Re: [css-d] To style a specific image?

Tony asked: > Anyone know of a way to target a specific image on a page > with css? For > example; > > #contentHmpg img images/home/hmpgLogo.gif {display: none;} > > images/home/hmpgLogo.gif includes the path to the file hmpgLogo.gif. > > Of course this doesn¹t work, but you get the idea. Ton

Re: [css-d] border-collapse bug. (?)

Jim wrote: > On 5/18/06, Ingo Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think Ron Pringle struggled with a similar problem, see > his wiki page > > http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=StylingTableCaptions > > > > Maybe there are some ideas how to fix it in your case. > > > > Ingo > > This is great.

Re: [css-d] Lock down some text sizes

Kenny replied: > > How can I specify a font size that's bulletproof as regards > > increasing the browser's text size? > > View your page at normal font size, take a screenshot of it, and write > the following code: > > > > > > and add an image map. Hello! There is an excellent page [0] i

Re: [css-d] Border around div

David wrote: > Why does the following produce a border around my div? And > how do I get rid of it? > > > > Thanks, > David Try setting the border to border:none; Regards, Ron __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-

Re: [css-d] horizontal menu help

Travis wrote: > I am trying to make a menu without images. I want it to be > something like: > Menu Item1 | Menu Item2 | Menu Item3 | Menu Item4 | Menu Item5 > > and would like to use type markup. Does > anyone have a good example or link how I can do this? > > Travis D. Falls | Consult

Re: [css-d] table forces float down?

Els wrote: > Tom Dell'Aringa wrote: > > [table causing div to drop] > > I removed all the borders with no luck. It appears the problem > > is the auto width on the body div. When I changed the widths > > to 24% / 74%, it works - see page now: > > > > http://www.pixelmech.com/rev/posts_multiple.htm

Re: [css-d] Vertically aligning decimal values in tables?

I wrote: > CSS2 allowed for aligning text on a string [0], however, that > seems to have been deprecated in CSS2.1 and I have no clue > which, if any, browsers, ever supported it in the first place. > > Might be interesting to test. > > Ron > > [0] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/tables.html#co

Re: [css-d] Vertically aligning decimal values in tables?

David wrote: > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:15:50 -0400, Marc Luzietti wrote: > > > Is there a setting in CSS that allows you to vertically > align decimals > > in tables? > > Not in CSS, Marc. HTML has the 'align=char' attribute for > table cols, viz: > > But browser support is poor or non-exi

Re: [css-d] how 2 prevent centered container's LEFT margin disappearing as browser < 'mid-width' ?

You're welcome :-) It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that out the first time! So simple, yet not apparent! Regards, Ron > hi ron, > > thx for the reply & the reference! :-) > > >> iiuc, to keep a container centered, i need to use the negative left > >> margin spec ... > > >

Re: [css-d] how 2 prevent centered container's LEFT margin disappearing as browser < 'mid-width' ?

Richard wrote: > iiuc, to keep a container centered, i need to use the negative left > margin spec ... Actually you can use the following code: On body, add text-align:center; and then add margin:0 auto; to the container. Just remember to re-set any text within that container to text-align: l

Re: [css-d] What are these weird classifiers?

Reese wrote: > Earlier today, while reviewing the Web site of a potential client, I > saw in the HTML source code several classifier names that looked wrong > to me. These are copied from the potential client's HTML page: > > > > > > > > > > Those are all valid class names. "wide botto

Re: [css-d] Float problems in Firefox 1.5

> Ingo Chao wrote: > > > > > > > >Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nam > > luctus urna non sem. > > > > > > If the window is wide enough, the Lorem ipsum stays next to > the yellow > > float. But if the window is narrowed, the Lorem ipsum does > not wrap, it

Re: [css-d] Float problems in Firefox 1.5

Prabhath wrote: I wrote: > > So, to reiterate, the main content starting with the > graphic "Welcome" is improperly clearing the white Aurora > logo. Both are floated left. This problem appears in Firefox > 1.5 on my Win2K pc. > > Are you sure the "Welcome" graphic is floated? I can't seem to

[css-d] Float problems in Firefox 1.5

Hmm. Having an odd issue with Firefox not properly displaying a float. Two columns floated left, the second column ends up under the first floated column, instead of next to it, as it should. I've not added a clear to the overall container, so a large horizontal white space appears where the fl

