Thanks to everyone who has replied so far.
I tried Schalk's suggestion and it didn't work, the Acronyms and
definitions didn't separate.
We are using the transitional 4.01 HTML - would this affect the
browser's styling?
thanks,
On 5/18/05, Schalk Neethling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Keith
>
> Give this a try:
>
> <ul>
> <li><span class="acronym">ABC</span><span class="acr-explain">-
> Alpha Beta Charlie</span></li>
> <li><span class="acronym">ABC</span><span class="acr-explain">-
> Alpha Beta Charlie</span></li>
> </ul>
>
> Then your styles:
> .acronym {
> width:200px;
> }
> .acr-explain {
> width:400px;
> text-align:left;
> }
>
> Let me know if this helps.
> .
> Keith Sader wrote:
>
> >Greetings.
> >
> >We've got a requirement to align some li items.
> >
> >The list items are basically expaining acronyms.
> >
> >ABC - Alpha Beta Charlie
> >DFQG - Delta Fox Quarrel Gamma
> >
> >However the alignment requirement is such that the acronym
> >explanations are all lined up at the dashes.
> >
> >
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