Comments on: Looking for Impromptu Advice

By: trent

trent — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:06:32 +0000

As of now this problem still existes, although Impromptu does use a percentage to move as close to the top as possible, long prompts will still encounter this. For large prompts I have have begun organizing the content into columns to keep the height shorter, plus it looks neater. However to answer your question it hasn’t been fixed.

By: Pierre Olivier Martel

Pierre Olivier Martel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:33:07 +0000

So did a solution get implemented? I downloaded the latest version and I get the scrolling problem when my prompt is bigger than my window. I tried setting the prompt to absolute instead of fixed and it worked except that the fade does not cover the whole document.

By: trent

trent — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:50:35 +0000

I think the fade in Impromptu takes the height of “box”. Box is just a container for the fade and the prompt. So to make it cover the entire document you will need to change the height of it. Did you try using jQuery’s method to get the document height?

The reason I changed it from this to simply the viewing window’s size is because the document could be smaller than the window, and it left a large unfaded area at the bottom, so I just saw it easier to always make the fade the size of the window.. sorry lol

By: Ben K

Ben K — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:31:35 +0000

i had trouble positioning the fade over the entire document instead of window in ie6. i got frustrated with it and gave up.

By: trent

trent — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:02:23 +0000

Thanks shad, I just hate to automatically resize the prompt and take the control out the developers hands. I keep getting the feeling of when people use to resize windows with javascript and that aggravated me. Perhaps I should just add an option as Ben K suggest. jQuery now has the dimension functions within it so I can more easily determine the window size, scroll position, etc.. Here’s what I’m thinking:

-Make the fade cover the entire document(not window as it currently does)
-if the option is to use position fixed the prompt will function as normal, this will be the default for backwards compatibility
-if the option is to use absolute, the prompt will get the current scroll position, and place the prompt according to that

This solution might take a little time, I have this and a few more minor changes to make. Please keep commenting with ideas!

By: Ben K

Ben K — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:55:38 +0000

I have a impromptu form where a user can ajax upload an image onto it.
If the image uploaded is large, the impromptu form will grow off the page.
this especially happens if the users are using a smaller desktop size eg 1024×768.

My suggestion would be to add an appropriately named parameter e.g. “fixed” that allows you to either have the box scroll or be fixed.

i was very close to implementing this but i can’t get the darned fader overlay to be fixed in ie6 ;)

By: Shad

Shad — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:48:18 +0000

How about checking the width and height of the browser window and set the width and height of the prompt to be smaller?