Problems with DD Gradual Image Fader

[bramos]

Hi all!

For my portfolio website (http://dev.aplus-webdesigns.nl/peerlingspictures) I'm using the Dynamic Drive Gradual Element Fader (http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/gradualfader.htm), but as you see it isn't working properly, as I want to use the script twice: once on the div and once on the image. The reason? I want the div-background (the orange border and green text) to have a higher base-opacity than the real image.

I editted the scripts so I could duplicate them succesfully. See beneath:
divfader.js:

//Gradual Elements Fader- By Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com
//Last updated: Nov 8th, 07'

var gradualDivFader={}

gradualDivFader.baseopacity=0.4 //set base opacity when mouse isn't over element (decimal below 1)
gradualDivFader.increment=0.1 //amount of opacity to increase after each iteration (suggestion: 0.1 or 0.2)

document.write('<style type="text/css">\n') //write out CSS to enable opacity on "gradualFader" class
document.write('.divfader{filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity='+gradualDivFader.baseopacity*100+'); -moz-opacity:'+gradualDivFader.baseopacity+'; opacity:'+gradualDivFader.baseopacity+';}\n')
document.write('</style>')

gradualDivFader.setopacity=function(obj, value){ //Sets the opacity of targetobject based on the passed in value setting (0 to 1 and in between)
var targetobject=obj
if (targetobject && targetobject.filters && targetobject.filters[0]){ //IE syntax
if (typeof targetobject.filters[0].opacity=="number") //IE6
targetobject.filters[0].opacity=value*100
else //IE 5.5
targetobject.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+value*100+")"
}
else if (targetobject && typeof targetobject.style.MozOpacity!="undefined") //Old Mozilla syntax
targetobject.style.MozOpacity=value
else if (targetobject && typeof targetobject.style.opacity!="undefined") //Standard opacity syntax
targetobject.style.opacity=value
targetobject.currentopacity=value
}

gradualDivFader.fadeupdown=function(obj, direction){
var targetobject=obj
var fadeamount=(direction=="fadeup")? this.increment : -this.increment
if (targetobject && (direction=="fadeup" && targetobject.currentopacity<1 || direction=="fadedown" && targetobject.currentopacity>this.baseopacity)){
this.setopacity(obj, targetobject.currentopacity+fadeamount)
window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder]=setTimeout(function(){gradualDivFader.fadeupdown(obj, direction)}, 50)
}
}

gradualDivFader.clearTimer=function(obj){
if (typeof window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder]!="undefined")
clearTimeout(window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder])
}

gradualDivFader.isContained=function(m, e){
var e=window.event || e
var c=e.relatedTarget || ((e.type=="mouseover")? e.fromElement : e.toElement)
while (c && c!=m)try {c=c.parentNode} catch(e){c=m}
if (c==m)
return true
else
return false
}

gradualDivFader.fadeinterface=function(obj, e, direction){
if (!this.isContained(obj, e)){
gradualDivFader.clearTimer(obj)
gradualDivFader.fadeupdown(obj, direction)
}
}

gradualDivFader.collectElementbyClass=function(classname){ //Returns an array containing DIVs with specified classname
var classnameRE=new RegExp("(^|\\s+)"+classname+"($|\\s+)", "i") //regular expression to screen for classname within element
var pieces=[]
var alltags=document.all? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName("*")
for (var i=0; i<alltags.length; i++){
if (typeof alltags[i].className=="string" && alltags[i].className.search(classnameRE)!=-1)
pieces[pieces.length]=alltags[i]
}
return pieces
}

gradualDivFader.init=function(){
var targetobjects=this.collectElementbyClass("divfader")
for (var i=0; i<targetobjects.length; i++){
targetobjects[i]._fadeorder=i
this.setopacity(targetobjects[i], this.baseopacity)
targetobjects[i].onmouseover=function(e){gradualDivFader.fadeinterface(this, e, "fadeup")}
targetobjects[i].onmouseout=function(e){gradualDivFader.fadeinterface(this, e, "fadedown")}
}
}

imgfader.js:

//Gradual Elements Fader- By Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com
//Last updated: Nov 8th, 07'

var gradualImgFader={}

gradualImgFader.baseopacity=0.1 //set base opacity when mouse isn't over element (decimal below 1)
gradualImgFader.increment=0.1 //amount of opacity to increase after each iteration (suggestion: 0.1 or 0.2)

document.write('<style type="text/css">\n') //write out CSS to enable opacity on "gradualFader" class
document.write('.imgfader{filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity='+gradualImgFader.baseopacity*100+'); -moz-opacity:'+gradualImgFader.baseopacity+'; opacity:'+gradualImgFader.baseopacity+';}\n')
document.write('</style>')

