I write JavaScript/TypeScript function:
function setElementsHeightsEqual(el1: HTMLElement, el2: HTMLElement) {
...
}
This is typical situation when you want to attach some button (el2) to some input (el1) dynamically.
I want to make el2's height equal to el1, but I am unable to do it.
There are two problems:
All possible calls returning height are helpless for me:
el1.offsetWidth; // will return 0 if document is not rendered yet
el1.style.height; // will return "" if it is set inside external CSS
el1.style.paddingTop; // the same
el1.style.paddingBottom; // the same
In other words is there any possibility to calculate height of some specified element?
How to set height of el2? We do not know even its "box-sizing", the same problem as in (1).
Are these tasks impossible in JS + HTML DOM?
offsetHeight is a safe way to go. If the element is not loaded, move your function call to window.onload.
Here you have a working example:
function setMaxHeight(...elements) {
console.log(elements);
// Get max height
var height = 0;
for(let element of elements) {
console.log(element.offsetHeight);
if(element.offsetHeight > height) height = element.offsetHeight;
}
// Change all elements height to max.
for(let element of elements) {
element.style.height = height + 'px';
}
}
window.onload = function() {
var object1 = document.querySelector('.object1');
var object2 = document.querySelector('.object2');
var object3 = document.querySelector('.object3');
setMaxHeight(object1, object2, object3);
};
.object1 {
border: 1px solid #000;
display: block;
float: left;
height: 50px;
width: 20%;
}
.object2 {
border: 1px solid #0cc;
display: block;
float: left;
height: 120px;
width: 30%;
}
.object3 {
border: 1px solid #afc;
display: block;
float: left;
height: 20px;
width: 10%;
}
<div id="container">
<div class="object1">Text</div>
<div class="object2">Text2</div>
<div class="object3">Text3</div>
</div>
Compare running with and without the Javascript portion.
I hope this helps.
It is the way I set the equal height to elements I want.
Give a class name to your elements which you want to make their height the same.
<div class="sameElementHeight">
<img src="/path/to/Image" class="sameImageHeight">
<p>YOUR TEXT</p>
</div>
<div class="sameElementHeight">
<img src="/path/to/Image" class="sameImageHeight">
<p>YOUR TEXT</p>
</div>
<div class="sameElementHeight">
<img src="/path/to/Image" class="sameImageHeight">
<p>YOUR TEXT</p>
</div>
First, create a function like this:
equalheight = function(container){
var currentTallest = 0,
currentRowStart = 0,
rowDivs = new Array(),
$el,
topPosition = 0;
jQuery(container).each(function() {
$el = jQuery(this);
jQuery($el).height('auto')
topPostion = $el.position().top;
if (currentRowStart != topPostion) {
for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) {
rowDivs[currentDiv].height(currentTallest);
}
rowDivs.length = 0; // empty the array
currentRowStart = topPostion;
currentTallest = $el.height();
rowDivs.push($el);
} else {
rowDivs.push($el);
currentTallest = (currentTallest < $el.height()) ? ($el.height()) : (currentTallest);
}
for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) {
rowDivs[currentDiv].height(currentTallest);
}
});
}
Then call it before closing body tag:
<script>
equalheight(".sameElementHeight");
equalheight(".sameImageHeight");
</script>
</body>
You also may call this function when you add new elements to your document.
It will calculate the height of the element and set the same height to them and also does the same with images.
I hope it helps.
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I'm back on Stack Overflow after a long time because I'm truly stuck at an issue I cannot get around even after hours piling up in front of the screen.
I have made a simple widget using CSS + HTML + JavaScript which scrolls elements in an overflowing-x container.
