Question

I am trying to add an “additional information” style iframe when you hover over a particular area of text. With the help of some javascript and css and two divs in my basic setup.

<a 
   onmouseover="ShowContent('uniquename3'); return true;"
   onmouseout="HideContent('uniquename3'); return true;"
   href="javascript:ShowContent('uniquename3')">
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</a>
<div 
   id="uniquename3" 
   style="display:none; position:relative; left:0px; top:10px; border-style: none; background-color: gray; padding: 5px;overflow:none;width:212px;z-index:5;">
 <iframe src="Test2.html" width="212px" height="340px" border="0" scrollbar="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>
</div>
<div id="other" style="z-index:1;">
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</div>

The problem i’m having is that my javascript positions the new div with the iframe where my mouse is, and then bumps all of my text around. Really what I need to do is have the iframe show up but not mess with the elements around it. Currently when you would hover over the anchor it will bump all the lorem ipsum down by the length of the div with the iframe in it. I can provide a working example on my website if anyone would like to see exactly what I mean.

Answer 1

Try this:

#uniquename3{
  display:none;
  position:relative;
  left:0px;
  top:10px;
  border-style: none;
  background-color: gray;
  padding: 5px;
  overflow:none;
  width:212px;
  z-index:5;
}
#uniquename3 iframe{
  display:none;
  position:absolute;
  left:0px; /* pos as needed */
  top:0px;
}