Hi Fote ... distribution, but in turn its users should not do that so as to avoid any possibility of namespace collisions (in future releases, even if you...
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dave_rado
Jan 16, 2008 11:23 am
Hi again Is it possible to have a Close button instead of Close text on an overlib pop-up, like the ones at http://www.macridesweb.com/oltest/DRAGGABLE.html,...
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oldgreeky
Jan 16, 2008 12:43 pm
Dave, The images for those Close and Print buttons are in the overlibmws distribution (see: http://www.macridesweb.com/oltest/zipArchive.html) as exit.gif and...
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dave_rado
Jan 16, 2008 8:12 pm
... (CLOSETEXT,closeimg). That works great, many thanks Fote. However, I'd like to find some way if possible of putting the var script and the...
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oldgreeky
Jan 16, 2008 10:57 pm
Dave, I can't off-hand think of a way around using an absolute path in that situation, for both the img tag definition and the pre-loading code. But there...
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dave_rado
Jan 17, 2008 1:08 am
Hi Fote ... that situation, for both the img tag definition and the pre-loading code. But there must be a way. . . Oh well, if you ever do, I hope I'll be the...
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oldgreeky
Jan 17, 2008 5:17 am
... Dave, You might also try to nick the background image for giving the Safari chrome a curved metallic look, and use it to give the popup's caption that...
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oldgreeky
Jan 18, 2008 4:18 am
This has been a heavily requested feature so I'm announcing an update of overlibmws which includes it. You now can use FRAME,parent in popups with iframe...
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dave_rado
Jan 21, 2008 12:03 am
Hi Fote ... Safari chrome a curved metallic look, and use it to give the popup's caption that look. Great idea, thanks, Fote. I've *sort of* succeeded ... 1) I...
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dave_rado
Jan 21, 2008 12:07 am
Whoops - typo in my last message - I meant to say that unless I'm missing something I'll go with the version at http://tinyurl.com/2bxkb7! Dave...
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dave_rado
Jan 21, 2008 12:13 am
Also, if you can work out how Apple got that gorgeous embossed look for the text of their captions, and give us the ability to recreate that look as well,...
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dave_rado
Jan 21, 2008 12:23 am
When you press Ctrl+ in Firefox or Safari, the overlib pop-up increases in height, but the shadow doesn't resize with it, giving a very odd effect. Suggested...
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oldgreeky
Jan 21, 2008 2:00 am
Dave, The perceived curvature, borders, embossed letters, and rounded corners are all being done via CSS. The embossed letters are a new, CSS3 property: ...
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oldgreeky
Jan 21, 2008 2:12 am
Dave, IE7 and Opera are doing the zooms properly, and so for them the shadow stays properly scaled relative to the popup. Firefox has fixed its zooms for its...
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oldgreeky
Jan 22, 2008 3:05 am
Dave, Regarding rounded corners (plus CSS-based shadows), those will be in CSS3: http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/roundshadow But I checked this today and...
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oldgreeky
Jan 23, 2008 12:45 am
Dave, I looked into that further, and Safari appears to actually be using the CSS2 text-shadow property: ...
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s_i_m_e_y
Jan 27, 2008 2:05 pm
Hello... I have a lot of experience developing software but unfortunately not with Javascript :-( How can I load overlibmws dynamically either (a) after the...
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oldgreeky
Jan 27, 2008 4:37 pm
Your objective of loading overlibmws.js after the rest of the document has been loaded is misguided, and should not be pursued, but the simplest way to try it...
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Zachary Folk
zacharyfolk
Jan 30, 2008 1:20 am
Hi.. I am banging my head against the keyboard trying to get this to work. I finally got the popup positioned but when I add the speech bubble it doesnt show....
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oldgreeky
Jan 30, 2008 3:32 am
Zachary, The main problem is that you don't have the bubble images in the same directory as the XHTML document, which is fine, but in that case you need to...
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Zachary Folk
zacharyfolk
Jan 30, 2008 11:15 am
fanfreakintastic! thank you thank you :) ... same directory as the XHTML document, which is fine, but in that case you need to define the path before importing...
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Zachary Folk
zacharyfolk
Jan 30, 2008 11:39 am
That all worked perfectly... however I am now having trouble with sizes. I am trying this: <a name="about" id="about"; href="javascript:void(0);" ...
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oldgreeky
Jan 30, 2008 7:23 pm
Zachary, I'm unsure what you mean by "trouble with sizes." Take a look at the: http://www.macridesweb.com/oltest/CSSfontSize.html support document for...
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Zachary Folk
zacharyfolk
Jan 31, 2008 7:18 pm
Thanks Fote, sorry I should have been more specific. I meant the size of the bubble not the font. The ADJBUBBLE does not seem to have any effect on the...
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oldgreeky
Jan 31, 2008 11:39 pm
Zachary, For the non-roundcorners BUBBLETYPEs, which accept the ADJBUBBLE command, it may be more accurate to say that depending on the content for the popups,...
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yaguesthoo1
Feb 13, 2008 5:27 am
I've entered my text in the popup as a list using UL and LI tags. I need the color changed from that of other lists on the page. Changing the TEXTCOLOR has no...
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oldgreeky
Feb 13, 2008 6:52 am
... It is best to provide a URL for a test document which shows your problem, so that we can diagnose it precisely. If TEXTCOLOR is not setting the color of...
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oldgreeky
Feb 13, 2008 8:18 pm
Your imported style.css file has a generic LI, not UL, rule set that includes the color property, so instead of using FGCLASS,'olfg', to modify generic UL...
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easwiedler
Feb 14, 2008 2:44 pm
When I create a stick, scrollable popup with a copyright that is enclosed in a SPAN specifying the size and position of the character, the character does not...
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oldgreeky
Feb 15, 2008 1:38 am
The position: relative; CSS rule for the span conflicts with the overflow: auto; rule in the container div, with the consequence that the span content cannot...
