You can drag and drop layer as virtual window in your page
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' Name: Drag and Drop Layer
' Description:You can drag and drop layer as virtual window in your page
' By: A Madarum
'
'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2793&lngWId=14'for details.'**************************************
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Drag and Drop Layers</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT>
/*
* Name: Drag and Drop Layers
* Description:Drag and drop virtual window on your page
*
* note:
* i just test it in ie 5 and opera 6
* it can't work in netscape yet
* last modified 4/9/2002 12:57PM
*/
is_opera = (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("opera") != -1);
var curObj = null; /* current object wich be drag */
var mouseY = 0; /* mouse X */
var moousX = 0; /* mouse Y */
var dx = 0;
var dy = 0;
function dragThis(what){
var tmp;
alert(what);
if (document.all) tmp = document.all[what].style;
else if (document.getElementById) tmp = document.getElementById(what).style;
else if (document.layers) tmp=document.layers[what];
curObj = tmp;
var str = "";
var i=0;
str = tmp.left; /* in ie style.left="12px" and in opere style.left="12" */
i= (!is_opera) ? str.substr(0,str.length-2) : str;
dx = mouseX - i;
str = tmp.top;
i= (!is_opera) ? str.substr(0,str.length-2) : str;
dy = mouseY - i;
}
function mouseMove(e){
mouseX = (document.all)? event.clientX : e.x;
mouseY = (document.all)? event.clientY : e.y;
if (curObj){
curObj.left= mouseX - dx;
curObj.top = mouseY - dy;
}
}
function mouseUp() {
curObj = null;
}
if (document.layers)document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
document.onmousemove=mouseMove;
document.onmouseup=mouseUp;
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!------------- start layer ------------------>
<script>
var tag="div";
if (document.layers) tag = "layer";
document.write("<"+tag+" id=\"winDrag\" style=\"position:absolute\">");
</script>
<TABLE><TR><TD bgcolor=000000>
<TABLE bgcolor=ffffff><TR bgcolor=dcdcdc onmousedown="dragThis('winDrag')"><TD>X</TD></TR>
<TR bgcolor=ffcccc><TD>
<TABLE><TR><TD nowrap>Drag on the baner above<BR>by <CODE>xMadda</CODE></TD></TR></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>
<script>
document.write("</"+tag+">");
</script>
<!------------- end layer -------------------->
</BODY>
</HTML>
That's quite good. It's short but usefull. But i think you should work on it again coz sometime after you hold down the mouse too long you'll find that it's follow the mouse without dragging it. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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