RE: Menubar drop down over iframe

Currently using Firefox, should have said that in the original email.  I
have also tested in IE 6 and I get the same behaviour, the menu items show
up behind the iframe.  Instead of going down this route, the window widget
and the content loading mechanism, as you stated, sounds promising.  I have
used these in the past with some other bits.  I am using an iframe to
dynamically call up content in a floating window.  But this content is all
stored on my site so I can use the JavaScript call back function and the
window widget.

When I create the window widget, how can I affix it to a certain creation
point?  For example, a user clicks a hyperlink which will pop-up the window.
I want the window to show up right under that hyperlink.  Can I also fix the
window to that spot and not allow users to move it?  Can I also allow them
to just resize the window?  Sorry for the rush of questions, but I think
this might suit my development well and I am keen on getting it in place as
soon as possible.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

David

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Alex Russell
Sent: Wednesday, 3 March 2004 1:02 AM
To: netWindows development discussion list
Subject: Re: [NW-Devel] Menubar drop down over iframe

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On Tuesday 02 March 2004 12:00 am, Sebastian Werner wrote:
> David Peterson schrieb:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have the menubar dropdown widget placed over a hideable iframe.
> >  When the iframe is hidden the dropdown displays just fine.  When
> > the iframe is visible, it appears over the dropdown.  The
> > dropdown has a z-index of 1000. The iframe has a z-index of 1. 
> > Both are absolutely positioned.  What can I do to avoid this?  Is
> > it fixable?
>
> iframes are windowed elements in Internet Explorer. netwindows
> should use an iframe behind the dropdown menu to fix this. (Lower
> zIndex then the layer above) This also help for select boxes behind
> menus, layers, windows, ...

So there are a couple of issues here:

1.) many browsers don't correctly manage z-indexing of iframes.
2.) the menu system doesn't currently do anything to trump this

As for the first point, what browser are you testing against? I know 
tha at least IE 6 and modern Mozilla's should handle z-indexing 
correctly for iframes and their content.

On the second point, we don't use an iframe for menu items since 
iframes tend to be egregiously expensive in terms of memory 
resources. If your app doesn't _really_ need an iframe, you might 
look into the NW content loading mechanism.

Otherwise, send me a link to the app and I'll see what I can do.

Regards.

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