No, you're not the only one. I, too was wondering why someone would need to position the body.
--Karl ____________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo wrote: > > Regardless of jQuery support or not, I am the only one who thinks > positioning the body is kind of weird? what's between the body and the > viewport limits, limbo? > > On Apr 9, 5:30 pm, Fernando Ferreira > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Take a look at the test case I posted onhttp://dev.jqueryui.com/ticket/4438 >> , it outlines the crux of the >> problem. >> >> If it was only a local problem I would certainly fix it locally, >> but this >> assumption of the origin point of the body being the same as the >> origin of >> the viewport leads to several problems with anything that is >> positioned >> relatively to the body (using position: absolute in the childrens >> on a body >> that itself has postion: relative), and it happens in lots of >> places on >> jquery ui, for instance. >> >> I will try to craft a test case for something that happens on >> jquery itself, >> instead of only jquery ui. >> >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Matt Kruse >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Apr 9, 1:42 pm, Brandon Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Unfortunately it just isn't as simple as that. A positioned body >>>> element >>>> directly affects how the browser calculates the offsetTop/Left >>>> properties >>> of >>>> child elements. >> >>> In what cases? Just curious. >> >>> I suppose it depends on the browser and the exact layout/objects in >>> question, but I've used this solution several times and it's been >>> sufficient for me. It may be enough for the OP. >> >>> Matt Kruse > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
