On 7 December 2010 16:17, doug <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Dec 7, 10:58 am, Richard Quadling <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 7 December 2010 15:34, doug <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > From searching and looking at the API docs, doesn't look like
>> > prototype is able to do this, but I thought I would ask anyway in case
>> > some one has an idea.
>>
>> > I have a generic form generator library and in the forms generated, I
>> > need to be able to absolutely position a "help" div next to an image
>> > of a question mark.
>>
>> > I need this to work in the following cases:
>>
>> > 1. the form is on a page by itself
>> > 2. the form is in a lightbox (which is absolutely positioned)
>> > 3. the form is in a scrollable div on a page by itself
>> > 4. the form is in a scrollable div INSIDE a lightbox (which is also
>> > scrollable)
>>
>> > Basically, this requires me find a uniform way to get the absolute
>> > position of the question mark image.
>>
>> > positionedOffset works for 1 and 2. For 4 I have to use
>> > positionedOffset along with cumulativeScrollOffset and do some math.
>> > Is there a way to get the absolute position no matter which one of
>> > these cases?
>>
>> > thanks.
>>
>> I thinkhttp://api.prototypejs.org/dom/Element/Layout/may answer your
>> questions.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Quadling
>> Twitter : EE : Zend
>> @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
>
> I looked at this, but I'm not sure how this would allow me to get the
> position of an element. Can you elaborate?
>
> Also, one more thing I didn't mention. With the absolutely positioned
> lightbox, it is acceptable that I get the position of the element with
> respect to the lightbox. Although if I can get it with respect to the
> entire page, that would be fine too.
var layout = new Element.Layout('myLightBoxID');
var left = layout.get('left');
for example.
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Richard Quadling
Twitter : EE : Zend
@RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
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