Re: scrollIntoView for XML documents

Martin Honnen wrote:


> Opera 8.00 beta seems to expose those properties to XML elements so I 
> have a simple test case with Opera 8.00 beta where you can do
> 
>     function getPageCoords (element) {
>       var coords = null;
>       if (typeof element.offsetLeft != 'undefined') {
>         coords = { x: 0, y: 0 };
>         while (element) {
>           coords.x += element.offsetLeft;
>           coords.y += element.offsetTop;
>           element = element.offsetParent;
>         }
>       }
>       return coords;
>     }
> 
>     function scrollElementIntoView (element) {
>       /* desirable but does not work
>       if (typeof element.scrollIntoView != 'undefined') {
>         element.scrollIntoView(true);
>       }
>       */
>       var pageCoords = getPageCoords(element);
>       if (pageCoords) {
>         window.scrollTo(pageCoords.x, pageCoords.y);
>       }
>     }
> 
> The coordinates are not precise it seems as the scroll position seems a 
> bit wrong but the properties are there.

My bad, with Opera 8.00 beta the properties offset* and window.scrollTo 
to it works correctly, my earlier test case had a problem.

Boris, if you are reading, would it be difficult the expose 
offsetLeft/Top/Parent on arbitrary XML elements rendered in a window or 
frame with Mozilla?

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	Martin Honnen
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