It works in a simple way, there is JavaScript code that adds a 205 value to the property scrollLeft of the overflowing container. The number comes from the fixed width of the images + the gap value which is 5px. Here is the code:
HTML:
<div id="controlContainer">
<a class="adButton" onclick="Scroll(-1)">❮</a>
<div id="topics">
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(1)">
<p>History</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/hundredgates.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(2)">
<p>Oceans</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/goldensea.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(3)">
<p>Sports</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/kite_surf.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(4)">
<p>Travel</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/antiparos_church.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(5)">
<p>Nightlife</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/nightlife.png">
</div>
</div>
<a class="adButton" onclick="Scroll(1)">❯</a>
</div>
CSS:
#controlContainer {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 20px;
}
#topics {
display: inherit;
gap: 5px;
overflow:hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
.adItem {
position: relative;
}
.adItem img {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
object-fit: cover;
border-radius: 20px;
}
.adItem p {
position: absolute;
left: 16px;
top: 8px;
text-align: center;
color: #ffff;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 50px;
margin: 0px;
user-select: none;
pointer: default:
}
And finally JS, which still needs some work tbh:
var LastClick;
var Delay = 300;
var SelectedElement;
var adControl;
var currentScroll;
window.onload = function () {SelectedElement = document.getElementById("ad1"); adControl = document.getElementById("topics"); resizeController();};
window.onresize = debounce(() => resizeController());; //resize the container when the screen does
//window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {SelectedElement = document.getElementById("ad1")});
function Scroll(n) {
if (LastClick >= (Date.now() - Delay)) {
return;
}
if (n == 1) {
adControl.scrollLeft += 205;
checkPos();
} else if (n == -1) {
adControl.scrollLeft -= 205;
checkPos();
}
LastClick = Date.now();
console.log(adControl.scrollLeft);
}; // This function is what's handling scrolling. THey are called via onclick events on the HTML Button elements
function checkPos() {
var elementWidth = adControl.scrollLeft;
if (elementWidth % 5 === 0) {
// do nothing
} else {
var newWidth = Math.ceil(elementWidth/5)*5;
console.log("old width: %s, new width: %s", elementWidth, newWidth)
adControl.scrollLeft = newWidth;
}
}; //Some position checks... it basically calculates if scrollLeft is divisible by 5, because all images are 200px long plus the 5px gap, so that should always be a multiple of 5.
function ChangeTopic(id) {
SelectedElement.style.display = "none";
SelectedElement = document.getElementById("ad" + id);
SelectedElement.style.display = "flex";
}; //That just changes the topic of another element.
function debounce(func, timeout = 1000){
let timer;
return (...args) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
timer = setTimeout(() => { func.apply(this, args); }, timeout);
};
}; //This is a debounce function for the resize event, it prevents it from firing it too much.
function resizeController() {
adControl.style.maxWidth = "";
var elementWidth = adControl.offsetWidth;
var scroll = adControl.ScrollLeft;
var itemNo = (Math.floor(elementWidth / 200))
if (itemNo > 3) {
itemNo = 3
};
var newWidth = (itemNo*200);
newWidth = newWidth+(5*itemNo)
adControl.style.maxWidth = (newWidth + "px");
if (currentNo = itemNo) {
adControl.scrollLeft = scroll;
}
}; //resizes the container if need be (for mobile or tablet devices)
It actually works very well on Desktop, but on mobile, the CSS gap property which adds the gap between the images also adds a gap at the last element, like this:
That's even when I use a different browser from Firefox, like Chrome
On desktop, this gap does not exist, regardless of browser once again:
What is this? And how can I solve it? The main problem this causes is it will scroll in that tiny 5 gap space, which throws the position of my elements out of place, making them look like this:
I've thought of different methods like checking the property of ScrollLeft to detect when the view is out of the elements, but that property is completely unpredictable. For instance, when I scroll to the beginning of the element, it's not going to be necessarily zero, and even if I reach the end, the 205 value will be added even if there is not any space on the container. So that isn't reliable.
In short, I'd either need some kind of method to keep that gapping behaviour in check or solve the root problem altogether.
Yes... I'm not using any framework at all, my entire project is built on pure JavaScript. I'm not sure why I did this to myself, but oh well, all the challenge I guess.
