Re: [css-d] defining span?

2006-01-19 Thread Martin Heiden
Jim, on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 05:02 Roger Roelofs wrote: > Jim, > On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Jim Ryan wrote: >> (Applying that ".lw1" class to all list items was The Drupal CMS' decision, >> not mine) > #anothernav li.expanded a span.lw1 Besides the hint Roger gave you, it is worth

[css-d] How do I restrict a display:table element in height?

2006-01-19 Thread Ingo Chao
.fix { display:table; background: red; } lorem ipsum Let's say I need a height of 1em and overflow:hidden/auto (and an additional wrapper is not an option). But 'height' is treated as a minimum height in the table model, and 'table-layout' controls

Re: [css-d] defining span?

2006-01-19 Thread francky
Jim Ryan wrote: >Hi, >On the page http://ixlr8.org/newacting [...] >[...] the .lw1 span overrides any definition I give to .expanded. Not >only that, but because the .lw1 span is applied to all 's, any >redefinition of it affects every other righnav as well. This I don't >want. >[...] whatever ma

Re: [css-d] Content problem in IE

2006-01-19 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Iorhael wrote: >Last night I changed all my font sizes for my various sites to percentages. >However, in one site the content is now shifting downward in IE. I had posted >this same problem the other week with another site but was able to fix it by >shortening the content width. However, I have

[css-d] Image map effect on a background image (followup)

2006-01-19 Thread Gary Czychi
Hi there, I'd like to have an image map on a background image and I found a very good post of Paul Novitzki which covers exactly this. It was posted June 2004 (http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/40401). However, I can't seem to make this work. Can someone please help me? 1. when

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Spike Spencer
I recently consolidated a 30KB CSS file form over 1300 lines of code to just under eight hundred. I was doing it on autopilot and without XHTML from the gimps in the programming office to check it on - predictably, something has gone wrong. Is there any quick and easy way for me to compare the styl

Re: [css-d] having positioning problems in IE

2006-01-19 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Ty Huffman wrote: >Here is a link to my css: http://www.sketchiness.org/somc.css > >Going here: http://www.sketchiness.orgusing Safari looks fine, >but IE no way. I have beat my head against the wall to figure out >the solution but think that now all I'm doing is changing things >arou

Re: [css-d] Image map effect on a background image (followup)

2006-01-19 Thread Roger Roelofs
Gary, On Jan 19, 2006, at 7:48 AM, Gary Czychi wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to have an image map on a background image ... > However, I can't seem to make this work. Can someone please help me? > > 1. when I remove the comments from the ".bgstars a" line, all > carefully positioned links wit

Re: [css-d] How do I restrict a display:table element in height?

2006-01-19 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 19 Jan 2006, at 8:19 pm, Ingo Chao wrote: > .fix { > display:table; > background: red; > } > > > lorem > ipsum > > > Let's say I need a height of 1em and overflow:hidden/auto (and an > additional wrapper is not an option). > > But 'height' is treated as

[css-d] staggering/vertical offset of floated blocks in IE

2006-01-19 Thread Eric Shepherd
I've run into this before. I think I've fixed it before, but I can't remember, and I apparently can't think of the right search terms to find out if anyone else has solved this problem. I can't post anything live, but here is the HTML and CSS I'm using. Basically, I have two floated block links, w

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread cj
you could try running them both through a formatting tool and perhaps alphabetically arranging them (which ruins the order css is read in, so don't keep it this way. but it will be easier to compare). http://www.lonniebest.com/FormatCSS/ ___

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Randal Rust
On 1/19/06, Spike Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any quick and easy way > for me to compare the stylesheets and see what style information has > changed? The structure of the document has changed entirely so I can't > do a quick and dirty VBScript unfortunately. Are your files stor

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spike Spencer wrote: > Thanks for any help. Not to be cruel -- sounds like you spent some time to do this, but perhaps in the future a better method would be to pick smaller segments of the css, make your changes, then test, repeat. It is always easier to divide big problems into little pro

