote:


Here's a free piece of advice - keep your day job and just continue to
play around with web site development until you get a new hobby.



..and here's a free piece of advice to you:
When you're posting as "j.e.b.", you have finally learned to participate
without adding arrogant, insulting remarks. That's good.
Please try to maintain this newly adopted habit which ever other name
you're using.
Thanks.

Dan

After reviewing your rather pitiful excuse for a web site you should
take the same advice.

No need to thank me but you're welcome regardless.

Lumper Dawgz wrote:
After reviewing your rather pitiful excuse for a web site you should
take the same advice.

I like your site Dan.

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As for the issue of using pixels when you use the mouse to move the div
(layer) around, that is also the correct operation. If you drag an object
around DW assumes you want it absolutely positioned because you are
putting
it in a definitive spot.

What I don't understand is that Dreamweaver makes it possible to repeatedly
enter in percent values until the object is positioned how you want it. Why
not add drag and drop functionality to the % positioning? Since Dreamweaver
does have the ability to place layers etc. by percent value, it would be
nice to be able to move those layers around with the mouse.

Thanks for the reply,

-Scott.

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Piss off.

Best advice I've heard all day!

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"Scott" <scottplumlee (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

As for the issue of using pixels when you use the mouse to move the div
(layer) around, that is also the correct operation. If you drag an object
around DW assumes you want it absolutely positioned because you are
putting
it in a definitive spot.

What I don't understand is that Dreamweaver makes it possible to repeatedly
enter in percent values until the object is positioned how you want it. Why
not add drag and drop functionality to the % positioning? Since Dreamweaver
does have the ability to place layers etc. by percent value, it would be
nice to be able to move those layers around with the mouse.

Thanks for the reply,

-Scott.




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There actually is a logic to the way DW handles positioning, at least it
amkes sense to me. When one puts something somewhere, they usually want it
to stay there. Otherwise it is like the 3-Stooges movies when they are
closing a drawer just have another pop open.

Even if the logic that makes no sense to you, because of browser differences
the percentages are only approximate.

Goog luck, Alan C

"Scott" <scottplumlee (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

As for the issue of using pixels when you use the mouse to move the div
(layer) around, that is also the correct operation. If you drag an
object
around DW assumes you want it absolutely positioned because you are
putting
it in a definitive spot.

What I don't understand is that Dreamweaver makes it possible to
repeatedly
enter in percent values until the object is positioned how you want it.
Why
not add drag and drop functionality to the % positioning? Since
Dreamweaver
does have the ability to place layers etc. by percent value, it would be
nice to be able to move those layers around with the mouse.

Thanks for the reply,

-Scott.




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