Re: [css-d] question about css-only mobile responsive menu

2015-05-21 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Chris Kavinsky wrote: > I came across this blog post and demo for a css-only responsive menu and > I've been playing with it to figure out the nuances of how it works. One > problem I've run into is that when the demo screen is reduced, the menu > appears as inten

[css-d] question about css-only mobile responsive menu

2015-05-21 Thread Chris Kavinsky
I came across this blog post and demo for a css-only responsive menu and I've been playing with it to figure out the nuances of how it works. One problem I've run into is that when the demo screen is reduced, the menu appears as intended. I copied the file and css exactly as the demo page (I even d

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread Jay Tanna
AFAIK, Section's role is implied but if you want to make it specific then you should be using DIV. For example this code would validate: This is a section of my page! Lots of HTML tags will not accept the "role" attribute. Don't know why but it could be because their meaning is obvi

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread Tim Arnold
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Nancy Johnson wrote: > > When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following > code validated and now it doesn't. Why? > > > > Thank you, > > Nancy Johnson Nancy, I'm not sure why it validated before, but generally ARIA roles do not pass va

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Nancy Johnson wrote: > When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following > code validated and now it doesn't. Why? > > > > Thank you, > > Nancy Johnson Validation takes place in a context; with no knowledge of the context in which you used this construct a few months a

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, John D wrote: > I would change it to: > > You are using correct doctype right? > > Hope this helps. > > >> When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following >> code validated and now it doesn't. Why? >> >> >> > I admit to still being conf

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread John D
I would change it to: You are using correct doctype right? Hope this helps. > When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following > code validated and now it doesn't. Why? > > >

Re: [css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread Markus Ernst
Am 18.04.2013 16:39 schrieb Nancy Johnson: When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following code validated and now it doesn't. Why? Strange enough: the specs at WHATWG allow "main" as a value of @role in the section element: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/curren

[css-d] Question regarding the use of

2013-04-18 Thread Nancy Johnson
When I first went live with a website a few months ago, the following code validated and now it doesn't. Why? Thank you, Nancy Johnson __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/c

Re: [css-d] Question regarding Absolute Positioning and Responsive Design

2012-07-09 Thread Georg
On 09.07.2012 14:44, Nancy Johnson wrote: Is there a better way to layer inline text on top of an inline image than using position absolute? Depends on surrounding content/elements. I nearly always use negative margins on the image, to make it take up no space - like a background image, and s

[css-d] Question regarding Absolute Positioning and Responsive Design

2012-07-09 Thread Nancy Johnson
Is there a better way to layer inline text on top of an inline image than using position absolute? Thanks, Nancy Johnson __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] question about vendor specific prefix

2012-05-08 Thread Barney Carroll
Al raises a good point: > In addition to the good explanations you've already received, there is also > a school of thought (mine) that prefixes should not be used. Those people > not using the default browsers that come with their OS are going to be > keeping their Firefox, Chrome, or Opera up-to

Re: [css-d] question about vendor specific prefix

2012-05-08 Thread Tom Livingston
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Al Sparber wrote: > On 5/8/2012 1:20 PM, meera kibe wrote: >> >> Hello, >> Can someone elaborate on why all the vendor specific prefixes have to be >> written first then the native property; >> Thanks > > > In addition to the good explanations you've already receive

Re: [css-d] question about vendor specific prefix

2012-05-08 Thread Al Sparber
On 5/8/2012 1:20 PM, meera kibe wrote: Hello, Can someone elaborate on why all the vendor specific prefixes have to be written first then the native property; Thanks In addition to the good explanations you've already received, there is also a school of thought (mine) that prefixes should not

Re: [css-d] question about vendor specific prefix

2012-05-08 Thread Tom Livingston
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM, meera kibe wrote: > Hello, > Can someone elaborate on why all the vendor specific prefixes have to be > written first then the native property; > Thanks > Meera > __ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-

Re: [css-d] question about vendor specific prefix

2012-05-08 Thread Barney Carroll
Hiya Meera, If the browser claims to have non-beta support (without the beta prefix), then it will read that last and over-rite the previously interpreted beta-level property. In theory, border-radius would be a fully-functional, bugless implementation that follows the W3 specification of the same

