Show/hide elements in DW CS3

Question

I've just posted this question and got a reply from John
Waller, thanks John, but what I mean is that I don't want to use
layers, this has to do with the positioning in a table. I want to
add images to a table which is in a layer so I can put margin-left
and margin-right for the layer to "auto" so the whole table
(including images) will always be centered. If I add layers to the
table and add images to the layers (to get the mouse-over effect)
the layers will not move with the table to the center of the page,
I hope you guys know what I mean.
Anybody knows if it would be possible in DW CS3 to do so, see
the original question underneath to get the picuture:
Thanks again.
Hi
In DW8 I often used the possibility to put several layers on
top of eachother with images in them, this way I could show/hide
layers so the images would be visible when having a mouse-over
action on a thumbnail for example.
Now DW-CS3 gives the option show/hide elements, however, I
can not simply put elements on top of eachother, which is what I
want.
Am I stuck on using DW8 and the show/hide layers option, or
is there a way to put multiple images (elements) on top of
eachother in DW-CS3?
Thanks, have a nice day
Ferrohead

Answer 1

> table which is in a layer so
> I can put margin-left and margin-right for the layer to
"auto" so the
> whole
> table (including images) will always be centered.
You don't need to use a 'layer' for that, and I assume that
you mean a <div>
not a layer, since the latter implies absolute positioning.
> If I add layers to the table
I sure hope you are referring to just div tags and not
layers, because you
would never want to put an absolutely positioned element
directly into a
table cell.
> I hope you guys know what I mean.
Yes, I'm afraid I do. This whole scheme is just wrong.
It would be much better to use the SetText behavior to simply
dynamically
write the desired image link into a named container on the
page, much like
you can see being done here -
http://dreamweaverresources.com/tutorials/settextoflayer.htm
and a tutorial
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/tutorials/settextoflayer.htm
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> I've just posted this question and got a reply from John
Waller, thanks
> John,
> but what I mean is that I don't want to use layers, this
has to do with
> the
> positioning in a table. I want to add images to a table
which is in a
> layer so
> I can put margin-left and margin-right for the layer to
"auto" so the
> whole
> table (including images) will always be centered. If I
add layers to the
> table
> and add images to the layers (to get the mouse-over
effect) the layers
> will not
> move with the table to the center of the page, I hope
you guys know what I
> mean.
>
> Anybody knows if it would be possible in DW CS3 to do
so, see the original
> question underneath to get the picuture:
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Hi
> In DW8 I often used the possibility to put several
layers on top of
> eachother
> with images in them, this way I could show/hide layers
so the images would
> be
> visible when having a mouse-over action on a thumbnail
for example.
> Now DW-CS3 gives the option show/hide elements, however,
I can not simply
> put
> elements on top of eachother, which is what I want.
> Am I stuck on using DW8 and the show/hide layers option,
or is there a way
> to
> put multiple images (elements) on top of eachother in
DW-CS3?
>
> Thanks, have a nice day
>
> Ferrohead
>
>