Re: [css-d] MIR Image Replacement Bug Question

Anthony wrote: > I'm using the Malarkey Image Replacement technique on a site I'm > currently developing (links to related pages follow) > > http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/mir_image_replacement.html > > http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/examples/malarkey-method- > example.h

Re: [css-d] Targeting DIV question

Ben Munat wrote: > Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > > Jim Davis wrote: > > > >>Here is a link to a demo by Stu Nicholls that uses hover to > change the > >>"page". > >> > >>http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/one_page.html > >> > >>Perhaps his method will provide inspiration. > >> > > > > > > While Stu

Re: [css-d] newbie CSS on Firefox problem

Bill wrote: > Greetings from a CSS newbie; > > I apologize in advance for violating the prohibition on > posting code but 1) I have no where to put this yet, and 2) > it's so trivial I'm hoping you'll allow it. > > Here's my problem. I cannot get even a trivial piece of CSS > working on Fire

Re: [css-d] IE 6 problem on first visit to page using Gilder/LevinImage Replacement

Josh wrote: > My organization recently launched a completely redesigned web > site. Since then, we have been getting complaints from IE 6 users that > page title graphics are mis-positioned and overlapping page text the > first time that they visit a page, but then are positioned > correctl

Re: [css-d] The captions! The captions! AUGH!!!!!

Marc wrote: > The code below generates a header on the top-left of the > table. The text > in the element, however, rolls up into a ball on the > other end of the > table. > It should start right under the heading. I've tried giving a > width:auto > and the > holly hack, but to no avail. I'v

Re: [css-d] css vertical menu that expands down

ontheroad wrote: > Any recommendations on a CSS menu that can be configured to > expand down, > pushing other menu items down, so that don't cover the > subsequent items? I would highly recommend Chris Heilmann's PDE (Pure Dom Explorer) [0]. Regards, Ron [0] http://onlinetools.org/tools/dom

Re: [css-d] What difference a word makes

Skip wrote: > This appears to be an exotic HTML issue, but I strongly > suspect it's related to CSS, so I'm posting the question here. > > This problem only appears in IE (tested in 6) and not in > Firefox. It was sent to me by a client who can't figure out > why the content area is popping ou

Re: [css-d] IE drop float problem that fixes on page refresh

Dan wrote: > I have done a few layout recently that have this problem: > > Looks great in FF, but some users get a dropped float the > first time they visit > the site in IE 6. Real tricky one for me since during > development I never see > the problem, and I can't duplicate the problem even af

Re: [css-d] relative path to css file

Jim wrote: > > Is there a shortcut for adding css file addresses to deeply > nested files? Do I need all those dots and slashes every time? > > > /* > /*]]>*/ > You could use an absolute path: @import url(/directoryname/myC

Re: [css-d] IE 6.0 Crashes browser on text resize

I previously wrote: > Nice job Francky! I was going to suggest it might be a > repeating background but got caught up in urgent requests > here at work. > > regards, > > Ron Apologies to the list for that lengthy, unneeded, top-posted, untrimmed post. It was meant for private email and not

Re: [css-d] IE 6.0 Crashes browser on text resize

> Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org; Pringle, Ron; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [css-d] IE 6.0 Crashes browser on text resize > > > Hi Francky > > I logged off just before I got this last night! > > First off apologies for working on the page whilst you were &g

Re: [css-d] IE 6.0 Crashes browser on text resize

Ben wrote: > Hi follks > > I am not sure if this is a common problem or not, I have > tried Googling it > but with limited success! > > I have the following page which displays fine in Firefox 1.5 > (I have opted > to develop in Firefox first then address the majority of IE > issues using a >

Re: [css-d] Sidebar being pushed down in IE6

Ingo wrote: Julie Harpring wrote: > > I would greatly appreciate any help with the the problem below. > > Here's the URL: http://gradschool.missouri.edu/financial/index.htm > > > > On a few computers using IE6 in our office, though, the > sidebar is pushed > > down (still floated to the left,

Re: [css-d] Nav Problem

Les wrote: > Maybe I've just been awake too many hours, but I can't find this > > http://www.takachroe.com/index.cfm > > > Look at the nav. It's not that compliated and works perfect > in I.E., but > in Netscape and Firefox, there's problems selecting the last > two links. > > It's just