[css-d] question about vendor specific prefix

2012-05-08 Thread meera kibe
Hello, Can someone elaborate on why all the vendor specific prefixes have to be written first then the native property; Thanks Meera __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d Li

Re: [css-d] question on media queries and full screen browsers

2012-04-16 Thread Debbie Campbell
At 17:32 -0600 on 04/14/2012, Debbie Campbell wrote about [css-d] question on media queries and full screen browsers: I'm using media queries for desktop vs. tablet vs. smartphone on my site (and the media query code is taken directly from the developer of the Lynda.com adaptive design c

Re: [css-d] question on media queries and full screen browsers

2012-04-14 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 17:32 -0600 on 04/14/2012, Debbie Campbell wrote about [css-d] question on media queries and full screen browsers: I'm using media queries for desktop vs. tablet vs. smartphone on my site (and the media query code is taken directly from the developer of the Lynda.com adaptive design c

Re: [css-d] question on media queries and full screen browsers

2012-04-14 Thread Georg
On 14.04.2012 19:32, Debbie Campbell wrote: http://www.redkitecreative.com I can't replicate this problem on any of our Windows 7 machines... Three people have told me that they're seeing the handheld version of my site when using FF, IE9 or Chrome at full screen on Windows 7, Vista or Mac.

[css-d] question on media queries and full screen browsers

2012-04-14 Thread Debbie Campbell
I'm using media queries for desktop vs. tablet vs. smartphone on my site (and the media query code is taken directly from the developer of the Lynda.com adaptive design course). My site is: http://www.redkitecreative.com I can't replicate this problem on any of our Windows 7 machines... Three

Re: [css-d] question on body background image in IE

2011-12-09 Thread Debbie Campbell
This was the fix: Comment out the following in the style sheet. :focus { background-color: #fff; } *:focus {outline: none; background: #fff;} -- Debbie On 12/9/2011 1:19 PM, Ville Viklund wrote: *:focus is overriding your body tags background styles. I too would like to know why this is happe

Re: [css-d] question on body background image in IE

2011-12-09 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2011-12-09 22:06, Debbie Campbell wrote: In this site: http://redkitecreative.com/projects/brayden/ In IE, the background image for that stretches across the top doesn't show until you click something in the menu or on the header section. I'm not seeing my problem, can someone help? I can't

Re: [css-d] question on body background image in IE

2011-12-09 Thread Ville Viklund
*:focus is overriding your body tags background styles. I too would like to know why this is happening. Ville 2011/12/9 Debbie Campbell > In this site: > > http://redkitecreative.com/**projects/brayden/ > > In IE, the background image for that stre

[css-d] question on body background image in IE

2011-12-09 Thread Debbie Campbell
In this site: http://redkitecreative.com/projects/brayden/ In IE, the background image for that stretches across the top doesn't show until you click something in the menu or on the header section. I'm not seeing my problem, can someone help? -- Debbie Campbell www.redkitecreative.com _

Re: [css-d] question re: vertical alignment of floated divs

2011-10-15 Thread G.Sørtun
On 15.10.2011 18:06, Bill Walton wrote: I would like to have a container div that allows the number of fixed-size divs on each 'row' inside it grow or shrink based on available space. The need to put these negative margins on the inside fixed-size divs seems to preclude that. Is this just th

[css-d] question re: vertical alignment of floated divs

2011-10-15 Thread Bill Walton
Hi, I'll start by saying I don't yet have a site to post the html / css on to illustrate this, but I'm hoping it's a straightforward situation that doesn't require such. I have a container div and inside that I have 'rows' of fixed-size divs inside that container that are floated left. In order

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 23.07.2011 01:03, Gail Issen wrote: Can you direct me to a site where I can check for CSS3 validation? Select "More Options > Profile : CSS level 3." Georg __ css-discuss [c

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread Micky Hulse
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Gail Issen wrote: > Can you direct me to a site where I can check for CSS3 validation? http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Check under "More Options". :) __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.o

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread Gail Issen
-Original Message- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of "G.Sørtun" Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:54 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page On 23.07.2011 00:28,

