layer in a cell

[TheConeHead]

is it possible to have a layer in a cell? What I am wanting to do is position a layer so that it floats above the contents of a cell but still have it constrained within the cell - if that makes sense... I know position:absolute will take it out of the cell and position it based on the window, what I want is to still have a floating layer but have it held with a cell so as the page moves the layer will not need adjusted

 

[vbkris]

Nope i dont think that is possible as co-ordinates of a cell are with respect to the document and not to the cell.

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[deecee]

well if you use dreamweaver there is an extension that does just that

http://www.projectseven.com

and the extension is called snap layers.

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[theocraticmind]

maybe I'm missing something here, but:

#layer{
position:relative;
width:100%;
height:100px;
}

<td>
<div id=&quot;layer&quot;>
this is the layer
</div>
thsi si some other stuff
</td>

 

[TheConeHead]

yeah - I think you are missing something... what you did does not seem to really create a layer (is position:relative) What I am looking to do is to create a layer - meaning I would have content floating above other content - but yet have it tied to a cell so if I change the page I do not have change the positioning of that layer... I tried your code out - and unless I am not getting your point - it simply creates the content in the same &quot;layer&quot;