Bill Brown wrote:
> Lesley Binks wrote:
>> Bill Brown wrote:
>>> #text { /* the text content */
>>> margin: 0;
>>> padding:0;
>>> padding-right: 190px;
>>> padding-bottom: 1px; /* ADD THIS LINE */
>>> }
>
>> I already had a padding-bottom in there at 5px.
>
> You sure did! But, er, that's not the rule I sent you. You're applying
> padding to the P, whereas the rule I sent you applies it to the DIV,
> which is what you need to prevent collapsing margins. You can, of
> course, circumvent this by applying the padding to any of the DIVs which
> contain only the Ps and not the footer image, but I tend to try and nip
> CSS quirks as early/close in the source as I can. Applying padding like
> you've done in the rule below won't cancel out collapsing margins.
>
>> #text .with_ul { /* the underlined paragraphs */
>> margin: 0;
>> padding: 0;
>> padding-bottom: 5px; /* <------- */
>> margin-top: 3px;
>> border-bottom: medium solid #ccc;
>> }
>>
>> So I tried in a the other containers I have surrounding the text and
>> helping manage the layout and hey presto :) It works :)
>>
>> Thank you so very much :)
>
> I'm glad you found a solution that works for you.
>
> --Bill
>
>
Just to confirm - it works in that div too
Regards
Lesley
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