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 23.07.2011 00:28, Gail Issen wrote: > html { overflow-y : scroll; } > While David's solution does work, it causes a validation error. Wrong. It validates as CSS 3 - not CSS 2.1. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread Gail Issen
-Original Message- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of David Hucklesby Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:38 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page On 7/22/11 4:48 AM, Markus

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread David Hucklesby
On 7/22/11 4:48 AM, Markus Ernst wrote: Am 21.07.2011 15:44 schrieb Alan Gresley: Out of curiously, can you please tell me what the following CSS is for. /* To prevent jumping */ html { min-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 1px; } I have seen this before as a recommendation how to force a scrollba

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread Markus Ernst
Am 21.07.2011 15:44 schrieb Alan Gresley: Out of curiously, can you please tell me what the following CSS is for. /* To prevent jumping */ html { min-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 1px; } I have seen this before as a recommendation how to force a scrollbar, in order to prevent centered contents

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-21 Thread Debbie Campbell
Thanks Alan, I did remove nearly all the position: relatives except where needed for z-index or a positioned element inside a container. Thank you for the fix for the footer-container element as well. -- Debbie __ css-discuss [

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-21 Thread Alan Gresley
On 21/07/2011 8:04 AM, Debbie Campbell wrote: On 7/20/2011 1:35 PM, Maujor (via-gmail) wrote: In this page: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ There's a large image background to footer-container (not yet completed). There's a small space of about 9p

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-20 Thread David Laakso
On 7/20/11 6:04 PM, Debbie Campbell wrote: I changed it, it didn't make a difference... -- Debbie http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ .copyright { padding: 0 0 20px;/*<- :: delete and/or tweak::---*/ } Btw, top-posting screws up the

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-20 Thread Debbie Campbell
I changed it, it didn't make a difference... -- Debbie On 7/20/2011 1:35 PM, Maujor (via-gmail) wrote: In this page: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ There's a large image background to footer-container (not yet completed). There's a small space o

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-20 Thread David Hucklesby
On 7/20/11 10:39 AM, David Laakso wrote: On 7/20/11 12:46 PM, Debbie Campbell wrote: In this page: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ There's a large image background to footer-container (not yet completed). There's a small space of about 9px tall b

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-20 Thread Maujor (via-gmail)
In this page: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ There's a large image background to footer-container (not yet completed). There's a small space of about 9px tall below the bottom of footer-container at the very bottom of the browser window, I'm not su

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-20 Thread David Laakso
On 7/20/11 12:46 PM, Debbie Campbell wrote: In this page: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ There's a large image background to footer-container (not yet completed). There's a small space of about 9px tall below the bottom of footer-container at th

[css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-20 Thread Debbie Campbell
In this page: http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/paramaya/wgs/dish-network-services/ There's a large image background to footer-container (not yet completed). There's a small space of about 9px tall below the bottom of footer-container at the very bottom of the browser window, I'm not s

Re: [css-d] [+] Question about "auto"

2010-11-05 Thread John
On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: given this snip of code: div#container { margin: 15px auto; } is "auto" enough to make the contents of that div remain centered from left to right as the end user scales their browser window larger and smaller? No. You'd need to set a wid

Re: [css-d] [+] Question about "auto"

2010-11-05 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> given this snip of code: > > div#container { > margin: 15px auto; > } > > > is "auto" enough to make the contents of that div remain centered > from left to right as the end user scales their browser window larger > and smaller? No. You'd need to set a width too. This is the excerpt of a pres

[css-d] Question about "auto"

2010-11-05 Thread John
given this snip of code: div#container { margin: 15px auto; } is "auto" enough to make the contents of that div remain centered from left to right as the end user scales their browser window larger and smaller? thanks! cs __

Re: [css-d] Question about cross browser compatibility of max-width

2010-04-08 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/04/07 19:11 (GMT-0700) Claude Needham composed: > Some time, in the now distant past, I tried using max-width in a css project. > The behavior was so quirky across browsers that I solved it another way. > The numerous code samples suggested on this list lead me to believe that > the situa

Re: [css-d] Question about cross browser compatibility of max-width

2010-04-08 Thread Skip Knox
A search on "max-width ie" scoped to within the last year returns numerous results, including this one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff405832(VS.85).aspx If you wanted to be really thorough you could do the same for Safa

