[Rails] Re: trying to get z-index to work - CSS styling with RJS

2011-06-01 Thread Jedrin
I did the following which seems to fix the problem, note the last two set_style calls take a string rather than a hash: page[k].set_style({:'font-size' = font_sz, :color = col, :position = 'absolute', :left = (40 + (horz)), :top = ((tidx * 100) + 70)

[Rails] Re: trying to get z-index to work - CSS styling with RJS

2011-05-31 Thread Jedrin
I tried this which doesn't seem to do anything either: page[k].set_style :z_index = 20 I believe that the following syntax is valid: page[k].set_style :'z-index' = 20 I tried this: C:\Users\Laurenceirb irb(main):001:0 irb(main):002:0* irb(main):003:0* x = :'z-index' = :z-index

Re: [Rails] Re: trying to get z-index to work - CSS styling with RJS

2011-05-31 Thread Walter Davis
On May 31, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Jedrin wrote: I tried this which doesn't seem to do anything either: page[k].set_style :z_index = 20 I believe that the following syntax is valid: page[k].set_style :'z-index' = 20 I tried this: C:\Users\Laurenceirb irb(main):001:0 irb(main):002:0*

[Rails] Re: trying to get z-index to work - CSS styling with RJS

2011-05-31 Thread Jedrin
I tried this and I seem to still have the same exact problem: page[k].set_style({:position = 'absolute', :left = (pidx * 300), :top = (1 * (topidx * 200) + 80), :'z-index' = 10}) A side note, is that if I do the following without the parens, I get a syntax error

Re: [Rails] Re: trying to get z-index to work - CSS styling with RJS

2011-05-31 Thread Walter Davis
You can simply view source in a browser. Furthermore, Safari or Firefox (with Firebug) can show you endless detail about the script on your page. The shortcut is the same: Control (or right) click on the element, and Inspect Element. That will show you the actual rendered properties, not

Re: [Rails] Re: trying to get z-index to work - CSS styling with RJS

2011-05-31 Thread Bill Walton
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Jedrin jrubia...@gmail.com wrote: I tried this and I seem to still have the same exact problem: Another resource that's incredibly helpful, in case you don't already subscribe, is the css-discuss list. It's run by Eric Meyer and is a