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Jim7283
02-05-2008, 02:08 PM
Hi All,

I'm working on a putting together a simple script that will allow for <div>'s to be displayed after clicking on a link. I've gotten pretty far, but am running into a problem with the stack order. Basically after clicking multiple links, the last one clicked will not stack properly unless the 'top' <div> is turned off first. Any ideas on how best to tackle this? Here is my code:


<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Script to fix IE6 on hovers
sfHover = function() {
var sfEls = document.getElementById("nav").getElementsByTagName("LI");
for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" sfhover";
}
sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
}
}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);

// Adds the expand/collapse functionality to <divs>
function showHide(elementid){
if (document.getElementById(elementid).style.display == 'none'){
document.getElementById(elementid).style.display = '';
} else {
document.getElementById(elementid).style.display = 'none';
}
}
</script>
<style type="text/css">
* {margin:0; padding:0;}
ul li {display:inline; list-style-type:none;}
ul li a {border:1px solid #000;}

div {width:450px;}
div div {border:1px solid #000; position:absolute;}

.green {color:green;}
.red {color:red;}
.orange {color:orange;}
.purple {color:purple;}
.blue {color:blue;}

</style>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Hidden Divs</title>
</head>

<body>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="javascript:showHide('sample1')">Sample 1</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showHide('sample2')">Sample 2</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showHide('sample3')">Sample 3</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showHide('sample4')">Sample 4</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showHide('sample5')">Sample 5</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="sample1" class="green" style="display:none;">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</div>
<div id="sample2" class="red" style="display:none;">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</div>
<div id="sample3" class="blue" style="display:none;">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</div>
<div id="sample4" class="purple" style="display:none;">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</div>
<div id="sample5" class="orange" style="display:none;">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>

Jim7283
02-05-2008, 04:21 PM
Well it's not pretty, but it works:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Show/Hide Multiple Divs</title>
<style type="text/css">
* {margin:0; padding:0;}
#services {margin:25px auto; width:75%;}
#services div {visibility:hidden; position:absolute; border:1px solid #000; width:450px; height:325px;}
#services ul li {display:inline; list-style-type:none;}
#services ul li a {border:1px solid #000;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
numdivs=5
IE5=NN4=NN6=false
if(document.all)IE5=true
else if(document.layers)NN4=true
else if(document.getElementById)NN6=true

function init() {
showDiv(0)
}
function showDiv( which ) {
for(i=0;i<numdivs;i++) {
if(NN4) eval("document.div"+i+".visibility='hidden'")
if(IE5) eval("document.all.div"+i+".style.visibility='hidden'")
if(NN6) eval("document.getElementById('div"+i+"').style.visibility='hidden'")
}
if(NN4) eval("document.div"+which+".visibility='visible'")
if(IE5) eval("document.all.div"+which+".style.visibility='visible'")
if(NN6) eval("document.getElementById('div"+which+"').style.visibility='visible'")
}
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad="init()">
<div id="services">
<ul>
<li><a href="javascript:showDiv(0)">Page 1</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showDiv(1)">Page 2</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showDiv(2)">Page 3</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showDiv(3)">Page 4</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:showDiv(4)">Page 5</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="div0">This is div0</div>
<div id="div1">This is div1</div>
<div id="div2">This is div2</div>
<div id="div3">This is div3</div>
<div id="div4">This is div4</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>