Re: [css-d] Question about cross browser compatibility of max-width

2010-04-07 Thread David Laakso
Claude Needham wrote: > Some time, in the now distant past, I tried using max-width in a css project. > The behavior was so quirky across browsers that I solved it another way. > > The numerous code samples suggested on this list lead me to believe that > the situation has changed and that max-widt

[css-d] Question about cross browser compatibility of max-width

2010-04-07 Thread Claude Needham
Some time, in the now distant past, I tried using max-width in a css project. The behavior was so quirky across browsers that I solved it another way. The numerous code samples suggested on this list lead me to believe that the situation has changed and that max-width is a very functional property

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 24/03/2010, at 7:00 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > > > Tim Snadden wrote: > >> I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While >> it's >> still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and >> can be used for most IE7 work by switching modes. > > A little confus

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 24/03/2010, at 7:00 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > > > Tim Snadden wrote: > >> I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While >> it's >> still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and >> can be used for most IE7 work by switching modes. > > A little confus

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Tim Snadden wrote: > I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While it's > still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and > can be used for most IE7 work by switching modes. A little confused : when you write "the IE8 one", the "one" that you have cite

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Snadden
On 22/03/2010, at 11:11 AM, Claude Needham wrote: > > Or, would that be the F12 Developer Tools thing in the IE8? I'm talking about the Microsoft one (http://bit.ly/2MHgIY). While it's still a pale imitation of Firebug, the IE8 one is much improved and can be used for most IE7 work by switchi

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-21 Thread Alan Gresley
Tim Snadden wrote: > On 20/03/2010, at 7:42 PM, Claude Needham wrote: > >> Does such a thing as a quirks detector exist? > > If you use IE8 and the web developer toolbar there is an area on the > top right of the bar that describes 'Document mode'. This shows what > the default document mode

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-21 Thread Claude Needham
Thanks for the suggestion. Much appreciated. Is the web developer toolbar you are referencing the one from http://www.my-debugbar.com Or, would that be the F12 Developer Tools thing in the IE8? Or, is there another developer tool for ie8 that you are referring to? Normally I do all my developme

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-21 Thread Tim Snadden
On 20/03/2010, at 7:42 PM, Claude Needham wrote: > Does such a thing as a quirks detector exist? If you use IE8 and the web developer toolbar there is an area on the top right of the bar that describes 'Document mode'. This shows what the default document mode is. You can also use it to swit

Re: [css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-20 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Mar 20, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Claude Needham wrote: > Rumor has it that by using the proper doctype it is possible to force > IE to operate in a standards compliant mode -- and thus avoid (in that > one situation at least) the quirks that one might otherwise confront. > > I have two standard-ish

[css-d] Question about standards compliant mode in IE

2010-03-19 Thread Claude Needham
Rumor has it that by using the proper doctype it is possible to force IE to operate in a standards compliant mode -- and thus avoid (in that one situation at least) the quirks that one might otherwise confront. I have two standard-ish header templates I'm working with. (i.e. flailing in the dark).

Re: [css-d] Question about how to handle div height with floating children

2010-03-19 Thread Claude Needham
> Bobby: http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/float-container > Thierry: > http://tjkdesign.com/articles/clearing-floats_and_block-formatting_context.asp Thank you both for the explanations. I think I have a much better idea why this behavior is necessary as the default. And I have a better idea on

Re: [css-d] Question about how to handle div height with floating children

2010-03-19 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> The issue is when an image is set to float, the height of the graphic > is not taken into account for the calculation of the div height. > > This is illustrated on page: > http://www.xxaxxsoft.com/cssdiscuss/test.html > > I can hack my way around this by setting the height of the div > explicit

Re: [css-d] Question about how to handle div height with floating children

2010-03-19 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Claude Needham wrote: > The issue is when an image is set to > float, the height of the graphic > is not taken into account for the calculation of the div > height. > > But I would like to understand why this is happening Here's my explanation: http://www.fiveminuteargumen

[css-d] Question about how to handle div height with floating children

2010-03-19 Thread Claude Needham
The issue is when an image is set to float, the height of the graphic is not taken into account for the calculation of the div height. This is illustrated on page: http://www.xxaxxsoft.com/cssdiscuss/test.html I can hack my way around this by setting the height of the div explicitly. Or, I can a

