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I am relativly new to css positioning and have a question regarding the
display of a DHTML pop-up

Here is the basic HTML I am using:

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaS cript">
<!--

function hideObject() {
document.getEle mentById('showp opup').style.vi sibility = "hidden";
}

// Show/Hide functions for pointer objects

function showObject(id) {
document.getEle mentById('showp opup').style.vi sibility = "visible";
}
//-->
</script>
<style>
..ratePopup {
width: 400px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
..rateHeader {
width: 100%;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #514541;
}
..rateTitle {
width: 100%;
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000000;
}
..rateText {
width: 100%;
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<p>Test the DHTML <a href="javascrip t:showObject(); ">pop-up</a> link.
<div id="showpopup" style="z-index:1; visibility:hidd en;">
<div class="ratePopu p">
<div class="rateHead er">Rate Information</div>
<h1 class="rateTitl e">Advance Purchase Rate</h1>
<p class="rateText ">Significa nt savings for purchasing your rate in
advance.</p>
<p><a href="javascrip t:hideObject(); ">Close</a> </p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

My problem is that the pop-up link and a short list to follow will be
created in a loop on a .jsp thus creating several links/lists on the
page

How can I use .css positioning to display the pop-up next to the link
rather than a fixed position at the top.

Thanks in advance.

Jul 21 '05
11 2646
Jan Roland Eriksson wrote:
That only the latter half of what you wrote is true; a script that
appears to "work" on several identical entries of 'id' has been started
in error in the first place.

True, but I did not think HTML401 technically required id to be unique
so even if the script failed the HTML could still be valid. But I know
its splitting hairs. Using nonunique id would be silly in the first place :p
Jul 21 '05 #11
Ståle Sæbøe <ot*****@tdz.no > wrote:
True, but I did not think HTML401 technically required id to be
unique


It does.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2

Bye,
Martin
Jul 21 '05 #12

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