Help with layers

[Miguel Ângelo]

Here´s the issue:

I want to create a web site viewable either in 1024x768 and 800x600. So i
created a table with weight=750 pixels and height = 540 pixels. Next, i
wanted to make a menu similar to the menu in [url]www.w3-edge.com[/url] using layers.
Layers seem to have a life of their own (i can´t place them with DW because
it doesn´t matter where they stay, the code will always be: left: XXXpx;
top: YYYpx, XXX and YYY are the coordinates in where i place them) and
having a layer in left: 200px; top: 300px; it makes a big difference if you
are viewing the site with resolution 800x600 or 1024x768). So i decided to
calculate the left and top positions using screeen.weight and screen.height.
For example, the table has 3 columns, the first has 230px, the second 270 px
and the last 250px. If i want to put a layer in the 3rd column, the left
coordinates is: screen.weight-750+230+270px. The layer is shown in the 3rd
row either in 1024x768 or 800x600. So, if i want to place another layer in
the 2nd column it gets: left: screen.weight-750+230px. However it appears in
the 3rd column, over the 1st layer. It doesn´t matter the size of the
layers, from the second on they appear in the 3rd column over the 1st layer.
Can anyone help me to figure out what´s wrong?

[Murray *TMM*]

Miguel:

> created a table with weight=750 pixels and height = 540 pixels

Be aware that table height is not valid HTML, and is unreliable when used
for page structure.

> it makes a big difference if you are viewing the site with resolution

800x600 or 1024x768

Only if your page has centering content within other containers, like
tables. The layers are fixed on the page at the location defined by Left
and Top settings. All other page content *may* move about as it centers.

> Can anyone help me to figure out what´s wrong?

I suggest that you take a look at the LayerDesigner2 extension or the
SnapLayer extension over at the PVII site ([url]http://www.projectseven.com/[/url]) - I
think they will do what you want....

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"Miguel Ângelo" <majr@portugalmail.pt> wrote in message
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> Here´s the issue:
>
> I want to create a web site viewable either in 1024x768 and 800x600. So i
> created a table with weight=750 pixels and height = 540 pixels. Next, i
> wanted to make a menu similar to the menu in [url]www.w3-edge.com[/url] using layers.
> Layers seem to have a life of their own (i can´t place them with DW

because

> it doesn´t matter where they stay, the code will always be: left: XXXpx;
> top: YYYpx, XXX and YYY are the coordinates in where i place them) and
> having a layer in left: 200px; top: 300px; it makes a big difference if

you

> are viewing the site with resolution 800x600 or 1024x768). So i decided to
> calculate the left and top positions using screeen.weight and

screen.height.

> For example, the table has 3 columns, the first has 230px, the second 270

px

> and the last 250px. If i want to put a layer in the 3rd column, the left
> coordinates is: screen.weight-750+230+270px. The layer is shown in the 3rd
> row either in 1024x768 or 800x600. So, if i want to place another layer in
> the 2nd column it gets: left: screen.weight-750+230px. However it appears

in

> the 3rd column, over the 1st layer. It doesn´t matter the size of the
> layers, from the second on they appear in the 3rd column over the 1st

layer.

> Can anyone help me to figure out what´s wrong?
>
>

[rob :: digitalburn]

Learn JavaScript... properly learning something (instead of plugging in
something done by somebody else) will greatly enhance your understanding of
the medium and growth as a designer. You'll be able to do new, unique
things, instead of only duplicate what has gone before.

[s2aebelt]

I would like the SWF to play behind the drop down menus. Someone gave me the
sugestion of using layers. So I created a layer and set the SWF Z-index to -1
and it still doesn't work.

[url]http://www.beholdme.com/test/index.htm[/url]

Any Suggestions?

[Murray *TMM*]

> So I created a layer and set the SWF Z-index to -1

That can't work.