Re: [css-d] Lists in menus and elsewhere on the same page

Ian- Disregard my private email to you. I sent it by accident before fully realizing the problem. The information below will sort you out. Ian wrote: > I'm getting in a knot over list items. I am using one for a > horizontal menu and that is working fine. However, I want also to > have a

Re: [css-d] Parallel texts

Lars wrote: > For a transcription that I am doing, I need syncronised parallel > texts with a dividing line running down the gutter. If I understand > the CSS box model correctly, the following CSS would do the trick: > > This works as expected in Amaya 9.4 and Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 >

Re: [css-d] Another Float Drop problem in IE [SOLVED]

I previously wrote: > My second IE float drop issue for the week. > > This one appears to only affect the Home Page of my site. the > div that's dropping is #mainContent, but I suspect its > something within the div particular to that page that is > causing the drop. > > It only happens when

[css-d] Another Float Drop problem in IE

My second IE float drop issue for the week. This one appears to only affect the Home Page of my site. the div that's dropping is #mainContent, but I suspect its something within the div particular to that page that is causing the drop. It only happens when resizing the screen in IE6 (that I kno

Re: [css-d] IE6 Float Drop Issues [SOLVED]

> Pringle, Ron wrote: > > ...Basically the problem is that the right non-floated > > column is dropping below the left-floated container. ... > > URL: http://tinyurl.com/mxtve > > Ingo replied: >#container { float: left; width: 100%; margin-left: -33px;}

[css-d] IE6 Float Drop Issues

Hello all- Working on the prototype for a new site and having problems with a float drop in IE6. The site design is based off of TJK's left floated 3-col layout [0]. Basically the problem is that the right non-floated column is dropping below the left-floated container. I've tried the usual fi

Re: [css-d] Centred images, assistance please

Mike wrote: > I'm hoping someone on the list can provide a little help, please. > > I'm playing around with three centred columns each with two > vertical images. > Can't seem to get it right. How to do? I've put an example up > on my dump > site, www.qwqwk.com. Mike- I'm assuming you mean t

Re: [css-d] Help with css layout from newbie

Paul said: > Keep in mind also that directly indicating measurement types > is always a > plus, and you can shortcut colors when you are dealing with paired > sets. Thus Actually, for zero values, you do not need to specify units of measurement. I don't know why specifying a unit would help y

Re: [css-d] Site Check: www.girlscantwhat.com

Felix wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:26:00 -0600: > > > Also - what are the advantages/disadvantages of using em > width verses % > > width on the columns? > > I don't see anything to directly address this on the wiki home page. > Felix- That was an excellent descr

Re: [css-d] Site Check: www.girlscantwhat.com

> > > http://www.girlscantwhat.com > > > I can confirm the browser crashing Georg experienced using > IE6 on Win2K. > I'll take a look in Firefox. I experienced this problem on my own site > and ultimately it had to do with the IE repeating characters bug > attempting to repeat an empty div

Re: [css-d] Site Check: www.girlscantwhat.com

Georg wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would appreciate some feedback on how everything looks at this > > stage. > > > http://www.girlscantwhat.com > > A couple of remarks... > > You should test out the stability of your layout when font-resizing is > applied in browsers. A bit weak in

Re: [css-d] Thead in IE6

Marc- > Okay, now I'm trying to style a thead (and soon tbody and tfoot). I > get nothin'. It's for an internal app and we're designing for IE 6 for > Win2K. This *should* work. > > > > VARIABLE > RATE > MARGIN > > > > table { >

Re: [css-d] Need help!

> Julie Flolo wrote: > > > My main question right now is: Why isn't the background on the top > > horizontal menu going all the way to the top of the > element? There's > > a gap between the top logo and the menu, and the page background is > > showing. Julie- Others noted the solution to yo

Re: [css-d] Floating in with the tide

> When I try and float right something in the same element > as something not floated, the line always breaks, i.e., > > > Loan Amount Restricted by Tier LTV Maximum ? > Yes ==> Lower The Loan Amount > > > with the following CSS: > > caption { > text-align:left; >

Re: [css-d] CSS Menu does not display in IE7beta2 // ALA Holy Grailfails in IE7b2

> > You forgot to include the fix for IE: > > > > * html #menu { > > left: 150px; /* value equal to the right col width */ > > } > > According to http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail that is > supposed to be for IE6. I tried adding the fix, but it did not fix the > problem. >

