Howdy Crest, ~~~ Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 9:24:14 PM (USA 'Somewhere on-the-road time-zone'), you wrote the message that appears below.
My reply appears here and/or interspersed within your message. ~~~ > Em are the best solution for font-sizes, from everything that I know. > Pixels I don't know if pixels should be used at all and percentages from > what I know are relative to the browser size, is this correct or am I > mis-understanding something. Newbie here, have been a member for only a few days. I had been using 'small', or 'medium', for general text and links, and then % for other (larger, i.e. h1, h2, &c.) elements. I use Firefox as my main browser, but also keep latest versions of IE, Opera, Chrome, Safari, and Maxthon for testing. I have found an issue with Opera (v12.16 is installed) when using 'small' vs %. Using 'small', when viewing a site in a less-than-full-screen window, decreasing the width of the window can lead to a link text wrapping rather than proportionally shrinking with the column. If I define the link text as '87.5%', the link does not wrap, but shrinks as I would want/expect. I do not see this action in other browsers - all the others that I test with keep the link proportional and it does not wrap. Link, to see this in action: http://www.rmaba.org/rmaba_members2014.html Using Opera, shrink horizontal width and watch the link titled 'Colorado Springs Area', in the right-hand column. At the moment, text in that box is defined as 'small'. If I change that to '87.5%', then that link text will not wrap - the same as occurs in other browsers regardless of using 'small' or the %. G'Jim c):{- -- Custom book-boxes: http://www.wyomerc.com/bookboxes/bookboxes.html Book repairs: http://www.wyomerc.com/bookrepair/bookrepairs.html My photography: http://www.gjim.com Savvy ponderable: A smile from a good woman is worth more'n a dozen handed out by a bartender. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
