Introduction
This command reference lists the commands that can be used to control the position of the CAPTION bar in an overlib popup. See the core module documentation for more information about other ways to customize overLIB.
Remember that commands are always in uppercase (case-sensitive) and can have none or more command values.
To include these support modules just include the following statements in the HEAD section of your document:
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="overlib.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="overlib_positioncap.js"> </SCRIPT>
You only have to make sure that the overlib_positioncap.js module
is loaded after the core module.
Download the positioncap module as a zip file.
Caption Positioning Commands
- POSTIONCAP top or bottom or right middle
- Indicates where the caption in a popup should be located with respect
to the main body text. This is a string value whose default setting is 'top'
(or 't'). Other permissible values are 'bottom' ('b'), 'lefttop' ('lt'),
'leftmiddle' ('lm'), 'leftbottom' ('lb'), 'righttop' ('rt'), 'rightmiddle'
('rm'), or 'rightbottom' ('rb'). When the caption is placed on either side
of the main body text, the popup can be up to twice as wide as it would
normally would be. This position string is not case-sensitive and the values
in parentheses above are allowable short-hand alternatives.
Variable: ol_positioncap - SCROLLBARS scrollbars
- Indicates that the main body text area will have scroll bars shown if
they are needed. Default value is off (0). This feature is only supported
in browsers with a version number greater than 5. This feature will definitely
not work in Netscape 4.x and is, in fact, disabled for this browser. When
this command is used, the popup is made STICKY, if it hasn't already been
specified, and MOUSEOFF is set on so that the popup can be closed. The WIDTH
and HEIGHT of the popup must also be specified. If no HEIGHT is given, a
default value of 100 is set. [NOTE: In IE, scrollbars typically appear
on both the vertical and horizontal axes, whereas they only appear on the
vertical axis for the other supported browsers. If an HTML file is specified
as the source file, then one can include the style rule
BODY { overflow: auto; }in that file to supress the horizontal scroll bars when they aren't needed. ]
Variable: ol_scrollbars - NOBORDER show no border
- Indicates whether a default border is shown around an IFRAME. In IE, the
default is to show an inset border. This command is applicable only to the
SRC command which employs an IFRAME to display contents. Default value is
off (0) which means that a border is displayed. When used on the command
line, it toggles the default setting of the associated variable to its opposite
state.
Variable: ol_noborder - DATA, SRC html file to display
- The parameters to either of these commands is the source file to
display. In addition, using these either of these commands will automatically
turn SCROLLBARS on so that its not necessary to add it unless you want to.
If DATA is used, the file is shown using an
<object>element; when SRC is used, the file is shown using an<iframe>element. Note, that Netscape 4.x does not understand either of these elements. When using these commands with overlib, any text string, provided as the first argument, will be ignored. The<iframe>element is not compatible with a strict DTD.
Variables: ol_data, ol_src