Re: [css-d] Boxes breaking out of formation (floats)

Rich wrote: > Hi Guys > > Could someone take a look at this site please? (CSS Embedded) > > > > I am informed that the end box is breaking out of formation in IE > (AOL). Is this correct and if so is there a reason please? > > Many thanks. > -- > Rich R

Re: [css-d] HTML/PHP form - button problem in IE

> Ron - thanks for checking! No, it's not fixed (wish it were!). > > The button should line up with the left edge of the box > above. I realize it > doesn't actually create an error but I just don't understand > why it's not > over on the left as in FF. I'm still learning CSS so I guess > eve

Re: [css-d] HTML/PHP form - button problem in IE

Edith Karnitsch wrote: > I've created an HTML form and in IE the "reset" button > appears towards the > middle of the page, rather than being floated left as I'd > like it to (in FF > it all looks okay). > > Form page here: > http://www.terranetwork.net/test/enquiry_form_060206.php > For test

Re: [css-d] CSS Menu does not display in IE7beta2

TR Valentine wrote: > Although still in early stages, I am stumped as to why the left-side > menu is completely missing from the display in IE7beta2 (WinXPsp2). > The menu displays fine in FF 1.5 and Opera 8. > > page: http://plano.lib.il.us/testing/new/test3.html > > Any one run into this probl

Re: [css-d] IE won't let static content move up to flow around

> So this innocent looking documentation attempt > > > > > may cause problems that are difficult to debug. Authors are > baffled when > IE6 kicks one or two characters into the screen where they > don't belong to. > >( > Or, I haven't had time to test it, are we allowed to add a

Re: [css-d] correct way for if/else CSS

Bob Wrote: > What is the best (correct perhaps) way to place if/else > clauses in CSS? > For instance, if IE - do this, else > > I currently use a javascript test to check for which browser, > and if IE > add the relevant CSS. Seems inefficient. Is this a better > option that > can be

Re: [css-d] IE won't let static content move up to flow aroundfloats

> Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > > http://www.pixelsurge.com/experiment/ie-float-clear-bug.html > > > Zoe, > > I'm absolutely not sure, but it looks like the problem on > that page and > the fix I am suggesting are somehow related to what Bruno has > described here > > http://www.brunildo.or

Re: [css-d] Table Caption Disappears - Opera 8.5

> To summarize, you need to feed Opera a 0px margin-left value > via a hack, > since IE and Firefox probably need that -1px setting due to rounding > errors. > > Regards, > Ron > > Hi Ron and others, > > What kind of hack would that be that is read by Opera but not other > browsers? I'm not exa

Re: [css-d] Table Caption Disappears - Opera 8.5

lr wrote: > What is it about this CSS... > > caption, caption a { background: url(/images/caption.gif) > #69c; color: > #eee; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1px; padding: 5px; border: 1px > solid #69c; } > > ...that makes Opera 8.5 refuse to show the caption - at all? > > lr Its the margi

Re: [css-d] problem printing textarea

I mistakenly wrote: > The problem is the overflow:visible declaration. This is causing the > content to overflow the container, no matter what the container > dimensions are. So even though the browser can scale the > container since > you've not defined its dimensions, the actual content is > s

Re: [css-d] problem printing textarea

C. Sitaram Reddy Wrote: > >From: Zoe M. Gillenwater > > > >C. Sitaram Reddy wrote: > > > > >When I print a page (in IE 6.0, FireFox 1.5), text that is > far to the > >right > > >on the screen is getting chopped off. I have > > > > > >textarea {height:auto; overflow:visible;} > > > > > >in my sty

Re: [css-d] Flickering and Oozing UL background

> It seems to me there must be something very basic going on > here, and yet > I can't figure it out, and you are the first person on any > mailing list > who has ever even attempted to offer a suggestion. > > If you or anyone else has any other ideas regarding this > mystery, I'd be > very

Re: [css-d] Firefox 1.5 problem with display: inline-table?

Phillipe wrote: > The error console in Firefox 1.5 now flags all CSS /errors/ it sees > in the stylesheet. The word /error/ is a bit of a misnomer: it > includes real errors: > {backgrond:... /* spellcheck ! :-)*/}, > but also all property/value pairs that Gecko does not understand, or > d

Re: [css-d] Centering myself

> http://hhp.umd.edu/home/whats_new_scroll.cfm > > I have a header that is comprised of an image of a stretched-out > single pixel grey line, then two words, then another line stretching > out to the right. This is supposed to almost fill a table cell and > then have the whole thing center

[css-d] Firefox 1.5 problem with display: inline-table?

