Reading DIV element props problem

[mirirom]

hi,

i'm wondering how to go about returning a calculated "top" value for a dynamically placed DIV element, when the element has been been positioned relatively on the page.

for example, i have a set of DIVs that are being built on the fly and flow down the course of a page. the default "top" value of these DIVs is "auto" and it's not practical (or feasibly possible) to assign "top" values beforehand.

i can't imagine this value is untouchable. any advice is greatly appreciated; thanks in advance!

 

[MrGreed]

try:

<div id=&quot;test&quot;></div>

//Get the div tag object

var objDiv=document.getElementById(&quot;test&quot;
alert(objDiv.style.posTop);

See if that works for you.

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[mirirom]

hi thanks,

unfortunately, posTop always returns zero unless the style.top property has been explicitely assinged (at least that's what the W3D states). however, your thought led me down quite a few new search paths and found a different work-around.

there are one or two static elements that will always have the same size. with this in mind, setting size attributes for this is ok, which allow values to be calculated on neighboring elements and neighboring elements and... it seems to be the long/hard solution but at least it works, on paper.

but now that i've gotten my DIVs moving about, they're disappearing after changes are made to their attributes. is there some kind of call to a page paint() function for that must be made or...?

tx again for your reply.


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[mirirom]

nevermind. got it....

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