layers within a table

#1

i have set up a scrolling layer within a table using p7's geewizz scroller
extention...anyway when i resize the browser window the layer content moves out
of the alignment . What i need is for this scroller to be emmbeded in the
content table. It's diving me crazy. Here is the link mabye will take pity on
my lack of coding skills. Note the content on any of the pages with the
scroller will not stay within the table.
http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca/oilfieldsafety.htm

#2

Some rules for you -

1. Never put absolutely positioned page elements, i.e., "layers" (as well
as anything else, nearly), directly into table cells. They should be placed
outside of every other page container, except <body></body> unless you are
quite comfortable with CSS.

2. Never expect absolutely positioned page elements to do anything other
than position themselves absolutely on the screen.

Your expectation is a violation of rule 2. The layer is NOT moving - it's
your table content that is!

So - now you have limited options:

a) use PVII's SnapLayer extension to dynamically position the scroller's
daddyLayer to some content in the table, so that as the table moves, the
layer will track it (both onLoad and onResize), or
b) use CSS to wrap everything in a centering division, in which case your
absolutely positioned layer will always position with regard to the location
of the centering division, and not the <body> tag.

If either of these options sounds unpalatable, it's only because you have
elected to use absolutely positioned elements in combination with centering
elements. Of course, you could make the table left aligned rather than
centering and that would solve everything too.

So, what's it going to be? 8)

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"tgerby" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

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i have set up a scrolling layer within a table using p7's geewizz scroller
extention...anyway when i resize the browser window the layer content
moves out
of the alignment . What i need is for this scroller to be emmbeded in the
content table. It's diving me crazy. Here is the link mabye will take pity
on
my lack of coding skills. Note the content on any of the pages with the
scroller will not stay within the table.
http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca/oilfieldsafety.htm

#3

thank you for your intrest. ok i see what you mean. the table repositions
itself and the the layers are absolute. I see when i align the tables left it
does work but i like this page centered. So do i change the tags from absolute
to relative or is there an easyer way for a dummy like me to get this geewizz
scroller to follow the table when it recenters itself. I checked out the p7
snap to extension and it didn't like the multipe layers of the scroller. sorry
if i appear a novice...it's because I am.

#4

You would only need to snap the daddyLayer of the scroller. Since the rest
of the layers are nested within this, they will come along for the ride.

Can you upload your page somewhere and post a URI so I can take a look at
the code?

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"tgerby" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

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thank you for your intrest. ok i see what you mean. the table repositions
itself and the the layers are absolute. I see when i align the tables left
it
does work but i like this page centered. So do i change the tags from
absolute
to relative or is there an easyer way for a dummy like me to get this
geewizz
scroller to follow the table when it recenters itself. I checked out the
p7
snap to extension and it didn't like the multipe layers of the scroller.
sorry
if i appear a novice...it's because I am.

#5

sound good. upload the page? its up. do i need to do something else for you to check out the code?.http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca

#6

You do not have permission to resize my browser window. Please don't do
that.

I do not see a scrolling layer on that page.

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"tgerby" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

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sound good. upload the page? its up. do i need to do something else for
you to check out the code?.http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca

#7

I suspect you mean the script to maximse the browser is that not good designer
etiquette ? I was compensating (short term) for the layer issue. sorry i was
not more specific. several pages have this scroller
eg.http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca/constructionsafety.htm

#8

Many people will regard resizing the browser window (from their preferred
settings) to be rude, since you do not return the browser to its state
before you messed with it.

All you need to do is to snap this layer - <div id="p7scroller1" - and the
rest of the scroller layers will come with it. Make sure you snap onLoad
and onResize as detailed in the behavior's Help file.

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"tgerby" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

I suspect you mean the script to maximse the browser is that not good
designer
etiquette ? I was compensating (short term) for the layer issue. sorry i
was
not more specific. several pages have this scroller
eg.http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca/constructionsafety.htm

#9

One thing I hate about scrollers is that they usually contain information I
would want to print out. Guess what happens when you print this page? You
get only the visible content of the scroller.

I just don't use them....

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Many people will regard resizing the browser window (from their preferred
settings) to be rude, since you do not return the browser to its state
before you messed with it.

All you need to do is to snap this layer - <div id="p7scroller1" - and the
rest of the scroller layers will come with it. Make sure you snap onLoad
and onResize as detailed in the behavior's Help file.

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I suspect you mean the script to maximse the browser is that not good
designer
etiquette ? I was compensating (short term) for the layer issue. sorry i
was
not more specific. several pages have this scroller
eg.http://www.pacificrimsafety.ca/constructionsafety.htm

#10

Thank you. the snap to works but not on all layers of the scroller for some
strange reason. i followed your instructions exactly. that is the nature of
this beast i suppose. I will apply the snap to all the realted layers. thanks
again. do you know why when i make this change in my master template it will
not update the rest of the attached pages? it is working fine. I tested some
simple chages to template. it updates relative pages fine but it does not
update the new snap behaviors when i try to save all. is there an override?