Fixes #2947: User hover menu attached to body and shows regardless of overflow.

git-svn-id: http://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@8353 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544

diff --git a/js/lib/ui.js b/js/lib/ui.js
index f61e2faea546333e8cee8e599de4baa1a0ba2224..bd2541ec9bf76d1559df7b0a82adc05eb427dff5 100644 (file)
--- a/js/lib/ui.js
+++ b/js/lib/ui.js
@@ -111,17 +111,31 @@ elgg.ui.initHoverMenu = function(parent) {
 
        // avatar contextual menu
        $(".elgg-avatar > .elgg-icon-hover-menu").live('click', function(e) {
+               // check if we've attached the menu to this element already
+               var $hovermenu = $(this).data('hovermenu') || null;
 
-               var $hovermenu = $(this).parent().find(".elgg-menu-hover");
+               if (!$hovermenu) {
+                       var $hovermenu = $(this).parent().find(".elgg-menu-hover");
+                       $(this).data('hovermenu', $hovermenu);
+               }
 
                // close hovermenu if arrow is clicked & menu already open
                if ($hovermenu.css('display') == "block") {
                        $hovermenu.fadeOut();
                } else {
                        $avatar = $(this).closest(".elgg-avatar");
-                       $hovermenu.css("top", ($avatar.height()) + "px")
-                                       .css("left", ($avatar.width()-15) + "px")
+
+                       var offset = $avatar.offset();
+                       var top = $avatar.height() + offset.top + 'px';
+                       var left = $avatar.width() - 15 + offset.left + 'px';
+
+                       $hovermenu.appendTo('body')
+                                       .css('position', 'absolute')
+                                       .css("top", top)
+                                       .css("left", left)
                                        .fadeIn('normal');
+                       hoverIt = $hovermenu;
+                       console.log($hovermenu);
                }
 
                // hide any other open hover menus