Why does a non-dynamically created iframe shim show, but a dynamically created one does not?
- by Carter
I have a custom control that is made up of a text field and the ajax control toolkit dateextender. In IE6 I'm hitting the z-index bug where the calendar is showing behind select boxes.
If I have the shim sitting in the control, initially hidden, it seems to display fine when the calendar is shown, but when I try to dynamically create the shim on showing it doesn't appear.
I've tried bgiframe and some examples I found on SO, no luck.
Here is my javascript code currently...
var dateEditorShim;
function dateEditor_OnShown(dateControl, emptyEventArgs) {
var shimWidth = dateControl._width;
var shimHeight = dateControl._height;
//var dateEditorShim;
//dateEditorShim = document.getElementById(dateEditorShimId);
dateEditorShim = document.createElement('iframe');
dateEditorShim.setAttribute('src', 'javascript:"";');
dateEditorShim.setAttribute('frameBorder', '0');
dateEditorShim.style.width = dateControl._popupDiv.offsetWidth;
dateEditorShim.style.height = dateControl._popupDiv.offsetHeight;
dateEditorShim.style.top = dateControl._popupDiv.style.top;
dateEditorShim.style.left = dateControl._popupDiv.style.left;
dateControl._popupDiv.style.zIndex = 999;
dateEditorShim.style.zIndex = 998;
dateEditorShim.style.display = "block";
}
function dateEditor_OnHiding(dateControl, emptyEventArgs) {
var shimWidth = 0;
var shimHeight = 0;
//var dateEditorShim;
//dateEditorShim = document.getElementById(dateEditorShimId);
dateEditorShim.style.width = 0;
dateEditorShim.style.height = 0;
dateEditorShim.style.top = 0;
dateEditorShim.style.left = 0;
dateEditorShim.style.display = "none";
}
You'll notice I have a commented out bit of code that gets an iframe that is embedded into the page, as I said, in this case the iframe at least shows up, but when I dynamically create it like the code above currently, it doesn't. I'm trying to figure out why.
Any ideas?
