even with a single browser I don't think it is a very clear task to get a simple layout such as the one I was trying to put together. Even just using FF.
I see many pieces of my layout discussed on various web sites: - how to do 3 cols with one expanding in width as needed - how to make a footer stick to bottom - how to make internal col section stretch vertically while other columns follow but any time I try to put more than one of these techniques together to get a "real" layout: - that has header, body, footer - all split into 3 sections - each of which has different portions to expand vert/horiz - and page fill vert/horiz one of the techniques ends up breaking the others - I don't REALLY care about browser compatibility - I can have server load different CSS based on client's browser - but even with more std compliant browser like FF 1.5 I see a slew of "tricks" like: - set min-heights on certain sections, fixed height or percentage on others - have various images to fill space and give borders since borders will only follow real content and not vertically stretched cols - set margins that are off the page - and other things that seem even less intuitive and even then.. I can't get what I want. I have come across a couple web sites where people (with far more CSS knowledge than myself) have attempted to put together a "real layout".. but have given up. when is someone going to develop the tool (like dreamweaver; but that actually works) that is CSS based rather than table based - where I can simply draw what I want; and say which regions I want to be fixed or expanded; and what backgrounds, borders, layers, etc I want - and have it spit out CSS that I can just add content to. ahhhh.. someday.... Peter Lindstrom All Analog - Technical Design Consulting Ottawa, ON Voice: 613-612-1419 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.allanalog.com ::-----Original Message----- ::From: Roger Roelofs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:23 AM ::To: css-d css-d ::Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: Re: [css-d] vertical stretch .. just can't get it :: ::Peter, :: ::On Feb 7, 2006, at 1:37 AM, Peter Lindstrom wrote: :: ::> why can't I just have: ::> ... ::> and define my width, background colors, images etc per div as I see ::> fit. ::> pretty sure it doesn't really need to be this difficult. :: ::If it weren't for old browsers (like ie6/win) you could. And, you are ::right, it shouldn't have to be this difficult. Unfortunately we have a ::somewhat non-standards-compliant browser with major market share that ::we must code around. ::-- ::Roger Roelofs ::"Remember, if youre headed in the wrong direction, :: God allows U-turns!" :: ~Allison Gappa Bottke ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
