Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-30 Thread Sander Aarts


kevin mcmonagle schreef:
Ive been following the sliding doors II article and have it working 
somewhat well. However I cant see the reason for the 1st set of 
decendent selectors below. The second set with the anchor tag is used 
to create the "current" link state but I dont see what the first set 
is for. The first selector in comma separated pairs are used to id in 
the body tag. Can someone explain this?

||
http://alistapart.com/d/slidingdoors2/v1/ex10a.html

|*#home #nav-home, #news #nav-news,
#products #nav-products, #about #nav-about,
#contact #nav-contact* {
 background-position:0% -150px;
 border-width:0;
 }


*#home #nav-home a, #news #nav-news a,
#products #nav-products a, #about #nav-about a,
#contact #nav-contact a* {
 background-position:100% -150px;
 color:#333;
 padding-bottom:5px;
 }
They're both for creating the "current link" state. The left side of the 
sliding door is on the  and the right side is on the .



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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-29 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Ive been following the sliding doors II article and have it working 
somewhat well. However I cant see the reason for the 1st set of 
decendent selectors below. The second set with the anchor tag is used to 
create the "current" link state but I dont see what the first set is 
for. The first selector in comma separated pairs are used to id in the 
body tag. Can someone explain this?

||
http://alistapart.com/d/slidingdoors2/v1/ex10a.html

|*#home #nav-home, #news #nav-news,
#products #nav-products, 
#about #nav-about,

#contact #nav-contact* {
 background-position:0% -150px;
 border-width:0;
 }


*#home #nav-home a, 
#news #nav-news a,
#products #nav-products a, 
#about #nav-about a,

#contact #nav-contact a* {
 background-position:100% -150px;
 color:#333;
 padding-bottom:5px;
 }



thanks 
kevin mcmonagle

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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-29 Thread Sander Aarts


Nick Fitzsimons schreef:

On 29 May 2007, at 02:10:02, Sander Aarts wrote:

I'm glad the designers I work with know that rounded corners can be a 
real pain in the ass, so they always ask before implementing them in 
the design.


I want your designers! ;-)
Well, it's only because they know that otherwise I'd have to punish them 
real hard ;-)



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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-29 Thread Nick Fitzsimons

On 29 May 2007, at 02:10:02, Sander Aarts wrote:

I'm glad the designers I work with know that rounded corners can be  
a real pain in the ass, so they always ask before implementing them  
in the design.


I want your designers! ;-)

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http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/





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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Sander Aarts


Thierry Koblentz schreef:

So we can use transparent images. If we go with a single SPAN, then the
background image used for the A would show *behind* the image used for the
SPAN (through the transparent area of the image).
I know it's uggly, but this article is 4 or 5 years old :)
  

Ah, for tabs with rounded corners on a polychrome background.
I had not really noticed the pattern in the background of Kevins design 
before. I guess that, in this case, if he uses some tones of blue from 
that background and uses that to fill the transparent area outside the 
tabs corner it will be fine. The tones are pretty close to one another 
so there should be someting in the middle that works on the first tab of 
the menu as well as on the last tab without people noticing it.
But it's true that the 1-span sollution won't work in all circumstances. 
I'm glad the designers I work with know that rounded corners can be a 
real pain in the ass, so they always ask before implementing them in the 
design.


cheers,
Sander


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RE: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> On Behalf Of Sander Aarts

> 2 s inside the link?
> I must admit that I haven't really read the whole article, but I can't
> see why you'd have to use 2, each with their own className. Why not use
> the  for one of the background images instead of  class="left">?

So we can use transparent images. If we go with a single SPAN, then the
background image used for the A would show *behind* the image used for the
SPAN (through the transparent area of the image).
I know it's uggly, but this article is 4 or 5 years old :)


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Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com







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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle

I dont know, im stuck with it.
Heres my progress
http://eaf.textdriven.com/


Sander Aarts wrote:


kevin mcmonagle schreef:
The sliding doors method, or any that ive seen, only works if all the 
tabs are the same colour.
I don't see why. If every tab has its own id you can define different 
background images for each tab.




