Javascript Floatie question..

[kobo1d]

Hi there.. i just saw this script over here ->
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...nkfloaties.htm

Its a mouseover floatie-box which works with coordinates.. i just wonder if its possible to align those start coordinates to a div-tag or sumthing like that.. a fixed position inside the html, which never changes... like <div id="starthere"> and then asign this as the start-coordinate..


plz help me !

thanks

[ddadmin]

Firstly, please post DD script related questions in the correct forum. Thread moved.

In general, yes, but there are many ways to do this. For example, assuming you want the floatie to still hover over other objects, just at the position where the DIV (#dhtmlfloatie) is inserted on the page, try the below modified script:

<style type="text/css">

#dhtmlfloatie{
position: absolute;
filter:alpha(opacity=0);
-moz-opacity:0;
border: 2px solid black;
padding: 5px;
z-index: 100;
}

</style>

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Link Floatie script- &#169; Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var floattext=new Array()
floattext[0]='- <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml">Free JavaScripts</a><br>- <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javaindex.shtml">JavaScript Tutorials</a><br>- <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/index.shtml">DHTML/ CSS Tutorials</a><br>- <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/">JavaScript Reference</a><br><div align="right"><a href="javascript:hidefloatie()">Hide Box</a></div>'
floattext[1]='Some other floatie text'

var floatiewidth="250px" //default width of floatie in px
var floatieheight="60px" //default height of floatie in px. Set to "" to let floatie content dictate height.
var floatiebgcolor="lightyellow" //default bgcolor of floatie
var fadespeed=70 //speed of fade (5 or above). Smaller=faster.

var baseopacity=0
function slowhigh(which2){
imgobj=which2
browserdetect=which2.filters? "ie" : typeof which2.style.MozOpacity=="string"? "mozilla" : ""
instantset(baseopacity)
highlighting=setInterval("gradualfade(imgobj)",fadespeed)
}

function instantset(degree){
cleartimer()
if (browserdetect=="mozilla")
imgobj.style.MozOpacity=degree/100
else if (browserdetect=="ie")
imgobj.filters.alpha.opacity=degree
}

function cleartimer(){
if (window.highlighting) clearInterval(highlighting)
}

function gradualfade(cur2){
if (browserdetect=="mozilla" && cur2.style.MozOpacity<1)
cur2.style.MozOpacity=Math.min(parseFloat(cur2.style.MozOpacity)+0.1, 0.99)
else if (browserdetect=="ie" && cur2.filters.alpha.opacity<100)
cur2.filters.alpha.opacity+=10
else if (window.highlighting)
clearInterval(highlighting)
}

function ietruebody(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function paramexists(what){
return(typeof what!="undefined" && what!="")
}

function showfloatie(thetext, e, optbgColor, optWidth, optHeight){
var dsocx=(window.pageXOffset)? pageXOffset: ietruebody().scrollLeft;
var dsocy=(window.pageYOffset)? pageYOffset : ietruebody().scrollTop;
var floatobj=document.getElementById("dhtmlfloatie")
floatobj.style.display="block"
floatobj.style.backgroundColor=paramexists(optbgColor)? optbgColor : floatiebgcolor
floatobj.style.width=paramexists(optWidth)? optWidth+"px" : floatiewidth
floatobj.style.height=paramexists(optHeight)? optHeight+"px" : floatieheight!=""? floatieheight : ""
floatobj.innerHTML=thetext
var floatWidth=floatobj.offsetWidth>0? floatobj.offsetWidth : floatobj.style.width
var floatHeight=floatobj.offsetHeight>0? floatobj.offsetHeight : floatobj.style.width
var winWidth=document.all&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientWidth : window.innerWidth-20
var winHeight=document.all&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientHeight : window.innerHeight
e=window.event? window.event : e
slowhigh(floatobj)
}

function hidefloatie(){
var floatobj=document.getElementById("dhtmlfloatie")
floatobj.style.display="none"
}

</script>

<body>


<a href="#" onMouseover="showfloatie('Web coding and development forums. Get help on JavaScript, CGI, PHP, CSS, and more.', event)" onMouseout="hidefloatie()">Coding Forums</a> | <a href="#" onMouseover="showfloatie(floattext[0], event, '#D9FFD9', 250, 100)">JavaScript Kit</a>

<br /><br /><br />

<div id="dhtmlfloatie" ></div>

[kobo1d]

awesome ! that was exactly what i need.. !!
thx alot m8

btw: i changed the div part like this ->

<table width="100%">
<td width="50%" align="left">
</td>
<td width="50%" align="right">
<div id="dhtmlfloatie"></div>
</td>
</table> 

.. because i wanted it to be displayed on the right side of the page!
<div id="dhtmlfloatie" align="right"> didnt worked..
just if anybody is intrested

peace