Re: [Dynapi-Help] Can a layer be display:inline and position:relative, while still draggable?

[Raymond I. <xw...@ya...>]

--- Jack Chung <jac...@ne...> wrote:
> Is it true that a layer cannot be dragged outside of
> its parent?

Yes. Layers "can not" be dragged outside of their
parents. You might have to use another technique.

See the GroupManager example for a hint.


--
Raymond Irving

> The small squares on my test page cannot be dragged
> outside of its
> parent no matter what I do, even when not using
> setDragBoundary.
> It can go past the parent's border, but will not be
> shown on top of
> other layers once outside of the parent.  I have set
> the square's
> z-index to very high already.
> 
> -- 
> Jack Chung <jac...@ne...>
> http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/
> 
> 
> On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:42:12 -0400
> Jack Chung <jac...@ne...> wrote:
> 
> > Just realized something, if the first time I use
> setDragBoundary on a
> > layer and I do not provide the 4 dimension
> parameters, then I won't be
> > able to change the boundary later on.
> > However, if I give the dimension paramters the
> first time I call
> > setDragBoundary, i can always change the boundary
> by calling it again
> > with different parameters.
> > But now I need to menually calculate the
> parameters for each layer,
> > since it is relative to the layers, not to the
> screen. (or is there a
> > way to set boundary relative to whole page??)
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jack Chung <jac...@ne...>
> > http://www.PerceptiveCorner.com/
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 22:11:48 -0400
> > Jack Chung <jac...@ne...> wrote:
> > 
> > > See below...
> > > 
> > > > The thing to do is to reset the css position
> and
> > > > display propreties whenever you remove the
> layer.
> > > > 
> > > > 	big2.addChild(lyr1);
> > > > 
> > > > 	big2.addChild(lyr2);
> > > > 
> > > > 	big2.addChild(lyr3);
> > > > 	big1.addChild(lyr3);
> > > > 
> > > > 	lyr1.css.display = 'inline';
> > > > 	lyr1.css.position = 'relative';
> > > > 	DragEvent.setDragBoundary(lyr1);
> > > > 
> > > > 	lyr2.css.display = 'inline';
> > > > 	lyr2.css.position = 'relative';
> > > > 	DragEvent.setDragBoundary(lyr2);
> > > > 
> > > > 	lyr3.css.display = 'inline';
> > > > 	lyr3.css.position = 'relative';
> > > > 	DragEvent.setDragBoundary(lyr3);
> > > > 
> > > > This might however affect the DragBoundary as
> the
> > > > layers are displayed inline with position set
> to
> > > > relative.
> > > The display and alignment are perfect now!
> > > However, DragBoundary is still incorrect.
> > > It seems that no matter what parameters I put
> into the setDragBoundary
> > > function (or not using it at all), the boundary
> is still the same.
> > > All the boundaries are offset to the lower
> right.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > IMO it's best to use a reflow system to
> re-align your
> > > > layers inside there parent. I do hope someone
> will one
> > > > day be able to create such a library.
> > > If nothing works for me, then I will create one.
>  However I think
> > > letting the browser do the job is more efficient
> and less likely to
> > > cause bugs (or not?).
> > > 
> > > Jack
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
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