Reformat object onScroll

[mirirom]

hi,

i'm trying to figure out how to reposition an object on a page when a user scrolls the document window. i've created a function that does this when the document loads as well as on resize, however, scrolling has no effect.

the object in question is a footer that should always appear at the bottom of the page no matter what.

the basic logic i'm using is:
~ determine the height of client window.
~ determine height of footer
~ reassign footer top property to clientHgt - footerHgt

again, this works perfectly onLoad and onResize. but when scrolling occurs, the footer simply moves along with the rest of the document.

i realize that my function pretty much duplicates the actions of assigning a static bottom value to the object, in fact it mimics it too well; assigning the bottom also has zero effect when scrolling occurs. i was hoping this function would correct this.

anyone run across this problem before? any suggestions/advice greatly appreciate. thanks!



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[mirirom]

figured it out. didn't realize that there were properties for the window's (NS) or document.body (IE) scrolling offsets.

if anyone is curious, this did the trick.

someObject.top = document.body.height - someObject.height + document.body.scrollTop



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[adam0101]

You might be interested in faq216-4076. There's sample code that has what you're describing.

Adam
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[mirirom]

thanks! that does shed some additional light

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