Nest a layer in a table or cell

#1

I'm working on a page that centers in the viewer's window, which as you can
imagine works great using tables, and I'd like to use layers, but the fixed
positioning of layers produces bad results. Is there a way to 'nest' a layer
within a table or cell so that its position will move with the table/cell?
Thanks a heap.

#2

You could change the positioning to relative instead of absolute.

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

Quote:

I'm working on a page that centers in the viewer's window, which as you
can
imagine works great using tables, and I'd like to use layers, but the
fixed
positioning of layers produces bad results. Is there a way to 'nest' a
layer
within a table or cell so that its position will move with the table/cell?
Thanks a heap.

#3

thanks for this it works fine but i noticed that if i change from absolute to
relative the layer disappears?

what i mean is that if you change to relative then the layer does not show
anymore in the layers panel - switch back to absolute and the layer is back in
the panel again?

any ideas

#4

Quote:

what i mean is that if you change to relative then the layer does not show
anymore in the layers panel - switch back to absolute and the layer is
back in
the panel again?

That's correct. In DW parlance, a "layer" is any element that is absolutely
positioned. By changing this <div> from position:absolute to
position:relative, you have made it no longer be a layer.

Personally, I hate having even relatively positioned elements in table
cells. Here's another (and better) solution (in my opinion) that will allow
you to continue working with layers -

So - take the layer OUT OF THE TABLE, paste it back in immediately above
</body>, and position it as desired on the page.

Change this -

</head>

to this -

<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>

change this -

<body ...>

to this -

<body ...>
<div id="wrapper">

and this -

</body>

to this -

</div>
</body>

and see if that helps.

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

Quote:

thanks for this it works fine but i noticed that if i change from absolute
to
relative the layer disappears?

what i mean is that if you change to relative then the layer does not show
anymore in the layers panel - switch back to absolute and the layer is
back in
the panel again?

any ideas

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Nest a layer in a table or cell - 11-04-2005 , 01:06 AM

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