RE: writing DIV HTML in Netscape

by "Cyanide _7" <leo7278(at)hotmail.com>

 Date:  Wed, 10 May 2000 17:04:39 CDT
 To:  pbenoit(at)triton-network.com
 Cc:  hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
  todo: View Thread, Original
i suppose the documentation i'm going on is the fact that the Event.SCROLL 
constant exists. why would it have an event id if its not a capturable 
event?!? - Cyanide_7


>
>Heh, I guess it doesn't work.  All the documentation I could find suggest
>that onscroll isn't a NS Event, including devoper.netscape.com and the JS
>Bible.  Perhaps I could see the documentation you are reading and could 
>help
>decipher it?
>
>P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Cyanide _7 [SMTP:leo7278(at)hotmail.com]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:21 AM
> > To:	pbenoit(at)triton-network.com
> > Cc:	hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
> > Subject:	RE: writing DIV HTML in Netscape
> >
> > >Cyanide,
> > >
> > >I know exactly what you're seeing.  I've seen it time and time again,
> > >though
> > >I'm not sure that I've ever had problems with it in the manner that you
> > >describe.  I'm not sure if what you see when you view source in 
>Netscape,
> >
> > >is
> > >actually what Netscape sees when it presents a page.
> >
> > hmmmmm, i sure hope so!
> >
> > If so, then Netscape
> > >has more problems than we could possibly imagine.  Having said that, I
> > >don't
> > >have a solution for you except to say that if you see Ttyle, Netscape
> > >probably is still seeing Style, but it's view source is bugged.
> > >
> > >I'd like to see your event handlers, and how you are going about it.
> >
> > i've gotten onresize to work (just a syntax mistake), but still can't 
>seem
> >
> > to get onscroll to work. here is a simple version of the script:
> >
> > <script>
> > <!--
> > window.onscroll = myScrollHandler;
> > captureEvents(Event.SCROLL); // registered event type 262144
> >
> > function myScrollHandler(){
> >   status = "X:"+pageXOffset+", Y:"+pageYOffset;
> >   return true;
> > }
> > //-->
> > </script>
> >
> > SCROLL is the const 262144 in the Event object, so i know thats the
> > official
> > name of the event, and handlers merely have an on prefix. plus this 
>works
> > in
> > IE just fine... - Cyanide_7
> >
> >
> > >
> > >-Peter
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:	Cyanide _7 [SMTP:leo7278(at)hotmail.com]
> > > > Sent:	Wednesday, May 10, 2000 4:38 AM
> > > > To:	hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
> > > > Subject:	writing DIV HTML in Netscape
> > > >
> > > > hey list,
> > > >   its never really bothered me until now, but Netscape has a hell of 
>a
> > > > time
> > > > writing DIV tags to the document. every time a write one, it writes
> > the
> > > > normal opening tag, then a copy of the opening tag with the Style
> > > > attribute
> > > > changed to say Ttyle. it is by far the single most confusing
> > phenomenom
> > >i
> > > > know in Netscape! i've had Netscape lock up as if it were in an
> > infinite
> > > > loop while writing div tags, or simply crash, or just show them
> > > > improperly.
> > > > has anyone found a method that can prevent all this?
> > > >
> > > >   and another problem i've been having (and seen many workarounds 
>for)
> >
> > >is
> > > > that Netscape doesn't seem to want to fire its onscroll and onresize
> > >event
> > > >
> > > > handlers! i define them, capture them, but they never fire. they 
>even
> > >have
> > > >
> > > > Event ids! most scripts i've found that use these in IE use 
>intervals
> > to
> > > > accomodate Netscape. why is this?!? thanx - Cyanide_7
> > > >
> > > >
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