absolute positioning of an iframe

[mmorancbt]

I have a list that includes an image I click to reveal an iframe with some additional information and editing information. The list requires - at times - scrolling down the screen.

I return the event.y position and use that to position my iframe "style.top"

The problem is when I've scrolled down the screen, the iframe is positioned up towards the top of the HTML document - the top being relative to the top of the document.

I want to position it to the right of where I click the mouse?

I know I'm missing something obvious. What is it?

Thanks.

Matthew Moran (career blog and podcast below)
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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

It sounds like you might want the "scrollTop" property:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...thor/dhtml/reference/properties/scrolltop.asp

... retrieves the distance between the top of the object and the topmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.

Incidentally, if you need your code to work in anything other than IE, you'll need to rewrite your event handling... "event" is IE-only.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[mmorancbt]

I'd like to know another solution but for this application, IE is fine. I'l give it and try and let you know how it works out.

Thanks.

Matthew Moran (career blog and podcast below)
Career Advice with Attitude for the IT Pro

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/career

http://techcareerconsult.blogspot.com