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Cross-browser DHTML with DHTMLLib 2.0

Categories...
Client User Group
Write Once!
Language
JavaScript
Product
IE4, NS4
Task
Cross-Browser DHTML
Technology
DHTMLLib, Dynamic Content, Dynamic Positioning, Dynamic Style

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Developer's Paradise : Inside Technique :
Cross-browser DHTML with DHTMLLib 2.0
Submission by SiteExperts Staff

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Short Description
DHTMLLib 2.0 is the latest update of our popular cross-browser DHTML Library.

Long Description
DHTMLLib 2.0 is the latest update of our popular cross-browser DHTML Library. With DHTMLLib, you can author DHTML scripts that run on both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator without any browser detection.

Author: Scott Isaacs
Submission URL: http://www.SiteExperts.com/dhtmllib/page1.asp
Submission Date: Oct 18,1998

Related To
Inside Techniques DHTMLLib Floating Content (12/5/1999 2:17:21 PM)

Discussion and Rate this Resource
Overall Rating: 3.7

strawberryJAMM on Mar 14, 2001 at 8:18:18 AM Rating: 3
Others have commented that the examples are "old hat", but I still think it's a great resource for someone just starting to learn javascript and who is interested in keeping pages as cross-browser compatible as possible.

I only gave this a rating of 3 because I found the "Reference Page" a bit unwieldy from the point of view of printing out something for off-line reference. It would have been worth a 4 if all the reference details (including things like "special care" tips, etc. in an appendix or something) were made available for printing in a "plain formatted" HTML page (i.e., without menus and ads), or for download as a text or pdf file.

Finally, I hope someone is working on DHTMLlib3 so that it will be easy to write cross-browser scripts that also work for NS6. :-)
BOUDJOUDAD on Mar 12, 2001 at 2:03:51 PM No Rating

boudjoudad abdelkader
jbracciale on Mar 8, 2001 at 5:53:08 AM Rating: 1
most of this stuff.. no all of this
stuff is old and the floating menu is
not even that good.
vecna42 on Mar 7, 2001 at 4:18:43 PM Rating: 4
The scrolling content menu (animate-to-place) is very cool, but I've noticed a couple of odd things:

1) The menu shows up in a slightly different vertical position when viewed in IE/Window and IE/Mac (looks like 5-10 pixels). Any idea why?

2) When a page with the floating menu loads, it animates into a position. If you scroll the page down (causing the menu to follow) and then scroll back up, you'll notice that the menu doesn't end up in the same place that it started -- it's a bit lower. Is there a way to get the menu to 1) start in the right place, rather than animating to its spot; and 2) end up in the same relative position, rather than changing from its starting point?

Whew! Thanks!
spthakur on Jan 24, 2001 at 9:34:30 AM Rating: 2
Nothing works with Netscape 6

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