[css-d] Basic CSS Question: Why no background when no height value is defined?

2008-11-01 Thread MEM 
CSS Basic Question: Background Color:

If I quit the height value, I get no background color. Why?

I want a background color, but I don't want the extra bottom space that the
height value gives to me. :s 

How can we have a background without the height?


Here is the code.


.mainlinks#navigation {

position:relative;
width:933px;
margin:0px auto 0px auto;
height:50px; 
background-color:#FF9933;

}

Thanks again,
Márcio

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Re: [css-d] Basic CSS Question: Why no background when no height value is defined?

2008-11-01 Thread MEM 
Thanks...
I've but overflow: hidden; (but my nav items disappear). :s

I just wanted to understand why, but I understand that THAT could be a bit
difficult if we don't see all the code and examples...
Anyway, I have put the height value and I was getting a difference on 1px
between IE and FF, but now, (I don't know why) it's ok.

So no problem. Thanks a lot.

Q:How can I had space between li on a ul ?
R:Use the margin value not the padding one. :D
(this is only to stay on the mailing list).



Thanks a lot all, for the help. I now have a nice layout with 3 columns and
a navigation that is ugly, and with redundant CSS code (I'm sure of it), but
it will get better.

Regards,
Márcio

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From: David Laakso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: sábado, 1 de Novembro de 2008 17:10
To: MEM
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Subject: Re: [css-d] Basic CSS Question: Why no background when no height
value is defined?

MEM wrote:
 CSS Basic Question: Background Color:

 If I quit the height value, I get no background color. Why?
   


Because, I guess,  it has no layout (no dimension).


 I want a background color, but I don't want the extra bottom space that
the
 height value gives to me. :s 

 How can we have a background without the height?


 Here is the code.


 .mainlinks#navigation {

 position:relative;
 width:933px;
 margin:0px auto 0px auto;
 height:50px; 
 background-color:#FF9933;

 }

 Thanks again,
 Márcio

   

Re-set to:

.mainlinks#navigation {
position:relative;
width:933px;
margin:0px auto 0px auto;
height:50px; - :: delete ::
padding: 0 0 1.75em 0;- :: add and check with font-scaling
::
background-color:#FF9933;

}




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Re: [css-d] Basic CSS Question: Why no background when no height value is defined?

2008-11-01 Thread David Laakso 
MEM wrote:

 Q:How can I had space between li on a ul ?
 R:Use the margin value not the padding one. :D
 (this is only to stay on the mailing list).



 Thanks a lot all, for the help. I now have a nice layout with 3 columns and
 a navigation that is ugly, and with redundant CSS code (I'm sure of it), but
 it will get better.

 Regards,
 Márcio
   




Increase the padding right and padding left on the
ul li a
selector?

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Please bottom post.
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Re: [css-d] Basic CSS Question: Why no background when no height value is defined?

2008-11-01 Thread Blake 
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:21 AM, MEM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 CSS Basic Question: Background Color:

 If I quit the height value, I get no background color. Why?

Try adding:

.mainlinks#navigation { overflow: hidden; }

It sounds like your nav items are floated, and therefore the container
will not explicitly stretch to accommodate them unless you force it
to.

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Re: [css-d] Basic CSS Question: Why no background when no height value is defined?

2008-11-01 Thread David Laakso 
MEM wrote:
 CSS Basic Question: Background Color:

 If I quit the height value, I get no background color. Why?
   


Because, I guess,  it has no layout (no dimension).


 I want a background color, but I don't want the extra bottom space that the
 height value gives to me. :s 

 How can we have a background without the height?


 Here is the code.


 .mainlinks#navigation {

 position:relative;
 width:933px;
 margin:0px auto 0px auto;
 height:50px; 
 background-color:#FF9933;

 }

 Thanks again,
 Márcio

   

Re-set to:

.mainlinks#navigation {
position:relative;
width:933px;
margin:0px auto 0px auto;
height:50px; - :: delete ::
padding: 0 0 1.75em 0;- :: add and check with font-scaling ::
background-color:#FF9933;

}




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