I've noticed since upgrading to Firefox 1.5 here at work that I get an error message whne viewing my site, that I didn't get before. The message is: Error: Error in parsing value for property 'display'. Declaration dropped. Source File: /default02.css Line: 1363 Line 1363 is: .historyclear {

Re: [css-d] Navigation Hover Problems -http://csufresno.edu/friendsofce/

> I didn't give the correct URL... > > http://csufresno.edu/friendsofce/index-1.php > > Sorry, thanks! > > On 1/9/06, Pringle, Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I just designed the barbones of a site layout > > > (http://csufre

Re: [css-d] Navigation Hover Problems -http://csufresno.edu/friendsofce/

> I just designed the barbones of a site layout > (http://csufresno.edu/friendsofce/) and I am having two problems. I > will focus on one problem in this thread. > > In I.E. the little triangluar image is reavealed next to the links > when hovered over, but not in Fire Fox. The image is way to th

Re: [css-d] Weird behaviour of IE 6.0 (using floated DIVs)

> OK, here's the case: > (and it is really very weird!) > > page: http://www.rec.bg/en/test.shtml > css: http://www.rec.bg/css/test.css > > Page is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional. > > The problem: in IE after the last news item appears the following: > > 5] > > Which is (as I have just discove

Re: [css-d] page review :: ~dL

> On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 10:42:43PM -0500, David Laakso wrote: > > Comments and suggestions appreciated. It has changed a > little :-P . The > > first person who saw it thought it was "too weird." > > > > I don't understand that. What's the point

Re: [css-d] Peekaboo bug?

> Jonathan Berry wrote: > > http://www.haroldstevens.com/redesign/contact.html > > Trying to access your page with text zoom maximized freezes IE here. > With zoom set to middle the page loads and shows the problem you > described. Changing the zoom by one step, reloading the page > and changi

Re: [css-d] Peekaboo bug? - harolds

> Browser makers provide users with a preference adjustment precisely so > that they can optimize to the size that best suits them. So, defer to > what your users prefer, leaving your content's P text unsized, or > reinforcing it with an explicit font-size: medium. Too small > text is the > #1 co

Re: [css-d] Text shifting to the left in Opera and Firefox

> if IE and Opera agree, and Firefox renders differently, then > > there's a good chance that doctype is missing, thus all > browsers are in > > *old quirks mode*. > > I am not totally sure what you mean by doctype...unless you > are talking > about what goes at the top of the html page...som

Re: [css-d] Box Model

Adam wrote: > Amazing what a little legwork can do. Linked from our own Wiki, Eric > Meyer has a page with an extensive Doctype chart. It seems that with > HTML 4.01 you still need the full URL to avoid quirks mode, > deductions from the Microsoft pages notwithstanding. Just to clarify, acco

Re: [css-d] Text shifting to the left in Opera and Firefox

> > Always build for FF first, then go back and tweak for IE if > you need to. > > It takes much less time and effort this way. > > A general question on building for Firefoxmy pages > usually look similar > in Opera, IE, and Netscape...but radically different in > FirefoxSo I've >

Re: [css-d] Safari renders a horizontal dropdown block off byone. ..(repost)

> I have an odd off-by-one problem with Safari 1.3.1 in this page: > > The menu links that contain sublists hover out and line up > precisely with > the border of the filedset box in Firefox and Opera, but > Safari draws the > sublist box 1 pixel to the left and with a broken left border. > >

Re: [css-d] can this behavior be beaten out of IE

> On Dec 16, 2005, at 12:09 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > > Al Sparber presented what looked like a more compact > solution on this > > list a week or two ago, which does the same. Check list-archives. > On Dec 2, 2005, at 4:43 AM, Al Sparber wrote: > > As a point of information, we've had this pa

Re: [css-d] Flash or No Flash switch?

