Table data reference and position

[IBACFII]

Please help I need to allow my dynamically built menu to appear after the next <td></td> tags. I can find the current position of my cell that calls the menu however i cannot get it to be in the proper place ie more pixs to the left in one

 

[chessbot]

Is relative position possible? Some code?

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[IBACFII]

Thanks for the reply. However, I figured that I could dynamically add a character to the begining of the ID for the td tag and then reference it with the charAt() function. This allowed me to use a simple if statement to say if it was a certain char then add or subtract as necessary from the proper cordinates. IE

function mh_showmenu(caller)
    {
     var posi;
     var initcaller;
     var strcaller;
     var rpttype;
     initalCaller=caller;
     rpttype=initalCaller.charAt(0);

     posi=getAnchorPosition(caller);
     document.all.mh_menu.style.posTop=posi.y;
     if (rpttype=="F")
     {
     document.all.mh_menu.style.posLeft=posi.x+255;
     document.all.mh_menu.style.visibility="visible";
     }
     else if (rpttype=="X")
	{
	document.all.mh_menu.style.posLeft=posi.x-100;
	document.all.mh_menu.style.visibility="visible";
	}
     else
	{
	document.all.mh_menu.style.posLeft=posi.x+150;
	document.all.mh_menu.style.visibility="visible";
	}
     holder=1;
     return initalCaller;
     }

Thanks again for the repy

 

[IBACFII]

Thanks for the reply. However, I figured that I could dynamically add a character to the begining of the ID for the td tag and then reference it with the charAt() function. This allowed me to use a simple if statement to say if it was a certain char then add or subtract as necessary from the proper cordinates. IE

function mh_showmenu(caller)
    {
     var posi;
     var initcaller;
     var strcaller;
     var rpttype;
     initalCaller=caller;
     rpttype=initalCaller.charAt(0);

     posi=getAnchorPosition(caller);
     document.all.mh_menu.style.posTop=posi.y;
     if (rpttype=="F")
     {
     document.all.mh_menu.style.posLeft=posi.x+255;
     document.all.mh_menu.style.visibility="visible";
     }
     else if (rpttype=="X")
	{
	document.all.mh_menu.style.posLeft=posi.x-100;
	document.all.mh_menu.style.visibility="visible";
	}
     else
	{
	document.all.mh_menu.style.posLeft=posi.x+150;
	document.all.mh_menu.style.visibility="visible";
	}
     holder=1;
     return initalCaller;
     }

Thanks again for the reply

 

[chessbot]

Are you looking for something like this (I didn't write it, can't remember where I dug it up)

function getElementPosition(elem) {
    var offsetTrail = elem;
    var offsetLeft = 0;
    var offsetTop = 0;
    while (offsetTrail) {
        offsetLeft += offsetTrail.offsetLeft;
        offsetTop += offsetTrail.offsetTop;
        offsetTrail = offsetTrail.offsetParent;
    }
    if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") != -1 &&
        typeof document.body.leftMargin != "undefined") {
        offsetLeft += document.body.leftMargin;
        offsetTop += document.body.topMargin;
    }
    return {left:offsetLeft, top:offsetTop};
}

--Chessbot

There is a level of Hell reserved for probability theorists in which every monkey that types on a typewriter produces a Shakespearean sonnet.

 

[IBACFII]

This is close to the way that i found it some where too. Except it uses some other functions. Funny how a person can usually solve the problem with enough time and references
Later.