On 02/07/07, Josue Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan, the problem with that is that, at least as of a few years ago, IE6/Win
> does not center the container with #container {margin: 0 auto;}, which is
> why the text-align: center is applied to the body element.
Only in Quirks mode. http:/
On 7/1/07, Michael Leibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:32:26 -0700
> From: Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto
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> . . . If the body had no text alignment (the default is text-a
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:32:26 -0700
From: Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto
. . . If the body had no text alignment (the default is text-align: left) then
you don't have to restate text-align: left on any element unless an an
Rick wrote:
> Concerning the "body { text-align: center; }" CSS, it's true, if my
> understanding is correct that all text in the body will be centered with
> that code, but that's why the others recommended putting "text-align: left"
> in the #container code. Since everything on the page will be
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Thank-you, Josue, and also David, for your helpful repli
Thank-you, Josue, and also David, for your helpful replies.
I've come across this code before, but not - yet - in Eric's book (it's a
pretty dense study, for someone starting from scratch!). I gather that
"{margin 0 " refers to positioning, and (maybe) means the margin should be at
maximum l
On 28/06/07, Michael Leibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The resulting div was centered in Firefox 2, but was
> aligned left in IE 6. I therefore deduce that even
> IE6 won't accept auto margin centering -- am I
> correct?
It will, but only in standards mode. In quirks mode there are work
aroun
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> If so, then here's my situation and question:
>
> I want my div to be of fixed width (750px), and always
> horizontally centered within the viewer's browser
> canvas. However, I have no way of knowing the
> viewer's display resolution, and therefore no way of
> knowing the WIDTH of his brow
Hi;
I'm new to web-design and CSS, and am studying Eric's
". . . Definitive Guide, 2nd ed.". I have some
questions regarding the proper way to horizontally
center a block element:
On p.162, Eric writes: "If both margins are set to
auto. . . then they are set to equal lengths, thus
centering the
