Agreed. What you describe (starting over) is exactly what I've just started doing today. Well... actually to be more accurate, I'm going back to a previously attempted version without tables. But I did want to get to the bottom of a couple of other things before I went back to that.
So I'll put that together soon and let you have a look and you can tell me if I'm on the right track. ;) On 09/03/2012, at 7:05 PM, Ghodmode wrote: > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:47 AM, David Thorp > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Brilliant on both counts. Thanks! >> >> Except... >> >> Now (in Safari both mac and windows) I'm getting little resize boxes on each >> cell in the list. I also notice these on the on the grey side bar and at >> the bottom of the list as well. They seem to show up anywhere i've set >> overflow, although i thought they were only for when I set resize. I'm >> missing something here... once again. > > I added the properties to my zstripes demo pages (all 3) and made the width of > the first column unreasonably small. I didn't see the resize boxes. I can > only > guess that you're seeing a resize handle, but that should only happen in text > areas (I think). If that's what it is, setting resize:none should fix it, but > I'm not sure exactly what you're seeing. > > Note: I don't have an OSX environment to test with. > > >> On the other hand, I'm getting wildly different results in IE9 with just >> about everything. (I don't really care about IE8 or below as this is >> ultimately going to be an internal web application for which I will specify >> minimum requirements = IE9) >> >> In IE9: >> • the column widths don't seem to be following the rules >> • the graphic behind the Organisation Name heading is wrong. >> • the borders between certain objects are white instead of black >> • it doesn't seem to be following the sans-serif fonts i've requested. > > On my demo pages, the column widths are following the rules in IE9. None of > the > things we've discussed so far should have any effect on borders, graphics, or > fonts. > > >> I've heard of minor inconsistencies between browsers, but this seems over >> the top. Is this typical? Why don't CSS and HTML just do what they're told? > > Ahh... If only it were that simple... Ya I guess it's kind of > typical. Strictly > following recommended practices (like avoiding using tables for layout) > definitely minimizes inconsistencies, but they're always there. > > I think you're already getting lost in your deeply-nested tables and > overlapping > elements. This is why I created demo pages instead of trying to work directly > with your code. > > >> Well, again thanks for all the help. Any further direction here will be >> equally appreciated! > > If I were in your situation, I'd start over with a pencil and a piece of > paper. > Draw a picture of what you want the page to look like, then add one part at a > time. > > Using pencil and paper prevents you from getting hung up on things like colors > and fonts. Those are minor details that can easily be corrected when the > major > stuff is in place. > > It sounds like a lot of work, but I think its easier than fixing what you > have right now. > > -- > Vince Aggrippino > Ghodmode Development > http://www.ghodmode.com > > >> David. > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
