And what is with this post showing up 7 times?? I only hit the submit button once on Google Groups. Hope no one thinks I am spamming. :(
On Apr 17, 8:01 pm, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently implemented the following CSS layout on a site in place of > a previous table > layout:http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/3colfixedtest_sourcenone.htm > > After doing so I cannot get DIVs to position correctly in some > instances when using jQuery to do so. One in particular is too far > down and over to the right. > > Unfortunately I don't have a page to show because the code is on a > backend area that requires login. However, the code I was previously > using that worked great to cause a box to display right below a link > is this: > __________________________________________________ > $('div#box').css('position', 'absolute'); > $('div#box').css('left', $('a#link').offset().left); > $('div#box').css('top', ($('a#link').offset().top + $ > ('a#link').outerHeight() + 2)); > $('div#box').show('normal'); > __________________________________________________ > > However, I found that I now need to add or subtract the padding and > margins from enclosing DIVs due to the new CSS layout and I am > perplexed as to why: > __________________________________________________ > $('div#box').css('position', 'absolute'); > > margin_left = $('div#outer').css('margin-left'); > margin_left = margin_left.substring(0, margin_left.indexOf('px')); > pad_right = $('div#centrecontent').css('padding-right'); > pad_right = pad_right.substring(0, pad_right.indexOf('px')); > > $('div#box').css('left', ($('a#link').offset().left + pad_right - > margin_left)); > > pad_top = $('div#outer').css('padding-top'); > pad_top = pad_top.substring(0, pad_top.indexOf('px')); > > $('div#box').css('top', ($('a#link').offset().top + $ > ('a#link').outerHeight() + 2 - pad_top)); > $('div#box').show('normal'); > __________________________________________________ > > Even more perplexing is that if I leave "pad_right" inside those > calculations it causes the box to fly about 5160 pixels off to the > right of the screen. Checking the value in the console shows that > pad_right has a value of 6. If I remove pad_right and directly > substitute in the number 6 then the box positions normally. > > Can anyone help explain to me what I am doing wrong here?
