Does Rails provide a means for determining the width of the viewing area? What I'd like to do is to be able to say something like, 'style="width: 100%-140px"'. Thanks.
... doug
that’s a server side issue, so it’s not as much as Rails issue as a Javascript issue. And as far as I know, Rails doesn’t have any helpers for that kind of function. Try looking around for the terms javascript and window.width. that should get you started…
The width of a viewing area is a clientside thing, Rails is a serverside framework. You need to look into Prototype (a JavaScript framework), which has functions to handle this kind of thing. I can recommend the “Prototype & Scriptaculous in Action” book from Manning as well as the prototype API on Position: http://prototypejs.org/api/position
A google search should also bring up a couple of things.
Best regards
Peter De Berdt
Thanks to all. With the help I obtained, I got it working. The point about the dimensions of the viewing area being a client-side thing is well taken. Thanks again.
... doug