Floating Run/Cancel Buttons

[squish88]

Hey guys,

   My users don't like having to scroll to the bottom of the prompt page to click on the run/cancel buttons.  Does anyone happen to know of a way to get them to "float" so to speak at the "bottom" of what's currently showing in the window?

Thanks in advance!!

[MFGF]

I guess you could put them inside a table cell, and put the prompts into another table cell directly above (with a specified size and overflow)? I can't test this right now, but it's worth a shot...

MF.

[Lynn]

I always put my prompt controls in tables along with the cancel/finish buttons in the last row of the table. No need for size and overflow. I do set padding in that row to separate the buttons a little from the controls.

[squish88]

I'll try 'em both.   Thanks guys!!

[MFGF]

I always put my prompt controls in tables along with the cancel/finish buttons in the last row of the table. No need for size and overflow. I do set padding in that row to separate the buttons a little from the controls.

If you don't set size and overflow on the table cell containing the prompt controls, is there another trick to preventing the table cell containing the prompt buttons from disappearing off the bottom of the screen? I'm a little befuddled today, sorry! :)

[Lynn]

Oh, I see what you mean! In my approach the buttons will float beneath the last prompt control so they could be off the bottom of the screen if there are more prompt controls than will fit. You'd need to scroll on the prompt page in that case.

[MFGF]

Aha! So I'm not quite senile after all :) My thinking was that setting a specific size and overflow on the table cell containing the prompt controls would cause the cell to adopt a scroll bar, but the cell below would be fixed on the page in a set place... If I get some time, I will try it...

[Lynn]

I think a block with scroll bars would do the trick.

[MFGF]

Aha! A nice, elegant solution.