Thank you, that worked Exactly as I needed it to. Learning... and I appreciate the help folks
On Aug 12, 11:49 am, Goulven CHAMPENOIS <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, if you're using position: relative, what happens is the content is > shifted by the indicated amount, but the space reserved for it is left > unchanged. The content has been "painted" 20px above its position in the > flow, but the rest of the document acts as if nothing had happened. > > Try using negative margins: they offset an element, but also reduce its > width/height. > > For example: > <div style="position: relative; top: -20px"> > This text will take up space in the normal flow as if it weren't > positioned. > The content however, will be pushed 20px higher. > </div> > > <div style="margin-top: -20px"> > This text will take up 20px less space than necessary. > Its content will sit 20px higher than normally. > </div> > > This is very hard to explain with words, so I encourage you to play with > position: relative and margins in firebug, the instant feedback is very > helpful. > > Hope that helped you. > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:26 PM, DuncSTL <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using position:relative > > > here is a sample: > > > </div> > > <div class="span-6 prepend-2"<div style="position: relative; top: > > +20px;"> > > <li><div align="justify">text</div></li> > > <li><div align="justify">text</div></li> > > <li><div align="justify">text</div></li> > > <li><div align="justify">text</li> > > </div> > > -- > Goulven Champenois --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Blueprint CSS" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blueprintcss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
