thanks everyone. subtracting the margin and having a border in it's normal state worked great!
On 3/1/07, Barney Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jorge Rumoroso wrote: > > You can put the 3px border in your links in normal state. Then you can > put > > the color of that border similar to the background color... > > I reckon it might be better to subtract from your left margin on hover. > If you have no margin as it is, you could do this: > > a:hover { border-left: 3px solid blue; > margin-left: -3px;} > > The space added is therefore compensated, without you mucking with your > unhovered a. > > > Regards, > Barney > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7 information -- 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/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/