Video object position attribs in IE??
I'm looking for information on getting and manipulating the position attributes of embedded video objects in IE and Opera. I've written a draggable solution for defined DIV objects and this works fine with embedded video objects in the DIVs in all browsers except IE and Opera. The DIV objects are absolutely- or fixed-positioned information windows that are displayed on top of the page.
In all browsers except IE the embedded video objects drag smoothly together with the DIV containing them. In IE the video object behaves separately - it drags leaving the DIV (which is actually the object being dragged) in place, then when the user releases the mouse the DIV follows, which looks awful. The video also behaves equally independently when the content in the DIV is scrolled, also looks awful. I've spent hours trying to find a handle on the properties controlling this behavior but haven't come up with anything yet. Is there any way of controlling this?
In Opera it's not quite as bad, but there video objects don't contribute to the height of the DIV they're inserted in. As a result, when the DIV is generated automatically and sized on the basis of its content, the video often extends beyond the lower border of the DIV in Opera. I'm not so determined about dealing with Opera bugs, but if this one is solvable I'd like to find a workaround here too. Any ideas on this?