Preserved Topic: scalable dhtml?

Hi all. I'm trying to design a relatively plain-looking interface; what I'm shooting for is functionality. Anyway, I'd like to use the dhtml I know (especially visibility) to make a menu bar-like thing, with further details enclosed in a large box. Doing that isn't a worry... until I try to allow it to fit an arbitrary screen size. Since I plan to have each div tag contain just text and other regular html tags, it would be nice if each div would be able to scale, the way table elements do in standard html pages.

I could make something in Photoshop, cut it up, etc., but that requires using fixed dimensions and lots of images. At the moment, I'm looking for the fastest-loading thing possible, while still looking good and being functional. Or I could set exact dimensions for each div and use text... that would be fast-loading, but wouldn't conform to a user's screen and would have trouble dealing with the default font sizes of different users.

I'm not sure if such a thing is possible, but if it is, I'd appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction. Thanks much.

--SCarab

i think you should grab the window size with the onLoad event and reload the page each time the widow size chages. i hope it makes sense.
you might try www.dansteinman.com/dynduo
another solution is to document.write your styles for the divs
sorry, i don't really have enough time right now, but dan stieman uses these methods in his tutorials

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I've just looked at a few of the things listed there... I haven't yet found exactly what I was originally thinking of, but I did find something that is functionally the same. Thanks for pointing out such a good site.

Ah, people who have clues, and are willing to share them <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

Thanks again.

--SCarab

gee i'm honored <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif"> also check out www.bratta.com

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