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Ok. My first post in this here room. It's warm in here. Well I'll get on with it already. I have some code that does exactly what I want. Problem is that it doesn't work in Netscape. That's what I need help with. I am a newbie and I didn't write this code, so if you can help me, please explain as clearly as possible. Thanks guys!

This is the page. Just click on any of the text to see it in action.

Jeni: My first thought is that the over and out functions aren't really required as they just simulate an a:hover style and, at least as far as I'm concerned, it really is a bit of overkill. Just make the text you click on links. Now I have a script here somewhere which should do what you want - I just have to find it. In the meantime someone will jump in with a working solution while I'm digging it out.

Emps


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Annoyingly, getting this to work in NN will require almost an entire rewrite of the source... unless you're willing to settle for the invisible parts still taking up space even when they're not visible in NN; but even that would require a *slight* rewrite of one of the functions.

Yeah rewrite is fine. Just um. I don't know how to write JavaScript. And no, I don't want the invisible stuff to take up space when they're invisible. You're right there

No luck yet but have a look at:
[URL=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dynstyle/styles.asp]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dynstyle/styles.asp[/ URL]

You'll need to use visibility rather than display for NS4.x (as Slime was alluding to) - see the 2 examples in 'Powerful Attributes'.

Emps

[probably worth saying that the above isn't a ready made solution but it does outline a simpler way of going about this, pos.]


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Ini: A scholar and a gentleman!!

NS4.x not supporting display will leave you with problems as visibility leaves you with blank space. I'll leave it to the experts from now on but if it is really required then you could implement something with layers for NS4.x - nice explanantions here:
www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/toggle.html
www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/toggle2.html

Emps


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As said above, "display" CSS property doesn't work in Shitscape 4. So, the script that will work in NN4 should either dynamically rewrite layers (and add appropriate code as needed), or use visibility & positioning to recreate the same effect. More information about all this and about visibility & positioning workaround can be found on this page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html (go to "DHTML-Practice/Navigation:block" and "Archives/Old Display script")...

mr.maX: That is a good resource (I keep finding new things of interest there every time I return), if anyone is interested the direct link is:
www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?/~ppk/js/display.html

I also stumbled across this at Glish:
www.mako4css.com/Issues.htm

Although I'm not sure how to pronounce CSShark (I'm going for CSS Hark - ignoring the shark bit) it does cover the basic CSS problems with NS4.x which is handy.

Emps


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Thanks so much all of you. I've bookmarked all those links and will go and read them shortly. I really appreciate the help. And thanks for being gentle with me . I recently went from my duties as a graphic designer (working in print) to webmaster/graphic designer....Trying to juggle both and learn all this new stuff at the same time has been a challenge, so I really do appreciate the help.



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Okay I've read it all now and I must say I thought I was understanding the general gist until it came to the stuff about blocks. My mind doesn't seem to want to understand this or how it could work for what I need...I did use the code from the other link provided and that can be seen here. It works in NN6, just not 4 now. From what I'm reading (at least how I'm understanding it), I can't do what I want to do in NN4. Is that correct?

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I think you did. I want the other elements of the page to flow after the invisible element is shown. I don't want a big empty space there while it is hidden....

This can be done in NN, if you're ok with absolute positioning.

Jeni, as I've said in my post from above, you can find a script that will work in NN4 here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?/~ppk/js/olddisplay.html

I'm sorry Max. I did read what you wrote. And I read all the links, and I just can't comprehend what's going on with that one and the blocks. And maybe I misunderstood it, but I did copy and paste the finished script and it wasn't working right for me...I'm sure I did something wrong...It doesn't show the new html to use...so I just left what I had and I know that's probably not right....I'm sorry if I'm annoying you. This is just a little over my head.

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Slime-absolute positioning would mean empty space while the layer is hidden right?

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I think you misunderstood me, i meant putting the *entire* thing inside one absolutely positioned layer. But maybe InI is onto something with the relative positioning.

Jeni, when you go to http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?/~ppk/js/olddisplay.html you'll see a few blue captions / sections. Click on those entitled "Netscape 4 - the problems", "Netscape 4 - the preparations", "Netscape 4 - the script" & "The complete script". Appropriate sections will be opened and you should read all of them...

Max I read that link. I don't understand what blocks are or why I need to set dimensions for them. Could you please explain it to me? Thanks.

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I shall wait then. Thank you.

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Sweet ini. I really appreciate your hard work. The only thing that concerns me is the liquidity of the type. If I drag the window to be narrower then the line of type, it flows to the next line, but it overlays the next "header".