Guest So Called Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Okay I got my original design problem solved, but good enough is never good enough, and if it isn't broken then why not fix it anyway? The situation is a form that submits to itself, and if everything is okay a confirmation message is displayed. Originally it was just a message, and it disappeared only if the page was refreshed. (There really wasn't any need for that since once the setting is set there's no reason to look at it unless I want to change something else.) In the latest version the confirmation is in a block and the <BODY> has an onLoad set timer which changes the body display property to 'none.' I wonder now what it would take to have a pop-up message that displays for a few seconds then disappears. I mean sort of a box that hovers in the (same) window then disappears, sort of like some AJAX messages do (but I'm sure this does not need AJAX). So how would I do that? I presume it would be very similar to before, only I would use a different block element (currently using TD in a table) and would use CSS to position it in front of the other window contents. Same BODY onLoad timer set display:none. Right? Can you make some suggestions on what to use so I can go read up on that? Thanks! Edited June 4, 2012 by So Called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 An element (any element; a div will do) using absolute or fixed positioning (if you have other elements using absolute or fixed positioning: also add a z-index with a high value) should do the trick just fine. I mean, that's what absolute/fixed positioning is for - to escape the normal positioning flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest So Called Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Yeah, that works! Thanks! <div id="fade" style="position: absolute; z-index: 1;"> The BODY onLoad plus timer sets ID 'fade' to display:none after 3 seconds. I sometimes don't know why I bother continuing to work on this stuff. It's a custom site written in PHP/MySQL that is in many ways similar to a blog. I'm the only administrator and nobody else ever sees this code operate, since it deals with admin (site) settings. I guess I just can't resist tweaking code! Edited June 4, 2012 by So Called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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