[Dynapi-Dev] Re: Layer Aling

[<ice...@ve...>]

OK, Bill, thanks for your aid, but other things more :-)

You are right as far as that acceding to the wide one by means of the
function getWidth() more is OO than directly by means of w.

But as far as the one of which this.css.width is single for ie or ns5 I do
not agree.
Watching the following code that is called during the creation of the layer
we found that:

DynLayer.prototype.assignElement=function(elm) {
 this.elm=elm
 if (is.ns4)

  this.css=this.elm
  this.doc=this.elm.document
  this.doc.lyrobj=this
 }
 else if (is.ie || is.ns5) {
  this.css=this.elm.style
  this.doc=this.parent.doc
 }
 this.elm.lyrobj=this
 this.created=true
}

this.css directly points in the style of the layer independientemete of the
browser, in addition use ie.

Although I repeat that you are right and the correct way to obtain the wide
of the layer is by means of the method getWidth().

bye.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wheaton" <bil...@us...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [[Dynapi-Dev] Re: Layer Aling]


> Perhaps, (and I am not sure) it is because this.css.width is only for ie
and
> ns5 and you might be using netscape 4.7????
>
> I found this in DynLayer's setSize method.  Otherwise it sets the clip
width
> and height.
>     if (is.ie || is.ns5) {
>         this.css.width=w
>         this.css.height=h
>     }
> For cross browser compatability use the '.getWidth()' method or, the '.w'
> property (not .css.width)
>
> But this.w accesses the width directly, which is really a no-no in OO.
> getWidth() is better, because someone may change the '.w' property to
> '.widthofmyfunkylayerthingamajig' someday.  If you use this.getWidth() it
> should still work even then, assuming they did it right.
> Regards
> -bw