Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI in general and support for NS4

[Kevin <ke...@ke...>]

"Dan Willemsen" <da...@wi...> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 15:01, Kevin wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > Are  NS4 <layer> elements allowed to be resized after page load.
> > If not we shouldn't have a general setSize method. The initial
> > size of a layer can't really be increased. I know <div> elements
> > can but should setSize allow this in writing cross browser code?
> > 
> > If DynAPI offers support for NS4 should we only have code in
> > CVS that works in NS4. I can't get the addHTML or blackboard
> > stuff to work in NS4 on Linux?
> > 
> > Is it possible for an element to have '_created' set before addChild()
> > is called? I'm refering to the call to c._create() in addChild().
> > 
> > Dynamically changing an element's style border/position/class? It's
> > allowed at the moment and may cause problems. e.g. setting border
> > after page load would behave differently cross browser. Also setting
> > 'position:absolute' to 'position:relative' is meaningless. Perhaps these
> > set methods could be initBorder() / initPosition() / initClass() /
> > initSize() and just return null if called on a rendered element.
> > 
> > Kevin.
> > 
> 
> If I am not mistaken, we have successfully inmplemented many of these
> functions in the 2.5.x releases, there are workarounds.  If we do what
> this suggests, it takes away what DynAPI is good for, DHTML.

It suggests we support NS4 level DHTML. If other facilities are allowed
e.g. dynamically increasing the size of a div and letting it reflow content.
DynAPI's list of supported browsers includes NS4 this suggests that it
will work in NS4.

 
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