Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> MEM wrote:
>
>
>>1) How can I change the align of the UL list to the right ?
>
>
> It depends on what you mean by that. You can set
> ul { text-align: right; }
> to align each line in the list content to the right. But this might not be
> what you really want. I suspect that you also want to put the list bullets
> to the right - otherwise it looks a bit odd. In that case, things are a bit
> tricky.
>
> You can set
> ul { direction: rtl; }
> but then there will be surprises if you have directionally neutral parts of
> text, like "(1)", in the content. In that case, I'm afraid you would have to
> add extra markup for them, like <li><span>...</span></li>, and use e.g.
> ul li span { unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; }
>
>
>>2) After that, how can I add a right margin to it so that the
>>lists stays away from the right screen border?
>
>
> The obvious answer is something like
> ul { margin-right: 1em; }
> If that doesn't do what you want, then you need to specify what you really
> want.
>
> If you use the technique I mentioned for putting the bullets on the right,
> then the default margin will be on the right (since that's part of the
> defined meaning of direction: rtl).
>
>
>>Inside a container div with this properties:
>
>
> Please post a URL in future when describing specific problems. A URL is
> _much_ more useful than fragments of code.
>
>
>>. mainlinks#navigation ul{
>
>
> You have syntax errors in your CSS code. It's advisable to use the checker
> http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
>
>
>>I'm stuck here. I have tried text-align:right; on the #navigation BUT,
>>nothing happens.
>
>
> Probably the CSS syntax errors cause that.
http://sandyfeldman.com/test/testlist.html
is this something like what you mean?
Sandy
______________________________________________________________________
css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d
List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/
List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html
Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
