How to display div layer over the frames in a page

[gilbertsavier]

Hi All,

my web page does contain to 4 frames(top, left, right,bottom). in top frame i have a button . when i click on the button it renders a transparent layer(div layer/overlay) on the top frame. i want to show the overlay across the frames rather than displaying in the current frame.

i have made use of only the frames not the iframes.

please suggest me away for getting the overlay across the frames.

[Alan]

Frames are old hat and not much used now. I haven't tried this but you can try setting the absolute position using the div style. I somehow think it will not work as the div element is still tied to the frame source page. A better solution would be to do away with the frames and use javascript to move the div area to the most suitable position on the screen by altering the style properties, dynamically moving if required.