Alternative to Smart Navigation

Colonel Angus · July 27th, 2004, 09:13 AM

I think the designation "Smart Navigation" is a misnomer. I think it could have been implemented much better. (and it won't work for me)

I need a solution to retain my scroll position on postback.

With this in mind, I have been poking around looking for alternatives. However, all I have found falls into these categories:
1. Doesn't work
2. Difficult to implement
3. Has to be translated into VB.NET

Is anyone using a solution to this problem?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

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planoie · July 27th, 2004, 09:20 AM

Put a hidden form input control on the page, make it runat="server" so the value is retained on postback. Use the <body onScroll=""> event to save the current scroll position (document.body.scrollTop) of the page into that hidden input. Use the onLoad event to set the body's scroll position to the value stored within that hidden input. You may also do the same for the horizontal scroll (scrollLeft).

stu9820 · July 27th, 2004, 09:20 AM

Also, Smart Navigation only works for IE.

planoie · July 27th, 2004, 09:27 AM

Yes, smart nav works only in IE because of the use of Iframes.

The solution I posted does work in Netscape. Although you get a "flicker" when the page loads!

Colonel Angus · July 27th, 2004, 10:11 AM

Thank you!! This is exactly what I was hoping for.

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