gradualImgFader.setopacity=function(obj, value){ //Sets the opacity of targetobject based on the passed in value setting (0 to 1 and in between)
var targetobject=obj
if (targetobject && targetobject.filters && targetobject.filters[0]){ //IE syntax
if (typeof targetobject.filters[0].opacity=="number") //IE6
targetobject.filters[0].opacity=value*100
else //IE 5.5
targetobject.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+value*100+")"
}
else if (targetobject && typeof targetobject.style.MozOpacity!="undefined") //Old Mozilla syntax
targetobject.style.MozOpacity=value
else if (targetobject && typeof targetobject.style.opacity!="undefined") //Standard opacity syntax
targetobject.style.opacity=value
targetobject.currentopacity=value
}

gradualImgFader.fadeupdown=function(obj, direction){
var targetobject=obj
var fadeamount=(direction=="fadeup")? this.increment : -this.increment
if (targetobject && (direction=="fadeup" && targetobject.currentopacity<1 || direction=="fadedown" && targetobject.currentopacity>this.baseopacity)){
this.setopacity(obj, targetobject.currentopacity+fadeamount)
window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder]=setTimeout(function(){gradualImgFader.fadeupdown(obj, direction)}, 50)
}
}

gradualImgFader.clearTimer=function(obj){
if (typeof window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder]!="undefined")
clearTimeout(window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder])
}

gradualImgFader.isContained=function(m, e){
var e=window.event || e
var c=e.relatedTarget || ((e.type=="mouseover")? e.fromElement : e.toElement)
while (c && c!=m)try {c=c.parentNode} catch(e){c=m}
if (c==m)
return true
else
return false
}

gradualImgFader.fadeinterface=function(obj, e, direction){
if (!this.isContained(obj, e)){
gradualImgFader.clearTimer(obj)
gradualImgFader.fadeupdown(obj, direction)
}
}

gradualImgFader.collectElementbyClass=function(classname){ //Returns an array containing DIVs with specified classname
var classnameRE=new RegExp("(^|\\s+)"+classname+"($|\\s+)", "i") //regular expression to screen for classname within element
var pieces=[]
var alltags=document.all? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName("*")
for (var i=0; i<alltags.length; i++){
if (typeof alltags[i].className=="string" && alltags[i].className.search(classnameRE)!=-1)
pieces[pieces.length]=alltags[i]
}
return pieces
}

gradualImgFader.init=function(){
var targetobjects=this.collectElementbyClass("imgfader")
for (var i=0; i<targetobjects.length; i++){
targetobjects[i]._fadeorder=i
this.setopacity(targetobjects[i], this.baseopacity)
targetobjects[i].onmouseover=function(e){gradualImgFader.fadeinterface(this, e, "fadeup")}
targetobjects[i].onmouseout=function(e){gradualImgFader.fadeinterface(this, e, "fadedown")}
}
}

But, as you can see on my website, the combination doesn't work properly. The browser picks just one of the two scripts: sometimes it's imgfader.js, sometimes it's divfader.js. That way, the image never gets a opacity of 100%: or it sticks at its base-opacity (10%) or the fader ís activated, but the div-opacity stays 40% (its base-opacity).

As I'm not a JS-pro (I'm more of a noob, really xD) I'm asking you guys if you can help me out. I tried some other forum, but there nobody could help me.

Many, many, many thanks in advance to anybody helping me out!
Bram(os)

[vwphillips]

as the image is nested in the div wich is faded the image opacity will as the div opacity.

using my own animator for my convenience


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
.cls {
position:relative;width:250px;height:190px;
}
.cls IMG {
position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;

}

/*]]>*/
</style>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
// Basic Element Animator (11-October-2008) DRAFT
// by Vic Phillips http://www.vicsjavascripts.org.uk

// To progressively change the Left, Top, Width, Height or Opacity of an element over a specified period of time.

// **** Application Notes

// **** The HTML Code
//
// when moving an element the inline or class rule style position of the element should be assigned as
// 'position:relative;' or 'position:absolute;'
//
// The element would normally be assigned a unique ID name.
//

// **** Executing the Effect(Script)
//
// The effect is executed by an event call to function 'zxcBAnimator('left','tst1',20,260,2000);'
// where:
// parameter 0 = the mode(see Note 1). (string)
// parameter 1 = the unique ID name or element object. (string or element object)
// parameter 2 = the start position of the effect. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100)
// parameter 3 = the finish position of the effect. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100)
// parameter 4 = (optional) period of time between the start and finish of the effect in milliseconds. (digits or defaults to 2000 milliSeconds)
//
// Note 1: The default units(excepting opacity) are 'px'.
// Note 2: Examples modes: 'left', 'top', 'width', 'height', 'opacity.
// For hyphenated modes, the first character after the hyphen must be upper case, all others lower case.
// Note 3: To 'toggle' the effect include '#' in parameter 0.
// The first call will set the toggle parameters.
// Subsequent calls with '#' in parameter 0 and the same start and finish parameters will 'toggle' the effect.
// Note 4: The function may be re-executed with a different set of parameters (start/finish time or period)
// whenever required, say from an onclick/mouseover/out event.
// The period parameter will be retained unless re-specified.
//
// **** Advanced Applications
//
// It may be required to access the current value of the effect.
// The element effect is accessible from the element property
// element effect = elementobject[mode.replace(/[-#]/g,'')+'oop'];
// where mode is parameter 0 of the initial call.
// An array storing the current, start and finish values of the element effect may be accessed
// from the element effect.data as fields 0, 1 and 2 respectively
//

