browser window coordinates

[D. Alvarado]

Hello,
I have an object that is 330 pixels in width. I want to position
it 330 pixels from the right edge of the viewable browser window.
Unfortunately, this isn't the JS to use:

var divObj = getDivObj(id);
divObj.left = screen.width - 330;

What is the proper call I should use? Thanks -

[David Dorward]

Re: browser window coordinates

D. Alvarado wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I have an object that is 330 pixels in width. I want to position
> it 330 pixels from the right edge of the viewable browser window.
> Unfortunately, this isn't the JS to use:
>
> var divObj = getDivObj(id);
> divObj.left = screen.width - 330;
>
> What is the proper call I should use? Thanks -[/color]

divObj.right = '330px';

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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: browser window coordinates

laredotornado@z ipmail.com (D. Alvarado) writes:
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> I have an object that is 330 pixels in width. I want to position
> it 330 pixels from the right edge of the viewable browser window.[/color]

Which part of it? The left or right edge? I'll assume the closest edge
(right), as that would be the usual interpretation of distance from
something to something else.
[color=blue]
> Unfortunately, this isn't the JS to use:
>
> var divObj = getDivObj(id);
> divObj.left = screen.width - 330;[/color]

It is perfectly legal JS. It doesn't do anything because DOM objects
doesn't have a left property that means anything.

You should not use screen.width. You should position according to the
viewport, since that is all your page *can* access.
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> What is the proper call I should use? Thanks -[/color]

Use CSS ("position:abso lute;right:300p x;") or set it with Javascript & DOM:
divObj.style.po sition = "absolute";
divObj.style.ri ght = "330px";

/L
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