Re: [css-d] IETester vs. Real IE6: discrepancy

Peter Abramowicz wrote: > Why don't you use conditional comments for IE6 and leave italics for > all the other browsers. Agree, but a simple "old-IE" hack in the stylesheet will IMO be better... .italic {font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;} * html .italic {font-style:normal; font-weight:b

Re: [css-d] divs dropping

e...@copywritecolombia.com wrote: > Yes if you turn off the css then and just have the simple html as > long as you read it then that is correctly formatted? My question is > if there any way I can make this html better? We usually don't deal with HTML as such here on css-d. We focus on CSS st

Re: [css-d] IETester vs. Real IE6: discrepancy

Brian M. Curran wrote: > Thank you. However, could you explain a bit more because I Googled > "auto-expansion bug" and didn't find much, and my margins are set to: > margin:0; . This is as good an explanation as any for that bug in IE6 and older...

Re: [css-d] IETester vs. Real IE6: discrepancy

Brian M. Curran wrote: > I tested my page http://www.draftingservices.com/building_survey.html > in IETester and it showed my right column pushed down, as if I had an > issue with my column widths. Noticed that IE6, IETester and standalone dropped the right column when set to _normal_ or _larg

Re: [css-d] Fixed three-column with padding: newbie question

Doug Niven wrote: > However, I cannot get the middle cell to display 240px wide: > > http://people.ucsc.edu/~class1/ Subtract the side-padding from the float-width - both side-floats. width: 230px + padding-right: 10px equals float-width = 240px. That will leave 240px between the floats. rega

Re: [css-d] Div that fixed vertically but floated right

Dave M G wrote: > I am trying to create a DIV that floats to the right of some content, > but will stay fixed vertically even when the page is scrolled up or > down. Is it the behavior of the right float on this page you want... ...? If so, that's a 'right-f

Re: [css-d] Relative paths for images not working

Karl Bedingfield wrote: > Having a little problem with image paths. > [...] > My folder structure is: library folder holds css folder and images > folder. Since css folder and image folder are in same folder, try the short and direct... .header h2 a { background: url(images/linkArr

Re: [css-d] 4 part question about lining up 'boxes' of information

Lisa Frost wrote: > The page in question is here: > http://www.diabetesflight50.org/test/xhtml/supporters.html > I don't want to be emailing you all for every little thing that > stumps me. Why not? That's what CSS-D is for. :-) Floats are not well suited for that kind of line-up. Resize tex

Re: [css-d] Opera 10 and percentage min-height

Alan Gresley wrote: > What bug are you talking about. There were two bugs. > I'm only interested in the following... > 1. min-height bug with Opera 10.00 as demonstrated by Ingo and fixed > with :root { overflow: auto; }. ...and the fact that it appears to be fixed in upcoming Opera versions.

Re: [css-d] Opera 10 and percentage min-height

Ingo Chao wrote: > here is the testcase with the :root:overflow fix > http://satzansatz.de/op/minheightrootoverflow.html Great! I "arrived" late on this thread, and it is good the see a fix has been found for that irritating bug. regards Georg

Re: [css-d] :: makeready ::

David Laakso wrote: > I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions on this site. > Question: do you mean STRONG or *BOLD* when you code... Below are thumbnail images.. ...? (You know what I mean ;-) ) Also, IMO the horizontal line should be above that pa

Re: [css-d] Table-like design with numbered rows

Magnus Fahlström wrote: > I don't know how to achieve this without using a table: > http://www.magstorm.se/table.htm A table-like design with four > columns, with every row numbered, wrapped in a float:left div. For content that fits the "tabular data" definition, use HTML tables. Your example

Re: [css-d] Rounded Corners

Chick Newman wrote: > I would like to know what people are doing to create rounded corners > on div borders in non-mozilla , non-safari browsers. Still rely on "shaped corners" in all browsers, with javascript or editor generated source-code...

Re: [css-d] aligning elements

Lisa Frost wrote: > How do I go about vertically aligning the name of the villa in my > header div with the menu. > > > Page is here: http://www.villaphuket.com/dev/ Better to do it "backwards" :-) Style the ul to... #header ul { margin : 15px 0 6px 0; padding: 0; float: right; }

Re: [css-d] FireFox/CSS Question

tedd wrote: > ... Please review the following using FireFox: > > http://php1.net/a-menus/simple-drop-down/ Can't see any problems in Firefox 3.0 / 3.5 on windows or Linux. Appears and works the same as in other browsers. regards Georg ___

Re: [css-d] conditional css for Opera?

Angela French wrote: > I have some foreign language text on my page (Cambodian) which I have > rendered in html. Opera, IE, and FF all render the text in different > sizes. I have tried em, pt, px, %. I can do a conditional style > sheet to target IE, but I don't have a way to target Opera.

Re: [css-d] why does Firefox add padding?

r...@catjuggling.com wrote: > I have tried this page in Chrome, Safari, IE6, and Firefox. In the first > three browsers I get the result I expect, but Firefox is doing its own > thing. > > http://www.mcmullincreative.com/crows/ I guess you want it to appear like this...

Re: [css-d] Vertical padding weirdness

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > Will setting any small amount of padding on the innermost containing > box do the trick, like 1px or even 0px as opposed to not declaring > any padding at all? Has to result in a real vertical padding - minimum 1px - to work reliable, so 0px, or a value so small t

Re: [css-d] What defines a ture holy grail layout?

Jay Tanna wrote: > So is Lassko our resident expert on all things CSS here? Mmmm, *Laakso* is _good_ - especially at tearing our dream-designs apart. I quite often let him have a go at mine ;-) > > It is useful to know so that we can fire quick questions towards him > to his direct email. U

Re: [css-d] Vertical padding weirdness

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > So that's the margins of the h1 and the p interfering? Outside the > boxes of the divs which contain them? I *really* don't understand > how margins are calculated! You're encountering "collapsing margins"...

Re: [css-d] Background-color Modifying Element Sizes?

Hugh Guiney wrote: > http://www.nospoon.tv/test/bgcolor.html. > > I have tried this in Firefox 3.5.3 and Chrome 3.0.195.27 on Windows > XP and the result is the same. Oddly enough, IE7 renders them exactly > the opposite. So, barring that, how do I get the first example to > render the same as

Re: [css-d] Nav element is dropped in IE

Wade Smart wrote: > My friend called about her web site having an issue. > She said a button has dropped. > > http://www.bartlesvillehomefinder.net/ Zero out default margins and paddings on the ul... ul {padding: 0; margin: 0;} regards Georg __

Re: [css-d] corresponding paragraphs

bruce.som...@web.de wrote: > On the page at http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/press/press8a.html there > is an article in French with a translation. > > It was a simple matter to place the two texts side by side and at the > same time, assure that corresponding paragraphs begin on the same > line,