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Re: [LUG] SashXB



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On Sunday 28 Jul 2002 5:15 pm, Adrian Midgley wrote:
On Sunday 28 July 2002 16:10, you wrote:
Lets concentrate on standardizing HTML
and CSS, and then tackle javascript!

OK.
Today's problem for me is fixing a division to the bottom of a web page, or
more precisely ensuring it is always below another element.

I can do it with position:fixed;  but then I find myself making assumptions
about how large the viewport of the user is going to be, and putting it xxx
pixels down the page.

I'll probably find the answer through Google in a few minutes... but ...

Javascript can access the size of the viewable area through screen - whether 
it will do what you want is awkward to answer. Each browser gives a different 
answer and makes different assumptions about the 'viewable' area.

The problem is that this is only implemented in Javascript1.2 - older browsers 
won't support it - at all. What you'll get in those browsers is impossible to 
say.

screen.availHeight
screen.height

Be careful with the implementation and test the code in as many browsers as 
possible.

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Neil Williams
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www.codehelp.co.uk
www.dclug.org.uk
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