[themes] Corralling a stray button

[Jeff Greenberg]

So here is what I discovered. It is something that Drupal is doing in
rendering. Here is an uncomplicated html example that works fine in a .html
file

<div style="position:relative">
    <div style="position: absolute;top:100;">
        This is a test
        <input type="button" value="test" />
    </div>
</div>

In Drupal, my outer div is the region, which I mark as relative positioning
in the css. The inner div is a block, which I mark as absolute positioning
in the css. The block appears correctly. The button, whether I create it
via $mybutton=theme(button), or create it via $mybutton="<input
type=button>, I have tried printing the variable from the template and
inside the block, and the markup always ends up like this:

<div>
  <div>
     block stuff
  </div>
</div>
<input>

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Carl Wiedemann <carl.wiedemann at gmail.com>wrote:

> Global variables are not necessary and should be avoided.
>
> Does it *visually* appear outside of the enclosing divs, or are you
> talking strictly about the markup? The former could indicate a mere CSS
> error.
>
> Consider providing a pastebin of both the preprocess and markup to help
> diagnose.
>
> Carl Wiedemann
> Website design & development consulting | c4rl.ws
> carl.wiedemann at gmail.com | skype: c4rlww
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Jeff Greenberg <
> listmail.ayendesigns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In D7, in template.php, I'm hooking preprocess_page and setting a $vars[]
>> variable = theme_button.
>>
>> In a block, I have this:
>>
>> <?php global $signup_button; ?>
>> <div id="signup"><?php print $signup_button; ?></div>
>>
>> The button appears in the page source outside of those enclosing divs.
>>  What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>
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