Preserved Topic: Clip that Layer, baby!

how do you make a layer invisible after it exists certain bounds?
I know it has something to do with clipping and parent layer but I don't know how to do it...


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#mylayer {clip:rect(x1,x2,y1,y2);}

I just hope you don't want to dynamically change the clipped area in "all browsers," because... that's hell.

coolies.....

I'm not sure that's what I was asking for, but I'll check it out just in case....


"A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself." --Henry Morgan
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If you want anything outside the clipping area to be invisible make sure you add:

#mylayer { clip:rect(x1,x2,y1,y2); overflow: hidden; }

No, that's not necessary, Bugs... overflow determines what happens when you've set the width and height of the element, and then it's content is too big to stay within that width and height. clipping clips the layer no matter what.

I believe.

Slime, yes you're right about that. You only need to set the clipping to make any overflow invisible.

I just checked why I mentioned the overflow. I am working on a site that has one really wide layer within another clipped layer. The overflow: hidden; will make sure that the browser's scroll bars ignore the overflow of the wide layer. So there was a reason I mentioned it, it just wasn't the reason I thought. DOH! Thanks for the correction.

how do the pixel numbers work in that 'clip:rect();' style?


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I always remember them by thinking of a clock at 12 noon. Start from the top and go clockwise: top right bottom left.

oh.... neato... thanks....

see, I thought I was defining "top left & lower right"- now I see.... you gotta pretent you're splicing images--"topmost border, rightmost border, etc..."


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