Re: [css-d] question on small spacing differences between FF/ IE8 vs. Safari/Chrome

2010-01-26 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Debbie Campbell wrote: > I've encountered this before - hopefully someone can give me an answer > so I know how to fix this next time. > > I'm seeing very small (1px to just a few pixels) of difference in > spacing in two places in this page: > > > http://www.redkitecreati

Re: [css-d] question on small spacing differences between FF/ IE8 vs. Safari/Chrome

2010-01-25 Thread Jason Oakman
I gave ul.navlist li a fixed top and bottom padding and it appears to clear up the nav issue. ul.navlist li { margin: 0; padding: 9px 24px; float: left; display: block; font-size: 13px; width: auto; } As for the other, I would just pla

[css-d] question on small spacing differences between FF/ IE8 vs. Safari/Chrome

2010-01-25 Thread Debbie Campbell
I've encountered this before - hopefully someone can give me an answer so I know how to fix this next time. I'm seeing very small (1px to just a few pixels) of difference in spacing in two places in this page: > http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/habitat/ways-to-give/ First is the main ho

Re: [css-d] Question about width and min-width in ul

2009-08-11 Thread Christopher Barth
Thanks. This did the trick. Chris Barth -Original Message- From: David Hucklesby [mailto:huckle...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:04 PM To: Christopher Barth Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] Question about width and min-width in ul Christopher Barth

Re: [css-d] Question about width and min-width in ul

2009-08-11 Thread David Hucklesby
Christopher Barth wrote: > I have a menu system that uses nested ULs. The main menu is a fixed > size, but I want the sub menu's to be variable width that will grow > to encompass the entire width of the menu item. I figured min-width > would do this; however, it only grows to be as big as the lon

[css-d] Question about width and min-width in ul

2009-08-11 Thread Christopher Barth
I have a menu system that uses nested ULs. The main menu is a fixed size, but I want the sub menu's to be variable width that will grow to encompass the entire width of the menu item. I figured min-width would do this; however, it only grows to be as big as the longest non-breaking string. I thus

Re: [css-d] question on fix for IE6 min-width issue

2009-07-26 Thread David Butler
On 7/25/2009 3:30 PM, G.Sørtun wrote: > David Butler wrote:> > > body { width:expression(d=document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat"? > > documentElement:document) &&(d.clientWidth<501?"500px":"auto");} > > What does the first part of this expression accomplish? > > > You mean the part of the expres

Re: [css-d] question on fix for IE6 min-width issue

2009-07-25 Thread G.Sørtun
David Butler wrote:> > body { width:expression(d=document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat"? > documentElement:document) &&(d.clientWidth<501?"500px":"auto");} > > What does the first part of this expression accomplish? You mean the part of the expression that checks if IE6 is in standard mode (CSS1 co

[css-d] question on fix for IE6 min-width issue

2009-07-25 Thread David Butler
I recently added an javascript expression to an IE6-specific style sheet to fix the min-width issue (www.acrightsize.com). Of the many solutions I found, I used this one: http://www.visibilityinherit.com/code/ie6-min-max-height-width.php The author describes a special version for the body eleme

Re: [css-d] Question on inline lists

2009-05-24 Thread Tim Snadden
On 23/05/2009, at 10:08 AM, JT Neville wrote: > Anyone tell me why this doesn't work? > > example: http://rwcbeerclub.com Hi JT - I believe the reason that it doesn't display inline is that the is a block level element and is displayed as such by default. You could either set it to 'displa

[css-d] Question on inline lists

2009-05-24 Thread JT Neville
Anyone tell me why this doesn't work? Sorry for the noob question but I touch css so rarely now a days. =) Is it because I am placing it inside the sticky footer? example: http://rwcbeerclub.com css file: http://rwcbeerclub.com/css/rwc.css snippet: [html] http://www.angelica

Re: [css-d] question about combining descendant selectors

2009-01-09 Thread Rees, Mark
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:31:13 -0500 From: Brett Subject: [css-d] question about combining descendant selectors To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: <496670a1.9060...@zoominternet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm wondering if combined selec

Re: [css-d] question about combining descendant selectors

2009-01-08 Thread Bill Brown
Brett wrote: > I'm wondering if combined selectors have a lower specificity than > non-combined. For example in my stylesheet I have: > > .hm #events_snip .date, .article { color: red; } > .hm #news_snip .date, .article { color: green; } > > On the page the .article class shows up green, even t

Re: [css-d] question about combining descendant selectors

2009-01-08 Thread Dan Gayle
Your selectors are wrong. You aren't using descendent selectors for .article. You are saying .hm #news_snip .date has the color green AND ALSO .article has the color green, because of the comma. That means you have two declarations for .article, and the second one is over-riding the first.