Try and resize your font on the paragraph elements in your
div class="adItem" it appears to be overlapping the container and causing what would appear to be extra padding and i don't think it's happening on the others because the text is not long enough on others.
var LastClick;
var Delay = 300;
var SelectedElement;
var adControl;
var currentScroll;
window.onload = function () {SelectedElement = document.getElementById("ad1"); adControl = document.getElementById("topics"); resizeController();};
window.onresize = debounce(() => resizeController());; //resize the container when the screen does
//window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {SelectedElement = document.getElementById("ad1")});
function Scroll(n) {
if (LastClick >= (Date.now() - Delay)) {
return;
}
if (n == 1) {
adControl.scrollLeft += 205;
checkPos();
} else if (n == -1) {
adControl.scrollLeft -= 205;
checkPos();
}
LastClick = Date.now();
console.log(adControl.scrollLeft);
}; // This function is what's handling scrolling. THey are called via onclick events on the HTML Button elements
function checkPos() {
var elementWidth = adControl.scrollLeft;
if (elementWidth % 5 === 0) {
// do nothing
} else {
var newWidth = Math.ceil(elementWidth/5)*5;
console.log("old width: %s, new width: %s", elementWidth, newWidth)
adControl.scrollLeft = newWidth;
}
}; //Some position checks... it basically calculates if scrollLeft is divisible by 5, because all images are 200px long plus the 5px gap, so that should always be a multiple of 5.
function ChangeTopic(id) {
SelectedElement.style.display = "none";
SelectedElement = document.getElementById("ad" + id);
SelectedElement.style.display = "flex";
}; //That just changes the topic of another element.
function debounce(func, timeout = 1000){
let timer;
return (...args) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
timer = setTimeout(() => { func.apply(this, args); }, timeout);
};
}; //This is a debounce function for the resize event, it prevents it from firing it too much.
function resizeController() {
adControl.style.maxWidth = "";
var elementWidth = adControl.offsetWidth;
var scroll = adControl.ScrollLeft;
var itemNo = (Math.floor(elementWidth / 200))
if (itemNo > 3) {
itemNo = 3
};
var newWidth = (itemNo*200);
newWidth = newWidth+(5*itemNo)
adControl.style.maxWidth = (newWidth + "px");
if (currentNo = itemNo) {
adControl.scrollLeft = scroll;
}
}; //resizes the container if need be (for mobile or tablet devices)
#controlContainer {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 20px;
}
#topics {
display: inherit;
gap: 5px;
overflow:hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
.adItem {
position: relative;
}
.adItem img {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
object-fit: cover;
border-radius: 20px;
}
.adItem p {
position: absolute;
left: 16px;
top: 8px;
text-align: center;
color: #ffff;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 50px;
margin: 0px;
user-select: none;
pointer: default:
}
<div id="controlContainer">
<a class="adButton" onclick="Scroll(-1)">❮</a>
<div id="topics">
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(1)">
<p>History</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/hundredgates.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(2)">
<p>Oceans</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/goldensea.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(3)">
<p>Sports</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/kite_surf.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(4)">
<p>Travel</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/antiparos_church.jpg">
</div>
<div class="adItem" onclick="ChangeTopic(5)">
<p>Nightlife</p>
<img src="images/other_samples/nightlife.png">
</div>
</div>
<a class="adButton" onclick="Scroll(1)">❯</a>
</div>
I have a header with a transparent backgrounsd, and I am trying to get the text of the header to change colour between white and black depending on the background of the div it's overlapping.
So far I have managed to add a class of .color-menu to all the divs where I want the header to be black.
I then have it add a class of .dark-menu to the header when the .color-menu div reaches the top of the page.
The problem is that it only works for the first .colour-menu div. It will change to black when it is in the viewport and back to white for the next div but then when the next .color-menu div gets to the top it doesn't change.
So, it seems like the .each function isn't working but I am not sure how to fix it.
