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DEVELOPMENT LOG FOR JIM PALMER
Posted 06/20/2007 in dhtml


UPDATED - 11/28/2007 UPDATED - 10/16/2007 UPDATED I've come up with another auto-positioning "balloon" helper display. Every web "application" requires embedded help within the application and the whole concept of a "balloon" displayed to the user in the middle of the application is the de-facto web standard. I've come up with a simple DHTML batch of code/graphics that will auto position a fixed width "balloon" that can focus on a single element as long as that element has an ID attribute. The example below is an IFRAME that encompasses the example itself. The code can be "stolen" (i.e. re-purposed) by viewing that FRAME's source code. Move your mouse cursor over the "?" icons and the dynamic positioning of the balloon pop will be displayed. Disclaimer: This is more of a proof of concept and in no way a polished bit of functionality. Works in FireFox and IE7. There seem to be calculation issues when the user has scrolled the window - which I'll work out soon.
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