> I have used css for the first time to rebuild my church's > site, and love it. > I would like to include a Flash header on the homepage, but > switch to a > standard gif header for viewers with slow connections. I was > hoping that > there is a way to maybe have two "includes", and use one o

Re: [css-d] Site check

Ryan wrote: > Good morning, > > This is my first post to CSS-D and I wanted to start with a > site check. > > I have been working on a homepage mock up for a near by > village. Please look > it over and give me your feedback. Since this is only a mock > up, the code is > poorly organized. I a

Re: [css-d] database tabular data

> How do I layout css div's to display multi columm tablular > data from a database. Up until now I've used tables within an > asp loop, with or each row and for each column. > > > Ideas for a css layout would really help. > > Regards > Pete Pete- Your previous approach works just fine. T

Re: [css-d] modified dropdown flashing in ie - need expert help

Mark Batty wrote: > I see the headers of each menu flash in IE6 WinXP SP2, but > only when IE > options are set to check pages on every visit. > > Mark. Mark- Therein lies your problem. This just came up on the TheList as well. Below is a link to a post regarding this very same problem with li

Re: [css-d] Horizontal lists in IE and Firefox

Phil Wilson wrote: > I have an unordered list with four elements. I'd like to align them > horizontally, with each list-item taking up 25% of the screen (or > their container). > > I would have thought this was quite simple, and produced > http://philwilson.org/code/tests/horizontallist.html whi

Re: [css-d] modified dropdown flashing in ie - need expert help

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Can someone look at this. > > http://www.nssdesign.scot.nhs.uk/about_us/whoweare.php > > the css is here.. > > > http://www.nssdesign.scot.nhs.uk/shared/menu.css > > > why does it flash in ie when I roll over the sub items. Ross- Not seeing any flashing

Re: [css-d] A quick one or two!

> found you that ie doesn't like coments > > > > can I add comments that validate? > > R. Are you talking about comments in your CSS? Those should be written as such: /* comment */ Regards, Ron __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [css-d] risks of using p.initial:first-letter?

Charles, et al- Below is my implementation, based on using a for the first letter instead of the first-letter pseudo class. Should work the same for the pseudo-class, but I'm not positive. This implementation was based off an article I found on the web, but I can't locate it at the moment. .dro

Re: [css-d] IE5.2/Mac mess. Help please!

> > In one line > > > > * html>body #masthead {display:inline-block; width:100%;} > > > Wow, it works! Thanks. Now I'm wondering WHY it works? > The other question is, if IE7 supports child selectors and > display:inline-block, what effect will this have in IE7? > > My next task is to try and fix

Re: [css-d] Font-size dependent form input size?

> Is it possible to adjust the height of a form - input element > according to the font-size? So if the user increases the font-size > the input element will also increase. > > - Eystein I'm just guessing, as there may be reasons you can't or don't want to do this, but couldn't you specify t

Re: [css-d] Flowable CSS Columns?

> Is it possible to create columns in CSS where the text > automatically flows > from one column to another on the page? > > > Rachell Coe Rachell- Only by using CSS3 which is not widely supported. http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-css3-multicol-20010118/ Regards, Ron

Re: [css-d] float clearing: div clear or br clear all

> I prefer to use and in my css use > > div.clear { > clear: both; > } > > but I find that sometimes it doesnt work at all and I have > only been able to > get clearing by reverting to the break tag again > > > > this is fine for the most part on transitional doc types but > its not when >

Re: [css-d] Three column layout with a static middle column

> It should be a quick fix, would simply stating a fixed width > for the middle > DIV make it static in size? Short answer. Yes. If you specify a specific width, it will be that wide no matter the size of the window. You may want to consider that effect on your content's readability if the end

Re: [css-d] Controlling text spacing: margin, padding or line-hei ght

> I want to control the spacing of my text but I'm not too sure > whether I should use margin, padding, line-height or a combination of > these three. You may want to remove that first-line class and just style all s with top padding. Or, if you want extra space between the h1 and the first par

Re: [css-d] CSS Buttons

> CSS List: > > I need some help creating a "toolbar" with buttons. I've done this > with a table to control spacing and location. > > Question: Has anyone done such a thing only using CSS? > > Thanks, > > > Spencer Ivery Spencer- I should think this would be no different than creating any

Re: [css-d] Site Page Check please.

> > >You have half a dozen top level menu items. That should be > represented > > >as one list with half a dozen list items in it, not as half a dozen > > >lists with only a single item in each. > > > > I'm not sure what your objection is here. Are you saying there are > > rules to using a list?

RE: [css-d] background color/color declarations - why?