$(window).scroll(function() {
$('.color-menu').each(function(i){
var top_of_element = $(".color-menu").offset().top;
var bottom_of_element = $(".color-menu").offset().top + $(".color-menu").outerHeight();
var top_of_screen = $(window).scrollTop();
if ((top_of_screen > top_of_element) && (top_of_screen < bottom_of_element)) {
$(".header").addClass("dark-menu");
} else {
$(".header").removeClass("dark-menu");
}
});
});
UPDATE: I have also tried using $(this) but it really throws off when it changes color.
$(window).scroll(function() {
$('.color-menu').each(function(i){
var top_of_element = $(this).offset().top;
var bottom_of_element = $(this).offset().top + $(this).outerHeight();
var top_of_screen = $(window).scrollTop();
if ((top_of_screen > top_of_element) && (top_of_screen < bottom_of_element)) {
$(".header").addClass("dark-menu");
} else {
$(".header").removeClass("dark-menu");
}
});
});
Here is a simplified version of my code as an example:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".white").addClass("color-menu");
$(".white-bold").addClass("color-menu");
$(".light").addClass("color-menu");
$(".light-bold").addClass("color-menu");
$(".bright").addClass("color-menu");
});
$(window).scroll(function() {
$('.color-menu').each(function(i){
var top_of_element = $(".color-menu").offset().top;
var bottom_of_element = $(".color-menu").offset().top + $(".color-menu").outerHeight();
var top_of_screen = $(window).scrollTop();
if ((top_of_screen > top_of_element) && (top_of_screen < bottom_of_element)) {
$(".header").addClass("dark-menu");
} else {
$(".header").removeClass("dark-menu");
}
});
});
.header {
width: 100%;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0);
margin: 0;
padding:10px;
position: fixed;
text-align: center;
}
.header a {
color: white;
font-size: 2rem;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.dark-menu a{
color: black;
}
.black {
background-color: black;
height: 200px;
}
.white, .white-bold, .light, .light-bold, .bright {
background-color: white;
height: 200px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="header">
<a>This is the header</a>
</div>
<div class ="black"></div>
<div class ="white"></div>
<div class ="black"></div>
<div class ="white-bold"></div>
<div class ="black"></div>
<div class ="light"></div>
<div class ="black"></div>
<div class ="light-bold"></div>
<div class ="black"></div>
<div class ="bright"></div>
What is happening in your code is that on scroll, you loop through every color-menu div and add the class if it is the current one... but then the code continues to loop though the remaining elements in the array and removes it again because the page is not in the other div.
I've explained step-by-step the changes you need to get this to work after the example, but first you can see it working here:
Working Example:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".white").addClass("color-menu");
$(".white-bold").addClass("color-menu");
$(".light").addClass("color-menu");
$(".light-bold").addClass("color-menu");
$(".bright").addClass("color-menu");
$(window).scroll(function() {
var inColorMenu = false; /* initialise var to store if we are in color-menu */
var top_of_screen = $(window).scrollTop(); /* just get this once outside loop */
/* Loop through each color-menu element and check if we are in one */
$('.color-menu').each(function(i) {
var top_of_element = $(this).offset().top;
var bottom_of_element = top_of_element + $(this).outerHeight();
/* if we are in a color-menu element, set our var to true and stop processing */
if ((top_of_screen > top_of_element) && (top_of_screen < bottom_of_element)) {
inColorMenu = true;
return false; /* N.B. need to return "false" to break from the "each" loop */
}
});
if (inColorMenu) {
$(".header").addClass("dark-menu");
} else {
$(".header").removeClass("dark-menu");
}
});
});
.header {
width: 100%;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
position: fixed;
text-align: center;
}
.header a {
color: white;
font-size: 2rem;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.header.dark-menu a {
color: black;
}
.black {
background-color: black;
height: 200px;
}
.white,
.white-bold,
.light,
.light-bold,
.bright {
background-color: white;
height: 200px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="header">
<a>This is the header</a>
</div>
<div class="black"></div>
<div class="white"></div>
<div class="black"></div>
<div class="white-bold"></div>
<div class="black"></div>
<div class="light"></div>
<div class="black"></div>
<div class="light-bold"></div>
<div class="black"></div>
<div class="bright"></div>
How this works:
Declare a variable to record whether we are in a "color-menu" class or not, and initialise this to false, e.g.:
var inColorMenu = false;
When looping through $('.color-menu').each, if we are between the top and bottom of one of divs (which your code is already detecting), then set our variable to true to record this.