Nick Gleitzman wrote:
 
You've got the right starting point - but be aware that (in my 
previous experience) IE/Win (of course...) doesn't honour the 
background image change on mouseover - unless the bg img is in the .
If you want to sticj to CSS only you may use a  inside the  
and then, instead of using  and  for the sliding doors, use  
and . As the  is inside the  you can use a:hover span { 
... }


Hmm - occurs to me that the js fix for Exploder that's used for 
Suckerfish dropdowns [1] may be adaptable to your tabs - ? But then, 
of course, you've got to think about degradation when js is disabled...
As changing colors on hovering is more about usability than 
accessibilty I wonder whether it's a problem when it does not occur. 
Perhaps you can heva JavaScript set a certain className. Without this 
className the textdecoration or color changes on hover, otherwise the 
background images.



cheers,
Sander


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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Sander Aarts


Thierry Koblentz schreef:

You're right, one would need to pollute the markup:
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/scalable.asp 
  

2 s inside the link?
I must admit that I haven't really read the whole article, but I can't 
see why you'd have to use 2, each with their own className. Why not use 
the  for one of the background images instead of ?



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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Sander Aarts


kevin mcmonagle schreef:
The sliding doors method, or any that ive seen, only works if all the 
tabs are the same colour.
I don't see why. If every tab has its own id you can define different 
background images for each tab.




Nick Gleitzman wrote:
 
You've got the right starting point - but be aware that (in my 
previous experience) IE/Win (of course...) doesn't honour the 
background image change on mouseover - unless the bg img is in the .
If you want to sticj to CSS only you may use a  inside the  and 
then, instead of using  and  for the sliding doors, use  and 
. As the  is inside the  you can use a:hover span { ... }


Hmm - occurs to me that the js fix for Exploder that's used for 
Suckerfish dropdowns [1] may be adaptable to your tabs - ? But then, 
of course, you've got to think about degradation when js is disabled...
As changing colors on hovering is more about usability than accessibilty 
I wonder whether it's a problem when it does not occur. Perhaps you can 
heva JavaScript set a certain className. Without this className the 
textdecoration or color changes on hover, otherwise the background images.



cheers,
Sander


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RE: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> On Behalf Of Nick Gleitzman
> 
> kevin mcmonagle wrote:
> 
> > I am going to start with the sliding doors 2.0 article on ala.
> > Does anyone have any advice or examples regarding a sideways tabular
> > nav bar?
> 
> You've got the right starting point - but be aware that (in my previous
> experience) IE/Win (of course...) doesn't honour the background image
> change on mouseover - unless the bg img is in the .

You're right, one would need to pollute the markup:
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/scalable.asp 

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Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com





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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Nick Gleitzman

kevin mcmonagle wrote:

Thanks nick i might need to implement that js fix. The sliding doors 
method, or any that ive seen, only works if all the tabs are the same 
colour.


Ah. Of course. I'm sure you could make your design work, but there 
would be a lot of classes and/or ids involved to target the specific 
tabs, and a whole lot of css as a consequence...


I will have to change my design cause i dont have time to figure id 
out-in fact even if i did have the time

that would be a tough nut to crack.


Your call, of course - you know how much time you have. But better to 
find out now whether your design is viable, than many hours into 
wrestling with it!


N
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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Thanks nick i might need to implement that js fix. 
The sliding doors method, or any that ive seen, only works if all the 
tabs are the same colour.
I will have to change my design cause i dont have time to figure id 
out-in fact even if i did have the time

that would be a tough nut to crack.


Nick Gleitzman wrote:
 
You've got the right starting point - but be aware that (in my 
previous experience) IE/Win (of course...) doesn't honour the 
background image change on mouseover - unless the bg img is in the .


Hmm - occurs to me that the js fix for Exploder that's used for 
Suckerfish dropdowns [1] may be adaptable to your tabs - ? But then, 
of course, you've got to think about degradation when js is disabled...


[1] www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/






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Re: [WSG] need help with tabular interface

2007-05-28 Thread Nick Gleitzman

kevin mcmonagle wrote:


I am going to start with the sliding doors 2.0 article on ala.
Does anyone have any advice or examples regarding a sideways tabular 
nav bar?


You've got the right starting point - but be aware that (in my previous 
experience) IE/Win (of course...) doesn't honour the background image 
change on mouseover - unless the bg img is in the .


Hmm - occurs to me that the js fix for Exploder that's used for 
Suckerfish dropdowns [1] may be adaptable to your tabs - ? But then, of 
course, you've got to think about degradation when js is disabled...


[1] www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/

N
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http://www.omnivision.com.au/



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