Thanks, Jack. I found dimensions.js last night and it's great. It's a feature *every* js library should include - an easy way to get offsets and dimensions. That's just critical info. I just looked at block and that looks like *exactly* what I need for this.
Thanks for the feedback. On 3/17/07, Jack Killpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These might help... > > 1. check out the Dimensions plugin: > > http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins > > 2. if you want to "block" a block: > > http://malsup.com/jquery/block/#element > > - Jack > > Rob Wilkerson wrote: > > I did copy and paste that, but I did manage to track down that > > problem. It was a syntax error in a $(document).ready() function that > > was included in an external script (this one is specific to a > > particular page). > > > > I do have one other question, though. I'd like to get the top & left > > positions of an element's parent so that I can shift the main element > > to overlay it's parent. I have a block of content and I want to > > overlay a child block so that the parent is completely covered. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
