Reposition on a linked page with no anchor?

[ukrbend]

I'm trying to create a link to a certain part of a page on another
website that has
no anchor (i.e. ID or name) at the position on the page I want to link
to. So I can't do something like theotherpage.html#anchorname.
However, since there is a unique keyword at the position I want to link
to I thought perhaps I could load the page, then search for this
keyword and then reposition to that point. Can javascript do something
like this?

Thanks

[Trevor]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...llintoview.asp

object.scrollIntoView(). Might be an IE only thing. I don't know how
you could run a script on another page though.

[Trevor]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...llintoview.asp

object.scrollIntoView(). Might be an IE only thing. I don't know how
you could run a script on another page though.

[Jasen Betts]

On 2005-12-29, ukrbend <uk******@yahoo.com> wrote:

I'm trying to create a link to a certain part of a page on another
website that has
no anchor (i.e. ID or name) at the position on the page I want to link
to. So I can't do something like theotherpage.html#anchorname.
However, since there is a unique keyword at the position I want to link
to I thought perhaps I could load the page, then search for this
keyword and then reposition to that point. Can javascript do something
like this?

probably. but in most cases it'd be much easier to put the <a>nchor into the
document.

you won't be able to scroll the document if it's from a different server
unless you can get your javascript included on the other server....
anyway to do what you're asking.

Traverse the DOM tree looking for the text you want and then figure out the
coordinates of the item you're chasing. and scroll to that.

sounds simple? AIUI calculating the screen location of an element can be
tricky.
It may be easier to make an anchor and insert it before the text. and then
update location.hash to refer to it.

Bye.
Jasen

[Ivo]

"ukrbend" wrote

I'm trying to create a link to a certain part of a page on another
website that has
no anchor (i.e. ID or name) at the position on the page I want to link
to. So I can't do something like theotherpage.html#anchorname.
However, since there is a unique keyword at the position I want to link
to I thought perhaps I could load the page, then search for this
keyword and then reposition to that point. Can javascript do something
like this?

Yes, this is a common task for Javascript, but like anything Javascript, it
will only work within one website. Cross-domain restrictions (google for
that) prohibit script from your site to access scroll positions or anything
on the other site. All I think of for this situation is you write to the
other webmaster and ask for that anchor to be put there.

hth
ivo
http://www.lear.shakespearians.com/

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

ukrbend wrote:

I'm trying to create a link to a certain part of a page on another
website that has no anchor (i.e. ID or name) at the position on the
page I want to link to. So I can't do something like
theotherpage.html#anchorname. However, since there is a unique
keyword at the position I want to link to I thought perhaps I could
load the page, then search for this keyword and then reposition to
that point. Can javascript do something like this?

No. scrollIntoView(), which is also proprietary to the IE DOM,
will not work when the target document is not already displayed.
PointedEars