// **** General
//
// All variable, function etc. names are prefixed with 'zxc' to minimise conflicts with other JavaScripts.
// These characters may be changed to characters of choice using global find and replace.
//
// The Functional Code(about 1.7K) is best as an External JavaScript.
//
// Tested with IE7 and Mozilla FireFox on a PC.
//



// **** Functional Code - NO NEED to Change


function zxcBAnimator(mde,obj,srt,fin,time){
if (typeof(obj)=='string'){ obj=document.getElementById(obj); }
if (!obj||(!srt&&!fin)||srt==fin) return;
var oop=obj[mde.replace(/[-#]/g,'')+'oop'];
if (oop){
clearTimeout(oop.to);
if (oop.srtfin[0]==srt&&oop.srtfin[1]==fin&&mde.match('#')) oop.update([oop.data[0],(oop.srtfin[0]==oop.data[2])?fin:srt],time);
else oop.update([srt,fin],time);
}
else obj[mde.replace(/[-#]/g,'')+'oop']=new zxcBAnimatorOOP(mde,obj,srt,fin,time);
}

function zxcBAnimatorOOP(mde,obj,srt,fin,time){
this.srtfin=[srt,fin];
this.to=null;
this.obj=obj;
this.mde=mde.replace(/[-#]/g,'');
this.update([srt,fin],time);
}

zxcBAnimatorOOP.prototype.update=function(srtfin,time){
this.time=time||this.time||2000;
this.data=[srtfin[0],srtfin[0],srtfin[1]];
this.srttime=new Date().getTime();
this.cng();
}

zxcBAnimatorOOP.prototype.cng=function(){
var ms=new Date().getTime()-this.srttime;
this.data[0]=(this.data[2]-this.data[1])/this.time*ms+this.data[1];
if (this.mde!='left'&&this.mde!='top'&&this.data[0]<0) this.data[0]=0;
if (this.mde!='opacity') this.obj.style[this.mde]=this.data[0]+'px';
else zxcOpacity(this.obj,this.data[0]);
if (ms<this.time) this.to=setTimeout(function(oop){return function(){oop.cng();}}(this),10);
else {
this.data[0]=this.data[2];
if (this.mde!='opacity') this.obj.style[this.mde]=this.data[0]+'px';
else zxcOpacity(this.obj,this.data[0]);
}
}

function zxcOpacity(obj,opc){
if (opc<0||opc>100) return;
obj.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opc+')';
obj.style.opacity=obj.style.MozOpacity=obj.style.KhtmlOpacity=opc/100-.001;
}

/*]]>*/
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
// where:
// parameter 0 = the class name. (string)
// parameter 1 = the mimimum opacity. (digits)
// parameter 2 = the maximum opacity of the first image. (digits)
// parameter 3 = the maximum opacity of the second image. (digits)
// parameter 4 = the the speed of the effect. (digits)

function Init(cls,min,max1,max2,time){
var objs=zxcByClassName(cls,null,'DIV');
for (var z0=0;z0<objs.length;z0++){
objs[z0].data=[min,max1,max2,time];
var imgs=objs[z0].getElementsByTagName('IMG');
zxcBAnimator('opacity',imgs[0],min-1,min,10);
zxcBAnimator('opacity',imgs[1],min-1,min,10);
objs[z0].onmouseover=function(){ MseOO(this,true); }
objs[z0].onmouseout=function(){ MseOO(this,false); }
}
}

function MseOO(obj,ud){
var imgs=obj.getElementsByTagName('IMG');
var oop=imgs[0].opacityoop;
zxcBAnimator('opacity',imgs[0],oop.data[0],ud?obj.data[1]:obj.data[0],obj.data[3]);
var oop=imgs[1].opacityoop;
zxcBAnimator('opacity',imgs[1],oop.data[0],ud?obj.data[2]:obj.data[0],obj.data[3]);
}

function zxcByClassName(nme,el,tag){
if (typeof(el)=='string') el=document.getElementById(el);
el=el||document;
for (var tag=tag||'*',reg=new RegExp('(^|\\s)'+nme+'(\\s|$)'),els=el.getElementsByTagName(tag),ary=[],z0=0; z0<els.length;z0++){
if(reg.test(els[z0].className)) ary.push(els[z0]);
}
return ary;
}

/*]]>*/
</script>
</head>

<body onload="Init('cls',20,50,100,1000);">
<div class="cls" >
<img src="http://dev.aplus-webdesigns.nl/peerlingspictures/images/layout/background/aircraft.gif" />
<img class="index imgfader" src="http://dev.aplus-webdesigns.nl/peerlingspictures/images/layout/photo/aircraft.gif" />
</div>
</body>

</html>

[bramos]

I'll check it out tonight, but I think it will work great! Thanks a lot!