Can I fix a map on the monitor?

engcomp · Apr 30, 2001

Hi, all, thank you for such a lively forum.

I have a background that moves with the vertical scrollbar and is implemented in the <BODY> tag thus:

<BODY style="background-repeat: repeat-y; background-image: url('..\curvie.gif')">

I have a map which serves navigation and would like to fix it in the top-left corner of the monitor, i.e. NOT on the page where it would move with the scrollbars.

It seems I can't use "background-attachment: fixed;" because that defeats the "background-repeat: repeat-y;"

Any ideas would be most appreciated.

Highest regards, Helmut

NBickhan · Apr 30, 2001

hi, i think the best way that i would go about this is to open a new smaller browser to contain your map/navigator/(sitemap) and onLoad of that new browser/window, move it to (0,0) which is the top left of your window. Hope this will help.

engcomp · Apr 30, 2001

There are at least two problems with this:

1. if the main window is not maximized, the nav window at 0,0 is not where one would expect it; and

2. the nav window covers part of the menu of the main window.

I tried frames but it doesn't achieve the effect I want. Have I explained this effect well enough?

I'll have another try: The background has an S-curvie area on the left. When the user scrolls, that curvie effect moves laterally. I could fix the map on the page, in which case it move up with the top of the page, as most other nav areas do. That is what I am trying to avoid. I would prefer that the map stayed in the top-left corner and the S-curvie effect scrolled past it.

Thank you for your interest, Helmut

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Can I fix a map on the monitor?

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