On 15/06/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Having spent ages learning how to position stuff in CSS and getting
> it meticulously right (using the nice hack that I was pointed at
> to get IE to behave, too) the client has now said "Oh, can you
> make the content centre in the browser?"
>
> ARGH! If I was still using tables for layout this would be trivial
> but I am using absolutely positioned stuff.
>
> So... My idea is to make a container class for it all, and then
> to have everything positioned relative rather than absolute. And
> centre the containing class.
>
> Is this the right idea? Or will it all go horribly wrong?
>
> I'm only asking for advice, not for you to do all the work for me!
> But I thought I'd better ask before I try it, screw up and confuse
> myself horribly....
>
> Thanks :)
>
> To centre in the browser there are two main ways, either use the IE heck
> (text-align: center then text-align: left etc) but I prefer using relative
> positioning and negative margins - example:
#wrapper {
width: 740px;
position: relative;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -370px;
}
which is not a hack.
Is this what you are trying to do?
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