Robin Chapple wrote:
How do I set a width limit for anything that appears on a page.
Do you mean setting a width limit, or setting width?
I tries this which does not work:
body {
[...]
width: 800px
}
That's setting the width. To set the width limit, use max-width instead.
What do you mean by "does not work"? Post a URL, please. There are dozens of
things that might make browsers ignore some CSS settings.
If you mean exceeding the 800px width a bit, then that's probably due to
default margin or padding for <html> or <body>. You need to set them too if
you want to be pixel-exact.
Content that cannot possibly fit into the specified width or max-width will
overflow. Handling of overflow depends on CSS settings and on the browser.
--
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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