[css-d] question about combining descendant selectors

2009-01-08 Thread Brett
I'm wondering if combined selectors have a lower specificity than non-combined. For example in my stylesheet I have: .hm #events_snip .date, .article { color: red; } .hm #news_snip .date, .article { color: green; } On the page the .article class shows up green, even though it is NOT descendant

Re: [css-d] Question 1: margin

2008-10-03 Thread Duane Nelson
David Laakso wrote: > Duane Nelson wrote: >> Issue: list bullets not within margin/padding >> URL: http://alansonnazarene.org/sm-connection.html >> CSS: http://alansonnazarene.org/css/anaz.css >> >> Duane Nelson >> > > > > ul { > /*list-style: square outside;*/ > list-style-type: square; >

Re: [css-d] Question 2: Combined Selectors Problems

2008-10-03 Thread Duane Nelson
Peter Hyde-Smith wrote: > p, ul a: link{... to p a: link, ul a:link{... > > You have to *connect* the second selector to the first in every instance > of a combined declaration. In the first case you are styling the *p*, > not the *p a: link* Told you it was simple. Thank you.

Re: [css-d] Question 1: margin

2008-10-03 Thread David Laakso
Duane Nelson wrote: > Issue: list bullets not within margin/padding > URL: http://alansonnazarene.org/sm-connection.html > CSS: http://alansonnazarene.org/css/anaz.css > > Duane Nelson > ul { /*list-style: square outside;*/ list-style-type: square; list-style-position: inside; } -- A th

Re: [css-d] Question 2: Combined Selectors Problems

2008-10-03 Thread Peter Hyde-Smith
- Original Message - From: "Duane Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CSS Discuss" Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 5:12 PM Subject: [css-d] Question 2: Combined Selectors Problems > Issue: When I added selector to to keep the size of the css > file down,

[css-d] Question 2: Combined Selectors Problems

2008-10-03 Thread Duane Nelson
Hi, all. Issue: When I added selector to to keep the size of the css file down, it caused all of my elements to act as the pseudo-class selectors of the tag. Problem URL: http://alansonnazarene.org/denomlinks.html Problem CSS: http://alansonnazarene.org/css/anaz2.css Should look like thi

[css-d] Question 1: margin

2008-10-03 Thread Duane Nelson
Hi, all. Issue: list bullets not within margin/padding URL: http://alansonnazarene.org/sm-connection.html CSS: http://alansonnazarene.org/css/anaz.css This is the first time I've experienced bullets falling outside the margin/padding area. I know I can in a margin, but I think that it is a

Re: [css-d] Question about 3 column layout with floats

2008-03-23 Thread Phoebe Taylor
Thank you both for the explanations and the links to give me an idea of what to look out for. :) Phoebe __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incuti

Re: [css-d] Question about 3 column layout with floats

2008-03-23 Thread David Laakso
Phoebe Taylor wrote: > I'm proceeding from my first CSS site to a new one. This one will > have a header and a main section below that with 3 columns, Navigation > - Content - and a column on the right for highlighted events. > > Instead of a fixed width site, which is what i used on my last one,

Re: [css-d] Question about 3 column layout with floats

2008-03-23 Thread bj
>Instead of a fixed width site, which is what i used on my last one, I >want this site to be a percentage of the browser window - say 80% in >width, so it will scale up with larger browsers. In doing this, what >is the best way to handle the sizing of the columns? Should I float >them on percen

[css-d] Question about 3 column layout with floats

2008-03-23 Thread Phoebe Taylor
I'm proceeding from my first CSS site to a new one. This one will have a header and a main section below that with 3 columns, Navigation - Content - and a column on the right for highlighted events. Instead of a fixed width site, which is what i used on my last one, I want this site to be a perce