Re: [css-d] staggering/vertical offset of floated blocks in IE

2006-01-19 Thread Martin Heiden
Eric, on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 15:37 Eric Shepherd wrote: > -- <--16px or whatever the default font size is > ||-- > --|| > -- If I understand it right, you should float the li not the a. regards Martin __

Re: [css-d] staggering/vertical offset of floated blocks in IE

2006-01-19 Thread Christian Heilmann
> > -- <--16px or whatever the default font size is > > ||-- > > --|| > > -- > > If I understand it right, you should float the li not the a. Yes, and also float the UL to ensure it contains all the LIs... http://icant.co.uk/articles/flexible-css-menu/ -- Chr

Re: [css-d] How do I restrict a display:table element in height?

2006-01-19 Thread Ingo Chao
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > On 19 Jan 2006, at 8:19 pm, Ingo Chao wrote: > >> .fix { >> display:table; >> background: red; >> } >> >> >> lorem >> ipsum >> >> >> Let's say I need a height of 1em and overflow:hidden/auto ... > > .fix { > display:table-row-g

Re: [css-d] defining span?

2006-01-19 Thread Jim Ryan
Francky, I think you nailed it. Thanks so much. Jim -Original Message- From: francky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:43 AM To: Jim Ryan Cc: CSS Email List Subject: Re: [css-d] defining span? Jim Ryan wrote: >Hi, >On the page http://ixlr8.org/newacting [...]

[css-d] One True Layout - NN8 disappearing scrollbar

2006-01-19 Thread Shilpa Thanawala
I'm using Alex Robinson's One True Layout method for a 3-column layout, ordered 2-1-3 as in his example. In NN8, the vertical scrollbar does not appear when the page is loaded, then appears if the page is resized. Any ideas on how to remedy this would be greatly appreciated. http://www.shilp

[css-d] Vertically centering (again!) text and image relative to each (not just within container)

2006-01-19 Thread Simon Kittle
Hey, I'm after a simple way to get the equivalent of text thats 10px height I'm aware that I can use the line-height CSS property center the line object in the container, as so: text thats 10px height And that will successfully vertically align both the txt and image within the DIV. H

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Eric Vann
I often compare two files like yours using a simple text editor that allows me to do a line-by-line comparison of both files. Of course if you have altered the new file structure enough even this doesn't work. __ css-discuss [EMAI

[css-d] Help: Table disappears under DIV

2006-01-19 Thread Joe Otten
site url: http://posting.sba.udayton.edu/rise/academic.asp css url: http://posting.sba.udayton.edu/rise/style.css In IE, the schedule (a table) disappears under the footer DIV. Note to FF users: This page may not display correctly for you - I'm working on it : ) Any help is appreciated! -Joe ___

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Eric Vann
Joe Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 10:42 AM -0600 wrote: >WinMerge has saved me hours of time in regards to comparing scripts >[ http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/ ]http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/ > >Good Luck Yep. The product I use is called BBEdit and runs on the Mac.

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Roger Roelofs
Eric, et al On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Eric Vann wrote: > Yep. The product I use is called BBEdit and runs on the Mac. It has an > automated DIFFERENCE (i.e. DIFF) function which displays each file > in a > separate window and shows the lines which differ. Clicking on that > line in > the

Re: [css-d] help, IE can't position my tabs but can position my footer...

2006-01-19 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
rebecca taylor wrote: >i'm wondering if a seasoned css developer can tell me why my attempt to >trick IE into showing my navigation tabs worked for IE, but >unfortunately worked for FF & Moz. as well? >http://www.littlered.com/beta/ > >for the top navigation tabs, i tried to do an IE hack -- but

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Vic Rauch
Spike, et al On Jan 19, 2006, at 05:08 AM, Spike Spencer wrote: >I recently consolidated a 30KB CSS file form over 1300 lines >of code to just under eight hundred. With all this talk of text editors, I sure don't see how that is going to be much help at all. Spike needs some way to see the OUT

