vertical text script needed

[Tony]

Hello everyone.
Im looking for java script , compatible with both IE and Netscape brwoser to
show texts vertically writen from bottom to top ..
I made a tempate for ecommerce website..and i like to show the product name
vertically beside the image .. well, i can change the desigen but , i would
greatly appreciate if anyone knows how to accomplish this.
Also i did googling around and came crose the script, but is more intended
for IE 5.5 + browser, due to the fact , is using Write Mode of CSS .
Thanks in advance

[Ivo]

Re: vertical text script needed

"Tony" wrote[color=blue]
> Hello everyone.
> Im looking for java script , compatible with both IE and Netscape brwoser
> to show texts vertically writen from bottom to top ..
> I made a tempate for ecommerce website..and i like to show the product
> name vertically beside the image .. well, i can change the desigen but, i
> would greatly appreciate if anyone knows how to accomplish this.
> Also i did googling around and came crose the script, but is more intended
> for IE 5.5 + browser, due to the fact , is using Write Mode of CSS .
> Thanks in advance[/color]

Yes, to read any text with this style:
{ writing-mode:tb-rl; filter:flipH() flipV(); }
in IE, you need to turn your head 90 degrees to the left. Thanks for
sharing.
There is no standard way to do this. You can display the text in an image,
either by preparing them one by one in your favourite image editor, or by
using a serverside script to do this on the fly. See for example:

http://4umi.com/textimage.gif?text=comp.lang.javascript&angle=90

HTH
Ivo

[Mick White]

Re: vertical text script needed

Tony wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello everyone.
> Im looking for java script , compatible with both IE and Netscape brwoser to
> show texts vertically writen from bottom to top ..
> I made a tempate for ecommerce website..and i like to show the product name
> vertically beside the image .. well, i can change the desigen but , i would
> greatly appreciate if anyone knows how to accomplish this.
> Also i did googling around and came crose the script, but is more intended
> for IE 5.5 + browser, due to the fact , is using Write Mode of CSS .
> Thanks in advance
>
>[/color]
<script type="text/JavaScript">
function backwardsAndVer tical(str){
return str.split('').r everse().join(" <br>")
}
</script>

Mick

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: vertical text script needed

Tony wrote:[color=blue]
> Im looking for java script ,[/color]

Java != JavaScript. Read the FAQ <http://jibbering.com/faq/>
[color=blue]
> compatible with both IE and Netscape brwoser[/color]

That would be either JScript or JavaScript. See the FAQ.
[color=blue]
> to show texts vertically writen from bottom to top ..[/color]

This is a matter of the DOM, not of the scripting language.
If the DOM of the UA provides means to accomplish this and
if a ECMAScript-compatible interface is provided for that
feature, it can also be accomplished with J(ava)Script.

I know of no (X)HTML DOM to provide such a feature for text.

Possibly SVG would be the markup language and DOM of choice,
I have not enough experience in this field to explain it any
further. RTFM. But built-in SVG support is at least limited
among user agents, all UAs I know of require a SVG-capable
plugin.

The IE DOM along with DirectX filters (restricted to 32 bit
Windows?) allows for rotating images clockwise and counter-
clockwise in steps of 90°. But even if you would restrict
access to IE users (which is a Bad Thing on the Web) it
would be better to rotate that image previous to upload
since not all IE versions support that feature.

So the latter is what you should do as it works in all UAs
that can display images, with all OSes on all platforms.


PointedEars

[Andrew Thompson]

Re: vertical text script needed

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 17:01:57 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> compatible with both IE and Netscape brwoser[/color]
>
> That would be either JScript or JavaScript.[/color]

Or Java 1.2+ [ ;-) ]

And FTR - Java is overkill for this application
and I warrant that no-one in this thread believes
it is Java to which the references are being made.
Whether that applies to the ten people that find
it in the archives later, is another matter.

The OP would be well advised to use more precise
language in technical discussions to avoid the
problem becoming mired in Java!=Javascrip t
explanations.

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Andrew Thompson
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