We can also return false to break the each loop and stop processing the rest of the elements (it will still work without this, we are just reducing the amount of processing required):
if ((top_of_screen > top_of_element) && (top_of_screen < bottom_of_element)) {
inColorMenu = true;
return false; /* N.B. need to return "false" to break from the "each" loop */
}
Finally, after we finish our $('.color-menu').each loop, if inColorMenu is true, we know we are in a color-menu div so we add the dark-menu class to the header, otherwise we remove it:
if (inColorMenu) {
$(".header").addClass("dark-menu");
} else {
$(".header").removeClass("dark-menu");
}
Note: You need to use $(this) when getting the offset().top and outerHeight() so that you are getting the values for the current element in the loop. $(".color-menu") gets the values for an unspecified element with this class so will not work.
I am trying to create a vertical slide show on scroll. One picture-screen glide over the next one, and then the second over the third, and so on…
HTML/CSS structure looks as following: external container has display property relative. Inside it there are several containers with images with the property fixed, so that they are all as a card deck and you pull card by card from the top.
JavaScript function should load the first pare of image-pages and follow the amount of scrolled distance changing the index of the image-page and changing the z-index of the layer (the top one: 2, the one blow: 1 and so on...)
var mansDok = []; var paklajAttal = [];
// Find all the slides containers
mansDok = document.getElementsByClassName("slaide");
// Find all the slides IDs
for(i=0; i<mansDok.length; i++) {
paklajAttal[i] = mansDok[i].id;
}
// Height of the browser window
var logAugst = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
// Start function on scrolling the contents
window.onscroll = function() {vertikSlaidrade()};
//
// Slideshow function
function vertikSlaidrade() {
var k = 0; var i = 0, winScroll;
// How far the screen been scrolled
winScroll = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
// Change slides while scrolling
if(winScroll <= logAugst * 1) {
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k]).style.zIndex = "2";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k]).style.position = "relative";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+1]).style.display = "block";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+1]).style.position = "fixed";
} else if(winScroll <= logAugst * 2) {
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+1]).style.zIndex = "3";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+1]).style.position = "relative";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+2]).style.display = "block";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+2]).style.position = "fixed";
} else if(winScroll <= logAugst * 2.8) {
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+2]).style.zIndex = "4";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+2]).style.position = "relative";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+3]).style.display = "block";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[k+3]).style.position = "fixed";
} else if(winScroll > logAugst * 2.8) {
// Run reset function by the end of slides
atiestat();
}
}
// Function to reset the slides properties
function atiestat() {
for(var i=0; i<mansDok.length; i++) {
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[i]).style.zIndex = "0";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[i]).style.position = "absolute";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[i]).style.display = "none";
}
// Show the first pair of slides
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[0]).style.display = "block";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[0]).style.zIndex = "2";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[1]).style.position = "fixed";
document.getElementById(paklajAttal[1]).style.zIndex = "1";
}
* {box-sizing: border-box;}
html, body{
height: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background-color: #000;
font-size: 1em;
}
main {
position: relative;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
width: 100%;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: auto;
}
/* Page with slide */
.slaide {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
z-index: 0;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
width: 100%;
display: none;
}
.slaide img {
width: 1230px; /* Doesn't work below this value !?!? */
}
/* Empty filler */
.tukss {
display: block;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
height: 1000px; /* Do NOT reduce this value!!! */
}
<main>
<div class="slaide" id="lapa1" style="display: block;">
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/howto/img_parallax.jpg">
</div>
<div class="slaide" id="lapa2">
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/howto/img_parallax2.jpg">
</div>
<div class="slaide" id="lapa3">
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/howto/img_parallax3.jpg">
</div>
<div class="tukss" id="tukss"></div>
</main>
May be its not the most elegant version of JS code, but everything works perfectly as I wanted. Somehow it doesn’t work if I change the image size below 1230px or to 100% and reduce the width of the browser window. (Images are from W3Schools.com)
I would appreciate if somebody could help me out with this situation.
