Layers are not fixed postion

Question

In Utlra Dev I would
Insert Layer and although layers are anything by WYSIWYG in
design view, once you got them where you want them they would stay
right there. Looking at the code you see "absolute position" and
the coordinates etc
In my shiny new (It knows best ) DW8, the code still claims
absolute positioning etc but they actually move around as you widen
or narrow the browser!
[I guess that means absolutely positioned relative to the
browser rather than the layout.]
How can I fix it please?

Answer 1

Layers inserted by DW4, and layers inserted by any other
later version of DW
are completely identical in function and in form, EXCEPT that
the style
information is moved from an inline style (in the <div>
tag) to an embedded
rule (or even to a rule in a linked stylesheet). There is NO
DIFFERENCE in
their behavior on the page.
> when viewed in the browser IE or FF, the contents of the
layer moves on
> the
> page 9left or right) if I resize the window horizontally
(stays fixed
> vertically) whereas layers inserted with DW 4 stay
absolutely put.
We would have to see the page to know what you are trying to
describe. I'm
guessing that the layer's position is still completely fixed,
but that other
page content is moving.
>
quote:
it's not a good idea to use 'layer's to build a page.
> Some say "it's not a good idea to use tables." When is
it good to use
> layers?
Not for layout. Use layers for SPECIAL (not general) purposes
showing/hiding images, for example.
> <DIV id="Layer1" style="position:absolute;
width:364px; height:63px;
> z-index:1; left: 408px; top: 222px"><
No matter what you do, you will not be able to move this div
from its stated
location of 222px below the zero of its closest positioned
ancestor, and
408px to the right of the zero of its closest positioned
ancestor. That's
just how HTML layers work.
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"rockart" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Thank you Nadia.
> when viewed in the browser IE or FF, the contents of the
layer moves on
> the
> page 9left or right) if I resize the window horizontally
(stays fixed
> vertically) whereas layers inserted with DW 4 stay
absolutely put.
>
>
quote:
it's not a good idea to use 'layer's to build a page.
> Some say "it's not a good idea to use tables." When is
it good to use
> layers?
>
> [My page is all tables but for one layer used to overlap
some cells.]
> Here is an example from an earlier site that stays put:
>
> <DIV id="Layer2" style="position:absolute;
width:228px; height:293px;
> z-index:2; left: 460px; top: 222px"><IMG
> src="../../images/newsletter/newstime_feb-06.gif"
width="225"
> height="315"></DIV>
>
> and here is the problem one done with DW8. The css is
courtesy of DW
> whether I
> want it or not.
>
>
> <DIV id="Layer1" style="position:absolute;
width:364px; height:63px;
> z-index:1; left: 408px; top: 222px"><SPAN
class="style15">'In
> corporate entertainment, <BR>
>     where nothing
nothing is left to chance,
>  <BR>
>
      this
band fits the bill in every
> respect...' </SPAN></DIV>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>