All Active content on a page will always rise to the top, so to speak,
including Flash, certain form elements, Java applets, and Active X controls.
This means that each of these will poke through layers. There is not a good
cross-browser/platform reliable way to solve this issue, but if you can be
confident in your visitors using IE 5+ or NN6+, then you can use the Flash
wmode parameter.

MM articles:
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/flash_top_layer.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode.htm[/url]

Aziz's solution -
[url]http://www.bezworks.com/lab/opaque.htm[/url]


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"s2aebelt" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I would like the SWF to play behind the drop down menus. Someone gave me
>the
> sugestion of using layers. So I created a layer and set the SWF Z-index
> to -1
> and it still doesn't work.
>
> [url]http://www.beholdme.com/test/index.htm[/url]
>
> Any Suggestions?
>

[s2aebelt]

Thanks I will try this and tell you how it goes.

Thanks Again.

[Murray *TMM*]

Good luck!

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"s2aebelt" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks I will try this and tell you how it goes.
>
> Thanks Again.

[Softrak]

Hi everyone,

I need some help with a layering issue. I'm trying to make some fly-out menus
from a vertical menu bar on the left side of the page. I have the menus appear
and disappearing correctly as long as you're mousing over anything on the menu
bar; but when you mouse over the main body of the page without going back to
the main menu bar, then the fly-out menu stays on the page and won't disappear.
I've never had this problem with fly-outs before... I haven't done a lot of
them, but I checked and checked the code and don't know what's wrong.

I have the z-index set so that the layer for the images that call the fly-out
menus onMouseOver is set to 9, the layers that are supposed to hide the
fly-outs again after you mouse away from them are set to z-index of 10, and the
fly-outs themselves are set to z-index 11.

Also, in Internet Explorer there is a problem where one row is too large
(height). It looks fine in Netscape, exactly to the height that I set it with
the <tr> tag and an image that is used in that row as well. I have some text in
it, but the text is set to a CSS style that has no extra padding and where the
font size is quite small. It shouldn't disrupt the overall height of the row.
The problem is, this makes some of the fly-out menu layers below appear in the
wrong position on the page (too high up). Any suggestions.

The URL for the page I'm struggling with is
[url]http://www.walshcarlines.com/new/template2.html[/url].

I'm so, so stuck and would really appreciate some help. Thank you in advance
very much!

Tracy

[DW_Steve]

Buy one of the menuing systems from [url]www.ProjectSeven.com[/url].

The code is bullet proof, there's a DW extension, and they're cheap.

[Softrak]

Thanks for the tip! Fortunately, though, I managed to resolve my menu problem
just today, so all's good now. Well, NS and IE still don't place the fly-outs
in identical places (about 4 pixels difference) but that's liveable for me.

[Snake*byte]

Heres the situation so far, I've got a page(page1) that has a drop down box
with the items "plan1" "plan2" and "plan3" that a user can select. I have
another page (page2) which has three different layers corresponding to each
drop down selection.

What I want is for the user to be able to chose plan2 click next and be taken
to the next page which will dispaly the plan2 layer but hide the other 2
layers. Any ideas as i'm really stuck?

Thanks!

[litespeed2002]

I am trying to create layers of larger images that appear when the mouse rolls
over the thumb nails. My problem is that the images don't line up the same from
browser to browser. Anyone out there have a possible solution?

the problem can be viewed at
[url]http://www.nobledesigns.com/silvermuse/person.html[/url]... note, the images are
aligned perfectly in Dreamweaver...

[litespeed2002]

sorry, correct url is

[url]http://www.nobledesigns.com/silvermuse/person.html[/url]

[Murray *ACE*]

Don't do this that way.

Take a look here -

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/[/url]

and find the ShowPic extension - a great way to do such things....

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"litespeed2002" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to create layers of larger images that appear when the mouse
>rolls
> over the thumb nails. My problem is that the images don't line up the same
> from
> browser to browser. Anyone out there have a possible solution?
>
> the problem can be viewed at
> [url]http://www.nobledesigns.com/silvermuse/person.html[/url]... note, the images are
> aligned perfectly in Dreamweaver...
>