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Just a suggestion from a another novice, but how would
it work with inline layers instead? I haven't tried it
myself, but there might be a deifference. 

Otherwise I think this topic has been discussed here
recently (and elsewhere before) and the general idea
is that forms aren't covered when in a layer with a
lower z-Index value. You can hide the layers though
with the visability property, so one idea would be to
invoke an event that hides the other layer when
another is dragged over it (just mouseover/mouseout
should be OK I think) - a nasty workaround of course,
but it does what is expected: keeping the form
elements from happen in a virtual/visual mess.

Henrik Våglin
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 --- rlb <bl...@wi...> skrev: > DynAPIers,
> 
> Sorry to bother, but I have a question about a
> tutorial that I've been
> working through titled:
> 
>      Using the DynAPI2
>           part 3 : Dragging
>           by Pascal Bestebroer
>           July 16, 2000
> 
> Actually, it's about some unexpected results that
> I've come across.
> 
> I was wondering if you might have any insights.
> Could you try this link:
> 
>     
>
http://64.33.167.222/work/DynAPI/dynapi20001024-full/Docs/layertut/mytut_p3.html
> 
> Both LAYERs have FORMs in them. The left layer is
> draggable. The FORM
> elements seem to get messed up pretty good whenever
> I move the LAYER or
> overlap with another layer containing FORM elements.
> 
> These are probably Javascript 101 questions, as in I
> should know the
> answers, but darned if I can find any info on
> placing FORM elements into
> LAYERS, or for that matter, draggable LAYERs, or the
> consequences. I
> suppose that I should mention that I know only
> slightly more about
> Javascript than I do about the DynAPI, although
> following this API stuff
> is a heck of a lot easier than trying to build from
> scratch.
> 
> Question(s):
> 
>      Are these results a product of the Browser (it
> happens in NS
>      and IE)?
> 
>      Is there a way of repainting things while
> dragging, or
>      possibly displaying a graphic in the other
> window(s) that are
>      not being dragged until the dragging event is
> over?
> 
>      Is this something that I shouldn't even be
> trying to do? Maybe
>      I should use HTML Frames and targeted windows
> for example.
> 
>      Is there another Tutorial out there somewhere
> that explains
>      what is happening
> 
>  I've been following this development process for
> quite a while. I first
> came across Dan's work last year. I now have a
> project to apply these
> types of capabilities to, if possible.
> 
> Thanks for any help or pointers.
> 
> 
> Bob Basques
> 
> 
> I've included the source below, there's not much
> there, thanks to
> DynAPI. (by the way, I hope there's a better way of
> loading HTML in a
> later tutorial.)   :)
> 
> The source: (is this bad to send to the list???)
> 
>      <html>
> 
>           <head><title>DynAPI2 tutor - creating
> layers</title>
> 
>           <Script language="Javascript"
>      src="../../core/js/dynapi.js"></script>
> 
>           <Script language="Javascript">
> 
>      DynAPI.setLibraryPath('../../core/js/lib2.0/')
> 
>      DynAPI.include('core.api.*')
> 
>           DynAPI.onLoad=function() {
> 
>                   addLay=new
> DynLayer(null,75,75,350,230,'#c0c0c0')
> 
>                   addLay.setHTML('<center><p><font
> face="arial,
>      geneva, helvetica"> </font></p><form
> method=POST
>     
> action="http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/cgi/xadd"><table
>      width="350" border="0"><tr>  <td colspan="3">
> <div
>      align="center"><font face="arial, geneva,
> helvetica"
>      size="+2"><b><font
> size="4">Address</font></b></font> <font
>      face="arial, geneva, helvetica"
> size="4"><b>Lookup</b>
>      </font><font face="arial, geneva, helvetica"
>      size="4"></font></div></td></tr><tr> <td
> colspan="2"> <div
>      align="right"><b>Address:</b></div></td><td
> width="197">
>      <input type=text name="house_num22" maxlength=5
>      size=5></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p
>      align="right"><b>Street</b> <b>Name:</b>
> </p></td><td
>      width="197"><input type=text name="street122"
>      size=19></td></tr><tr> <td colspan="2"> <p
>      align="right"><b>Street </b><b>Type:</b>
> </p></td> <td
>      width="197"> <select name="select4"><option
> value="">-Type-
>      <option value="ALY">ALLEY <option
>      value="AVE">AVENUE</select></td></tr><tr> <td
> colspan="2"> <p
>      align="right"><b>Street </b><b>Direction:</b>
> </p></td><td
>      width="197"> <select name="select4"><option
>      value="">-Direction- <option value="N">NORTH
> <option
>      value="NE">NORTHEAST </select></td></tr><tr>
> <td colspan="2">
>      <div align="right"> <b> </b> </div><div
>      align="right"><b>City:</b> </div></td><td
> width="197"> <select
>      name="select"><option value="">-City- <option
> value="ARDEN
>      HILLS"> ARDEN HILLS</select> </td></tr><tr><td
> colspan="3"
>      align="center"> <input type=submit
> name="action2"
>      value="Search for
>      Address"></td></tr></table></form></center>')
> 
> 
> 
>                   DragEvent.setDragBoundary(addLay)
> 
>                   DragEvent.enableDragEvents(addLay)
> 
>                   interLay=new
>      DynLayer(null,500,75,375,150,'#00c000')
> 
>                   interLay.setHTML('<center><font
> face="arial,
>      geneva, helvetica"><form method=POST
>     
>
action="http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/cgi/xintersection">
> <table
>      width="350"><tr><td align=center valign=top
> colspan="2"><font
>      face="arial, geneva, helvetica"><font
> face="Arial"
>      size="4"><b>Intersection Lookup</b></font>
> </font></td>
>      </tr><tr> <td align=center valign=top> <b><font
> size="2">1st
>      Street Name:</font></b></td><td align=center
> valign=top>
>      <b><font size="2">Crossing Street
> Name:</font></b> </td>
>      </tr><tr>  <td align=center valign=top > <input
> type=text
>      name="street1" size=19> <br> </td><td
> align=center valign=top
>      > <input type=text name="street2"
> size=19><br></td></tr><tr>
>      <td colspan=5 align=center valign=middle
> cellpadding="15">
>      <input type=submit name="action" value="Search
> for
>     
>
Intersection"></td></tr></table></form></font></center>')
> 
>                   DynAPI.document.addChild(addLay)
>                   DynAPI.document.addChild(interLay)
> 
>           }
> 
> 
> 
>           </script>
> 
>           </head>
> 
>      <body>
>      <!--
>      -->
>      </body>
> 
>           </html>
> 
> --
> -+-+-+-+-+-
> 
> 
> bobb
> 
> http://64.33.167.222/
> 
> 
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