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How to position Window relative to component

asked 2009-07-24 15:31:48 +0800

dastultz gravatar image dastultz
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Hello,

Suppose I have components A, B (hidden), C. I want to rollover A and show B (probably a Window) positioned a certain distance from C. I would like to do this with a CSA, though not totally necessary. I can hide and show with "action" but I don't know how to position it. Is there some cross-browser support for getting the position of any component? Something in "action", "anima", Effect, etc.? I don't want to write and maintain my own solution.

Thanks.

/Daryl

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answered 2009-07-27 12:31:56 +0800

dastultz gravatar image dastultz
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Doing something like this:

window.setPosition("parent");
window.setLeft("10px");
window.setTop("-20px");

comes pretty close, but I'd like the flexibility of positioning the Window next to any element - not just the parent. I'm currently using this (client side) JavaScript I got from a code repository to find the position of an element/component:
function getXYpos(elem) {
   if (!elem) {
      return {"x":0,"y":0};
   }
   var xy={"x":elem.offsetLeft,"y":elem.offsetTop}
   var par=getXYpos(elem.offsetParent);
   for (var key in par) {
      xy+=par;
   }
   return xy;
}


/Daryl

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answered 2009-07-26 12:04:19 +0800

nagkumar gravatar image nagkumar
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Did you try using the getPosition() and setPosition() methods of Window (XULComponent)..

Regards,
Raja Nagendra Kumar,
C.T.O
www.tejasoft.com

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