Show/Hide problems - newby seeks help!

I've made my first foray into show/hide layers with menus and submenus. I'm
almost there, but I could do with a little help to get this finished off.
It's fairly straightforward - the site has a simple menu on the left column
with 6 links, 3 of which have hidden layers and additional options. I
created a base layer which is visible by default, and the other 3 layers
appear with the onMouseOver behaviours. However, they only disappear when I
mouse over another menu item which has a behaviour attached to it.

What I'd like is to have the layer appear when I mouse over a certain menu
item, stay visible when I mouseover the new layer, and disappear when the
mouse goes somewhere else. (I've made the base layer red for the moment
just so it's obvious when it's returned to its normal state.)

Would someone be willing to do me a real favour and have a look at this site
(www.pcave.plus.com/lrc/test.html) and tell me what I should add?

Many thanks in advance.

What is this?

<div id="layerbase" style="position:absolute; left:191px; top:280;
width:165px; height:410px; z-index:2; background-color: #FF0000;
layer-background-color: #FF0000; border: 1px none #000000; visibility:
visible;"></div>

And why is it visible?

All you need to do is to apply a Show/Hide layer option to the other menu
links to hide all the layers onMouseOver. So - mousing over HOME would hide
all the submenu layers, mousing over NEWS would hide them all, etc.

But using the PVII free extensions might be an even better way - check
AutoLayers, and AutoHide....

http://www.projectseven.com/

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"Trent SC" <invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote

I've made my first foray into show/hide layers with menus and submenus.
I'm
almost there, but I could do with a little help to get this finished off.
It's fairly straightforward - the site has a simple menu on the left
column
with 6 links, 3 of which have hidden layers and additional options. I
created a base layer which is visible by default, and the other 3 layers
appear with the onMouseOver behaviours. However, they only disappear when
I
mouse over another menu item which has a behaviour attached to it.

What I'd like is to have the layer appear when I mouse over a certain menu
item, stay visible when I mouseover the new layer, and disappear when the
mouse goes somewhere else. (I've made the base layer red for the moment
just so it's obvious when it's returned to its normal state.)

Would someone be willing to do me a real favour and have a look at this
site
(www.pcave.plus.com/lrc/test.html) and tell me what I should add?

Many thanks in advance.

Hi Murray,

At a point in my life when I wasn't paying close enough attention, I had the
idea that I needed a base layer that would, by default, be visible. It came
from the 'bring to front' and 'send to back' mentality which I have now
purged from my system, along with that particular layer!

So, I've set behaviours for the other menu items, along with other sections
of the page, so if I mouseover the header section, for example, the submenu
disappears. You're right that there's probably a much more elegant way of
doing it with the PVII extensions, but I think I'm there now.

Many thanks for your willingness to help me out. It goes without saying
that it's very much appreciated.

What is this?

div id="layerbase" style="position:absolute; left:191px; top:280;
width:165px; height:410px; z-index:2; background-color: #FF0000;
layer-background-color: #FF0000; border: 1px none #000000; visibility:
visible;"></div

And why is it visible?

All you need to do is to apply a Show/Hide layer option to the other menu
links to hide all the layers onMouseOver. So - mousing over HOME would
hide
all the submenu layers, mousing over NEWS would hide them all, etc.

But using the PVII free extensions might be an even better way - check
AutoLayers, and AutoHide....

I've made my first foray into show/hide layers with menus and submenus.
I'm
almost there, but I could do with a little help to get this finished
off.
It's fairly straightforward - the site has a simple menu on the left
column
with 6 links, 3 of which have hidden layers and additional options. I
created a base layer which is visible by default, and the other 3 layers
appear with the onMouseOver behaviours. However, they only disappear
when
I
mouse over another menu item which has a behaviour attached to it.

What I'd like is to have the layer appear when I mouse over a certain
menu
item, stay visible when I mouseover the new layer, and disappear when
the
mouse goes somewhere else. (I've made the base layer red for the moment
just so it's obvious when it's returned to its normal state.)

Would someone be willing to do me a real favour and have a look at this
site
(www.pcave.plus.com/lrc/test.html) and tell me what I should add?

Many thanks in advance.

You're welcome. Glad I could help you through this difficult life passage!
8)

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Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver
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"Trent SC" <invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote

Hi Murray,

At a point in my life when I wasn't paying close enough attention, I had
the
idea that I needed a base layer that would, by default, be visible. It
came
from the 'bring to front' and 'send to back' mentality which I have now
purged from my system, along with that particular layer!

So, I've set behaviours for the other menu items, along with other
sections
of the page, so if I mouseover the header section, for example, the
submenu
disappears. You're right that there's probably a much more elegant way of
doing it with the PVII extensions, but I think I'm there now.

Many thanks for your willingness to help me out. It goes without saying
that it's very much appreciated.

What is this?

div id="layerbase" style="position:absolute; left:191px; top:280;
width:165px; height:410px; z-index:2; background-color: #FF0000;
layer-background-color: #FF0000; border: 1px none #000000; visibility:
visible;"></div

And why is it visible?

All you need to do is to apply a Show/Hide layer option to the other menu
links to hide all the layers onMouseOver. So - mousing over HOME would
hide
all the submenu layers, mousing over NEWS would hide them all, etc.

But using the PVII free extensions might be an even better way - check
AutoLayers, and AutoHide....

I've made my first foray into show/hide layers with menus and submenus.
I'm
almost there, but I could do with a little help to get this finished
off.
It's fairly straightforward - the site has a simple menu on the left
column
with 6 links, 3 of which have hidden layers and additional options. I
created a base layer which is visible by default, and the other 3
layers
appear with the onMouseOver behaviours. However, they only disappear
when
I
mouse over another menu item which has a behaviour attached to it.

What I'd like is to have the layer appear when I mouse over a certain
menu
item, stay visible when I mouseover the new layer, and disappear when
the
mouse goes somewhere else. (I've made the base layer red for the
moment
just so it's obvious when it's returned to its normal state.)

Would someone be willing to do me a real favour and have a look at this
site
(www.pcave.plus.com/lrc/test.html) and tell me what I should add?

Many thanks in advance.