> Yes. The possibility that someone may have a user style sheet set up > with his or her own colors, which may end up contrasting with your > colors. So the idea is that if you're going to reset one of > the user's > preferences (color or background color), make sure you reset both of > the

[css-d] background color/color declarations - why?

Hi all- I'm trying to understand exactly why the W3C CSS validator now spits out errors for instances where you do not declare a color on a property with a background-color declaration, or vice versa. For instance, I have a righthand column on my page that has a div with a background image in it.

RE: [css-d] First Post. Yay! Browser Discrepancy

> I made a site that looks 'right' in Firefox and 'not-so-right' in > Internet Explorer. The differences are minimal. > > http://www.northstar-emerg.com/main6.html > > #1. the Internet Explorer rendition of the main menu has white lines > between the menu linksarg. > rollandb Hmm, it

RE: [css-d] background image on text/search box?

> > How is it sacrificing accessibility? > > You have to think about the variety of users that might visit the > page. A user with images turned off would get an invisible input box. > Users that are new to the internet might not understand that your > custom image is an input box; they might expe

RE: [css-d] using CSS to present data in a grid/table format

> I have some information that I want to present in a grid / table > format (six columns by nine rows) but I'd like to use CSS to do it. Is > this realistic? Or is it more practical to just use tables? > > Gale Assuming its tabular data, you can (and should) use tables for this, using CSS to sty

RE: [css-d] When I hover the link, text is disappear

heath, Chia-Hui Chen wrote: > Subject: Re: [css-d] When I hover the link, text is disappear > > Sorry, > Please look at it again. > the text of left part is disappear. Just in IE. > Thanks. Hi! I see the problem. When you mouse over one of the links on the right side, the text in the entry above

RE: [css-d] Scalable 2-col Product Display

> I need to list products in such a way that the number > displayed per row will > adjust according to screen resolution set with a thumbnail > picture on the > left and the item details on the right for each product > displayed. Sounds > simple enough. Should look like this: > > Thumb | Item

RE: [css-d] Explanation of Spans

Good point! I forgot to mention that I have to support IE5 as well, which doesn't support the first letter pseudo element, which is why I opted to use span instead. My stats show that IE5 has dropped off in usage on our site considerably in the past 6 months though, so maybe I can get away with no

RE: [css-d] Explanation of Spans

> I have been sing CSS for the last year and I feel fairly versed in > getting some rather complex sites up and validated. One thing I never > really wrapped my head around just yet is what circumstances > you would > use a style and what it is exactly. > Anyways, please pass any explana

RE: [css-d] cross-browser display problems

> As an aside and since I am here, I tried validating the xhtml of the > current project and get a bunch of errors/warnings about not using > target="_blank" with links. I know target= is not supposed to be used > but I do _not_ want links to other sites opening in the same window. Joe- Not to p

RE: [css-d] CSS in Theory & Practise

> Yet there also are the practical issue of browser defaults > which pull > in the opposite direction. One might make assumptions about how the > browser will handle the page background-color, font-size & line- > height, or margin & padding but there is certainly no guarantee that > all br

RE: [css-d] css validator confusion

> Hi there, I'm havin a hard time understanding how the > warnings are on the > validator now, it wasnt like this just yesterday, if I was > looking correctly > as my sheets were valid with no warnings. today I've got a > ton of warnings > relating to background colors and colors on elements

RE: [css-d] Is it possible to create this type of a layout with C SS?

> Hi all > > I ran into an interesting problem that I don't have an answer > to (I went > through lots of CSS tutorials but still don't know how to do this). > > I have a "header" div and inside of it, I'd like to place 3 > boxes (div's). > One on the left (logo) and two on the right (search

RE: [css-d] IE Problem (with valid code)

> Taking out the line breaks between the list items worked but > this code is > going to be generated by a cms and it has to put each one on > its own line is > there any other way to fix it? > > > add display:inline; to your #leftContainer li and move your > > text-align:right; to #leftContaine

RE: [css-d] possible to declare multiple backgrounds on divs in C SS?

> Is this possible to do? > #content_wrapper{ > background: #fff url(../assets/images/left_bg_repeat.gif) > repeat-y top left; > background: url(../assets/images/right_outer_repeat.gif) > repeat-y top > right; > > > } > or are you only allowed onebakground per div? > I am trying to cre

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