Drag Scroller
FAQs
1. The scroller works fine in all browsers but fails to scroll in Netscape 4.
Make sure you have no styles applied directly to the content layers. The styles for the content layers are not on the <div> tag itself, rather are fully qualified with an ID Selector in a <style> tag in the <head> of the document and must be this way in order to function in the Netscape 4 series of browsers.
What causes this to happen to the scroller usually is by moving any of the content layers around in Dreamweaver design view either with your mouse or by selecting the layer and using the Property Inspector to change any of the content divs values.
FIX: Remove the styles from the content divs.
BEFORE - incorrect
<div id="dsvContent1" style="left: 0px; top: 0px">
AFTER - correct
<div id="dsvContent1">
If you want to alter any attribute if the content layers you should always use the Dreamweaver CSS Panel to do so.
2. Using your own, or different than the default images for the controls.
By default the extension inserts all of the ( 4 ) images necessary for the drag scroller. You can use your own set of images or ones that are different than the default. Your own images can be placed anywhere in your site, you do not have to use the ones in the default "drag_images" folder. However...
*** It is best that you allow the extension to use the default images when inserting the scroller for the first time.
Once you have inserted the scroller and the default images have been placed in your site and your document there are a couple of ways to use your own images.
- Overwriting the originals
- Changing the path to your own images in another folder
Overwriting the originals
This method simply entails exporting your own images into the default "drag_images" folder located in the root of the site the page you are working on. The images must be named the same as the default images in order for the extension to "see" them and make any size adjustments necessary when making changes via the extension interface.
If the images are of a different size then the originals all you will need to do is open the document containing the DragScroller - launch the interface - and press OK. The extension will readjust the control images sizes and position to match the new dimensions.
If this method id used you do not need to check the "Preserve control images src" checkbox when updating the scroller from the interface.
Changing the path to your own images in another folder
Once the scroller has been inserted using the original default images, and your new images placed where you want them in your site, open the document containing the DragScroller. Select each of the 4 images ( one at a time ) and use the Property Inspector to browse to your new image location. If the image dimensions are different you should change the layers containing the images dimensions to match the images dimensions. This is done by selecting the layer with your mouse and entering the new dimensions in the Property Inspectors W and H fields.
Updating the track image is a little different. Before changing the original to the new one select the track image and note its dimensions. Then proceed by browsing to the new image. After it has been inserted, enter the dimensions in the Property Inspector of the original track image for the new image used. This is necessary because the track images are actually smaller then the actual track length and are just "stretched" to fit. You can use your own full length track image if you like as well.
If your new images are a different size then the defaults you may have to manually readjust their position to match the DragScrollers height and position. You can do this by selecting the image layers and moving them by pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard.
If this method is used you will need to make sure the "Preserve control images src" checkbox is checked when updating the scroller from the interface.
*** If the images are placed in another folder in your site other than the "drag_images" folder the extension will check the "Preserve control images src" for you automatically.
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extension Information
- Type: Suite
- Version: 1.6.1
- DW4 · MX · DW8 · CS3
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