I did this it worked fine #col2 ul { list-style-image: url('images/menu.gif') } thanks everyone
trevor bayliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for all the comments. I am trying to implement the general consensus:"You could change your div to a ul and wrap your items in li tags (DONE); then you can set the background of the the li tag to the image you want and position it appropriately (PROBLEM)." I tried with a background image on the li and the ul but to no avail as it doesn´t show the image- how can i make it work? Thank you for any advice I am #col2 { CLEAR: right; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FLOAT: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 180px } #col2 ul { background-image:url(images/menu.gif) no-repeat left top; background-position:left } #col2 li { background-image:url(images/menu.gif) no-repeat left top; background-position:left } Barclays Bank Collins Paracelus James Gadrow wrote: Ross Hulford wrote: > Yep. That;s the way I approach it. Much neater. > > R. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Crescimanno" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:13 PM > Subject: Re: [css-d] "Divitis?" > > > >> Out of curiosity, why not use an unordered list--it would seem more >> semantically correct in this situation. >> >> You could change your div to a ul and wrap your items in li tags; then >> you can set the background of the the li tag to the image you want and >> position it appropriately. >> >> Brian >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> 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/ > > Yup, if you ever say the words "I have a list of..." then you should probably be using a list :) Except, of course, if each list element has several sub-elements to it, then you're probably a good candidate for a DATA table. -- Thanks, Jim ______________________________________________________________________ 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/ --------------------------------- You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ______________________________________________________________________ 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/ --------------------------------- You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ______________________________________________________________________ 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/