DHTML layer resizing selection thingy question

[jeremy.king]

I am looking to emulate the way you can click and drag across items to select them in a web page. Basically, I want to click in the upper left of what would become a selection box and drag the mouse to the lower right and this would effectively draw a semi-transparent layer where I can still see the items beneath it.

To see what I mean, simply open a finder window. Click anywhere that is whitespace and then drag with the mouse button down. The same effect is in Windows XP too.

Anyone know a good site that may have source for this effect using DHTML? I know I could do this on my own with some time, but unfortunately I don't have very much at all.

PS. Whats the official term for this effect? Might help in my googling....

Thanks,

 

[iMeowbot]

http://www.walterzorn.com/dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm has examples of dragging and resizing layers, plus a few other gimmicks. That doesn't try to "select" anything, but you can get there with the coordinates, I hope?

 

[jeremy.king]

http://www.walterzorn.com/dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm has examples of dragging and resizing layers, plus a few other gimmicks. That doesn't try to "select" anything, but you can get there with the coordinates, I hope?

Edit: I got it working in IE. Need to really place the js inside the body tag.