Where scrolled at when user clicked? 1

[xenology]

I have a div tag set to scrollable (overflow:auto). In the div tag i have a table. The div area is set big enough to view 10 rows of the table and the table has 100 rows (each with an anchor). Clicking a cell in the table carries you to another page where the user can enter or alter data that shows up in that cell. When they save/submit, they are returned to the original page with the updated info.

How do i know where that cell was scrolled at in the div tag when the user clicked it and how do i display the updated page scrolling to that same spot (so the user doesn't have to scroll again).

Say the user scrolled so that cell in row 13 was visible in the 10 row window and it was second from bottom. When i go back to the page, how do i know it was second from the bottom and how do i scroll so that it is there again?

 

[traingamer]

When they save/submit, they are returned to the original page with the updated info.

Actually, they are returned to an all new page as far as the browser is concerned. You might try passing a parameter and using JavaScript to scroll, but then that question would be better suited for the JavaScript forum forum216.


Greg
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[kaht]

Grab the scrollTop value from the div when the page is submitted, then when the page is reloaded, set the scrollTop value of the div back to the value you pulled before the submission. scrollTop is a readable and writable value.

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[xenology]

Perfect kaht! Exactly what I needed and very easy to do! I set a hidden tag value to the scrollTop value of myDiv and then passed it back in and set on PageLoad and it's exactly where the user clicked!