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PaulKolin · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 108

Hi all. does prototype or scriptaculous offer a way to create a "smart" floating div that follows the screen when scrolling?

ovigo22 · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 130

tht's called "fixed positioning"

PaulKolin · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 108

tks =) how can i achieve it?

Jackil · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 97

Position: fixed; in the good browsers

ovigo22 · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 130

In everything but IE, position: fixed;

Jackil · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 97

In IE you can use position: absolute; and an expression for top: and left:

PaulKolin · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 108

Hmm.. interesting. i'll look into that. tks a lot

Jackil · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 97

Position: absolute; top: expression(document.body.scrollHeight+'px'); left: expression(document.body.scrollLeft+'px');
For example

PaulKolin · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 108

And is it any harm if i use both at the same time ? (to ensure all browsers will see the effect)
Or should i stick to the expression?

Jackil · Enthusiastic Coder Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 97

Only IE supports expression()
It's their own private addition

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