Re: [css-d] Question about wrappers/containers

2008-01-25 Thread David Laakso
J wrote: > (www.stainlessband.com/index.html) > I want no space > between the graphics and the wrapper. > > > Add this selector to your CSS file to make the sidebar images butt the center columnh. #anchor {margin: 0 auto; width: 1010px; border: 1px solid fuchsia;} And in the markup add:

Re: [css-d] Question about wrappers/containers

2008-01-25 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
J wrote: > (www.stainlessband.com/index.html) > I'm having an issue with the width of the wrapper div. When I > designed the page I did so on my laptop, which has a maximum screen > resolution of 1024x768. But my desktop PC is set on 1152x864 and when > I pull up the page in the browser there i

Re: [css-d] Question about wrappers/containers

2008-01-25 Thread Jim Davis
Jason, If I understand correctly, you are after something that looks sort of like this example: http://www.jimdavis.org/test/stainlesstest.html This uses a background image placed in the body {...}. The image is 2500 pixels wide by 1 pixel high with a center section of black that is 760px wide.

[css-d] Question about wrappers/containers

2008-01-25 Thread J
I'm still working on the page that I had asked for help on before (www.stainlessband.com/index.html) and I'm having an issue with the width of the wrapper div. When I designed the page I did so on my laptop, which has a maximum screen resolution of 1024x768. But my desktop PC is set on 1152x864

Re: [css-d] question about style inheritance

2008-01-11 Thread Josh Ghiloni
Thank you for your response, Jukka (you too Highpowered!) Both of them were very helpful. Given that I'm required to support IE 6 (shudder) among other browsers, it seems the attribute selector method is not the way to go (I need to remember to test on IE 6 more often -- time to change some of my e

Re: [css-d] question about style inheritance

2008-01-11 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Josh Ghiloni wrote: > I have a bit of code that, for example, looks like this: > > > div { color: blue } > div[dir="rtl"] { color: red } > First of all, I'd like to say that most "questions about style inheritance" aren't. In you example, there is no way in which any div element could inherit

Re: [css-d] question about style inheritance

2008-01-11 Thread Highpowered
Josh Ghiloni wrote: > Hi All. > > I have a bit of code that, for example, looks like this: > > > div { color: blue } > div[dir="rtl"] { color: red } > > > > hi! > bye! > > > As I somewhat expected, the outer (hi!) text rendered red, whereas the > inner child is rendering blue. Is there a wa

[css-d] question about style inheritance

2008-01-11 Thread Josh Ghiloni
Hi All. I have a bit of code that, for example, looks like this: div { color: blue } div[dir="rtl"] { color: red } hi! bye! As I somewhat expected, the outer (hi!) text rendered red, whereas the inner child is rendering blue. Is there a way I can define my styles such that div[dir="rtl"] an

Re: [css-d] Question about attribute selectors

2007-09-27 Thread Mauricio Samy Silva
/ -- - Original Message - From: "JonMarc Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:50 PM Subject: [css-d] Question about attribute selectors ... > #accessBar {background-image: url(../images/shadow.gif); } > [id="accessBar"]

Re: [css-d] Question about attribute selectors

2007-09-27 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 27 Sep 2007, at 14:50, JonMarc Wright wrote: > so i got the idea to play around with attribute selectors for a > website... > wanted to serve up transparent png shadowed background images to new > browsers, and server up non-transparent gifs that i constructed to > the rest. > > here's my c

[css-d] Question about attribute selectors

2007-09-27 Thread JonMarc Wright
Hello all, so i got the idea to play around with attribute selectors for a website... wanted to serve up transparent png shadowed background images to new browsers, and server up non-transparent gifs that i constructed to the rest. rather than place a bunch of hacks on all of my elements that i u

Re: [css-d] Question still not Answered-

2007-08-24 Thread Barney Carroll
cssman, You should still feed margin: 0 auto; to IE, and give the body text-align: center. Regards, Barney __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss

[css-d] Question still not Answered-

2007-08-24 Thread css man
This question was posted previously, but I have not received any answers yet. I cannot figure out how to reply back to my same original thread (so if someone can help with that question that would be great too). I'm trying to please as many resolutions as possible, and have coded the example below

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