I'm trying to write a facebook like chatbox, but i've encountered a small problem.
I'm using the following code (it's only test code, so it's not really clean):
css code:
#messenger {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0px;
right: 10px;
width: 200px;
height: 300px;
z-index: 4;
background-color: #ECECEC;
border: 1px solid #000;
}
#messenger.p {
text-align: right;
}
#contacts {
margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
}
#chatspace {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0px;
right: 240px;
height: 20px;
left: 20px;
background-color: #ECECEC;
border: 1px solid #000;
z-index: 4;
}
.chatbox {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0px;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
z-index: 4;
background-color: #ECECEC;
border: 1px solid #000;
}
html/javascript code:
<script type="text/javascript">
var i = 0;
function oc_chatbox() {
if (i == 0) {
document.getElementById('contacts').style.visibility = 'hidden';
document.getElementById('messenger').style.height = '20px';
i = 1;
}
else {
document.getElementById('contacts').style.visibility = 'visible';
document.getElementById('messenger').style.height = '300px';
i = 0;
}
}
function new_chat(userid) {
var new_right;
new_right = document.getElementById('messenger').style.right;
//alert('old value: '+ new_right);
new_right += 20;
//alert('New value of right: '+ new_right);
document.getElementById('chatspace').innerHTML = '<div id="'+userid+'" class="chatbox" style="right: '+new_right+'px;"></div>';
//document.write('<div id="'+userid+'" class="chatbox" style="right: '+new_right+'px;"></div>');
}
</script>
<div id="chatspace"></div>
<div id="messenger">
<p>Collapse</p>
<div id="contacts">
<ul>
<li>contact A</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
the problem is, that when I try to add new chats to the chatbar, i can't seem the place them next to each other.
anyone who can help ?
EDIT:
so i changed to javascript code to:
var last = null;
function new_chat(userid) {
if(userid==null)
userid = "user666";
var new_right;
var margin = 10;
var messenger = window.last==null?document.getElementById('messenger'):window.last; //Take the messenger or the last added chat
new_right = document.body.clientWidth-messenger.offsetLeft; //Compute the window size
console.log(new_right); //Log the number
new_right += margin; //keep spaces between divs
var newChat = document.createElement("div"); //DOM create DIV
newChat.id = userid;
newChat.className = "chatbox shadow";
newChat.style.right = new_right+"px";
newChat.innerHTML = '<p>'+userid+'</p><p><textarea></textarea></p>';
window.last = newChat; //Remember whichever is last
document.body.appendChild(newChat);
}
and now it works, thanks !
You cannot get an element right offset using its style, unlest the style is set and valid. Instead you must get element.offsetLeft and size of window area and do this:
new_right = windowSize()[0]-messenger.offsetLeft;
Where window size is this function.
Here is my, working, version of your function:
var last = null;
function new_chat(userid) {
if(userid==null)
userid = "user666";
var new_right;
var margin = 20;
var messenger = window.last==null?document.getElementById('messenger'):window.last; //Take the messenger or the last added chat
new_right = windowSize()[0]-messenger.offsetLeft; //Compute the window size
console.log(new_right); //Log the number
new_right += margin; //keep spaces between divs
var newChat = document.createElement("div"); //DOM create DIV
newChat.id = userid;
newChat.className = "chatbox";
newChat.style.right = new_right+"px";
window.last = newChat; //Remember whichever is last
document.body.appendChild(newChat);
}
You may get errors if console is not defined in your brouwser. But in such case you should take a better browser. Normally, the if(console!=null) is put in code.
And here is the link.
You should try adding a float style.
.chatbox {
float: right;
}
Add that to your chatbox styles. You may need to mess around a bit to make sure the float doesn't mess with your other elements. You may need a better container for them.
