Don - HtmlFixIt.com wrote: > ... Where is there a good resource on display: [property] as I really > want to get my head around that better. I have to admit I use them > regularly without comprehending fully why and/or if I should.
W3C provide all essential information. Most of it will work as intended in the good browsers. A tiny bit of it might even work in IE6, and maybe IE7 will understand some CSS too. Tables in CSS2.1... <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables> The 'display' property... <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#display-prop> Block formatting context... <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#q15> --- Info about some buggy bits in IE/win - 'hasLyout'... <http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html> > It never occurred to me that the paragraph block was causing my > problem. I actually took that out at this point and just left the > filler text without paragraphs for the moment. You should use paragraphs, headings and other elements as intended in the W3C-specs, and give them suitable margins and/or paddings that suit your design. Avoiding problems is not a great way to learn about /handling/ problems, and the learning-curve for CSS-design is pretty steep. Taking the time to learn is really the only viable option. Expect to create at least a few dozen test-cases just to get the hang of the basics. A few hundred test-cases will help even more into what some see as the advanced parts of CSS-design, but only if you keep them close to W3C specs, of course. > http://bestfoot.com/dummy/test004.html > > How do I get the right sidebar background all the way to the bottom > of the page? How do I get the middle column to have a height = 100% > of the right sidebar? Would containing them both in another div do > it? Is it bad to float all three side by side like that? Am I about > to have a float clear problem? Dunno... :-) I use layout-methods that are (more or less) in line with... <http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/> ...and fake all the visual same-height-columns nonsense with something that looks like... <http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/> ...so those two articles might provide you with a few solutions. regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
