[Sigia-l] DHTML Menus and HTML Widgets

Amy Kahn amy at zoned.net
Tue Jul 16 10:10:14 EDT 2002


Form elements take precedence over DHTML layers. The only way to deal
with this is to be sure that the DHTML doesn't collide with the form
elements, else the DHTML will break.

On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 09:41, Patrick Hunt wrote:
> I realize that this is more of an HTML issue and not an IA one, so I 
> apologize in advance for being a bit off topic. However, that's never stopped 
> me before. (Plus, some list members seem to really know their HTML.)
> 
> A client has run into a problem in which a DHTML menu breaks when the layer 
> becomes visible and a drop-down widget is in the HTML in the area in which 
> the layer appears (this isn't true for other HTML widgets).
> 
> Has anyone run into this problem before, and if so, what did you do about it? 
> (The advisability of using DHTML menus apparently is not open for discussion 
> with this client.)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> pH
> 
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