If you want to get really fun, you can add .draggable() from jQuery, and you can have them snap to your chat bar. You can then change the order of your chats.
How do you get an element's inner height, without padding and borders?
No jQuery, just pure JS, and a cross-browser solution (IE7 included)
var style = window.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById("Example"), null);
style.getPropertyValue("height");
The above version will work in modern browsers. Please check currentStyle for IE browsers.
clientHeight - give the height including padding but without the
borders.
getComputedStyle - a way to tap into the CSS rules of an element and retrieve a property's value (padding)
Using parseInt is a way to strip away units and leave only the numeric value (which is in pixels)
parseFloat can also be used for more precise sub-pixel measurements
Note that all values will automatically be converted by the DOM API to pixels
function getInnerHeight( elm ){
var computed = getComputedStyle(elm),
padding = parseInt(computed.paddingTop) + parseInt(computed.paddingBottom);
return elm.clientHeight - padding
}
DEMO:
// main method
function getInnerHeight( elm ){
var computed = getComputedStyle(elm),
padding = parseInt(computed.paddingTop) + parseInt(computed.paddingBottom);
return elm.clientHeight - padding
}
// demo utility function
function printInnerHeight( selector ){
console.clear()
console.log(
getInnerHeight( document.querySelector(selector) )
)
}
body{ display: flex; padding:0; margin: 0; }
div{ flex: 1; }
.demo1{
padding-top: 2vh;
padding-bottom: 1vh;
margin: 30px;
border: 10px solid salmon;
box-sizing: border-box;
outline: 1px solid red;
}
.demo2{
padding-top: 2vh;
padding-bottom: 4vh;
margin: 30px;
border: 10px solid salmon;
border-bottom-width: 0;
height: 150px;
outline: 1px solid red;
}
p::before{
content: '';
display: block;
height: 100%;
min-height: 50px;
background: lightgreen;
}
<div>
<h2>inner height should be ~50px</h2>
<button onclick="printInnerHeight('.demo1')">Get Inner Height</button>
<p class='demo1'></p>
</div>
<div>
<h2>inner height should be ~150px</h2>
<button onclick="printInnerHeight('.demo2')">Get Inner Height</button>
<p class='demo2'></p>
</div>
EDIT from comments:
http://jsfiddle.net/hTGCE/1/ (a bit more code then expected)
in the internet you find functions like this:
function getRectangle(obj) {
var r = { top: 0, left: 0, width: 0, height: 0 };
if(!obj)
return r;
else if(typeof obj == "string")
obj = document.getElementById(obj);
if(typeof obj != "object")
return r;
if(typeof obj.offsetTop != "undefined") {
r.height = parseInt(obj.offsetHeight);
r.width = parseInt(obj.offsetWidth);
r.left = r.top = 0;
while(obj && obj.tagName != "BODY") {
r.top += parseInt(obj.offsetTop);
r.left += parseInt(obj.offsetLeft);
obj = obj.offsetParent;
}
}
return r;
}
if you want to subtract the padding / border-width is set in the css-file and not dynamic in the style attribute:
var elem = document.getElementById(id);
var borderWidth = 0;
try {
borderWidth = getComputedStyle(elem).getPropertyValue('border-top-width');
} catch(e) {
borderWidth = elem.currentStyle.borderWidth;
}
borderWidth = parseInt(borderWidth.replace("px", ""), 10);
and with the padding the same. then you calculate it.
You can simply use the clientHeight and clientWidth properties.
MDN web doc for Element.clientHeight — clientWidth works exactly the same way.
i had the same problem and found out there is no native cross plattform solution but the solution is easy though
var actual_h = element.offsetHeight;
if(parseInt(element.style.paddingTop.replace('px','')) > 0){
actual_h=actual_h - parseInt(element.style.paddingTop.replace('px',''));
}
if(parseInt(element.style.paddingBottom.replace('px','')) > 0){
actual_h=actual_h - parseInt(element.style.paddingBottom.replace('px',''));
}