Re: [css-d] massive css problem

2006-01-19 Thread Mike Soultanian
If you have two documents that you want to compare, winmerge does an excellent job. It highlights the differences between the two documents and then you can choose what you want to copy back and forth between the two. I have used it extensively for programming and all sorts of other little pr

[css-d] Floats Not Behaving in IE

2006-01-19 Thread Chris Akins
Page: http://www.springfieldmogov.org/egov/planning_development/planTest2.html CSS with the float rules in question: http://www.springfieldmogov.org/css/plan.css Additional CSS Page: http://www.springfieldmogov.org/css/pw_oper.css Problem: Three floated divs at page bottom should be side by sid

Re: [css-d] What css will DreamWeaver display?

2006-01-19 Thread Randy Edmunds
Hi Jeff, > Does anyone know of a reference anywhere that lists the css that > Macromedia's DreamWeaver supports in its internal rendering engine? I think this forum is limited to only discussing user agents and not author agents, so you should probably post questions here instead: news://forums.

Re: [css-d] question about formatting w/ padding

2006-01-19 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Mike Soultanian wrote: >I am working on the layout w/ my designer trying to get all the padding >just right. Let's say that there is a header, sub-header, title, and >body text. I could just just put padding-top on everything and that >would space it out accordingly. However, I'm not really

[css-d] Problem with autoresize DIV

2006-01-19 Thread Reynier Perez Mira
Well, I have problems with DIV element inside a wrapper. For example I need a DIV for put inside a left-nav composing by menus, links and others. When I have a little menu the DIV element resize and the content in content DIV move from original place for below DIV element. This is the CSS. #co

[css-d] Problem with floating with absolute width and 100% width

2006-01-19 Thread Jasper Kuperus
Hello all, Recently I've been working on the accessibility of one of my websites (http://www.overhoorjesuf.nl/). I've been through the whole website with a blind internet user. Out of accessibility reasons its better to switch the menu and content in the source from place (#menu and #content).

Re: [css-d] Is it possible to set max-width and min-width in IE

2006-01-19 Thread 2geedesign
Thanks for this. I'll check it out asap. - Original Message - From: "bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: RE: [css-d] Is it possible to set max-width and min-width in IE > "Is there any way to get IE to accept max-width and

Re: [css-d] Is it possible to set max-width and min-width in IE

2006-01-19 Thread 2geedesign
Hi Al Thanks for your advise. I'll certainly bear it in mind when checking out the links Ian - Original Message - From: "Al Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Is it possible to set

Re: [css-d] Is it possible to set max-width and min-width in IE

2006-01-19 Thread 2geedesign
Hi Christian Thanks very much for the links. I'll be trying them out asap. Ian - Original Message - From: "Christian Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "2geedesign" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:16 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] Is it possible to set max-width and min

[css-d] Image -- text -- image

2006-01-19 Thread Keith Kaiser
I want to put text between two images, . Some kind of text here with a too http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/

[css-d] Safari Empty Cache redraw problem

2006-01-19 Thread Trish Meyer
I work on Mac, Safari 2.0.2, and frequently have to Empty Cache in order to load new CSS files etc while testing. Recently I've noticed that one of my sites, http://www.wildscaping.com, doesn't draw properly if I go to it directly after emptying the cache. All you see is the Footer at the top

[css-d] Safari Float Bug

2006-01-19 Thread Alec A. Lazarescu
I'm using a floated horizontal list based on one of the ones on listmatic and everything working great IE6 and FireFox. Safari is putting a break before the list item with the combo box. I've found that if I hardcode a width in #navlist or take out the float that works around it, but I don't lik

[css-d] Mac IE huge whitespace above content

2006-01-19 Thread Barrie Matthews
Hello When the following url http://www.learnz.org.nz/aoraki61/bg/aoraki-mt-cook-national-park.php is displayed in IE 5.2 on Mac OS X (and maybe OS9), there is half a screen high of white space above the main content. The page displays fine on almost every other platform and browser combinati

Re: [css-d] Image -- text -- image

2006-01-19 Thread Jim Davis
Keith, Here is a link to a three column grid demo created by Al Sparber: http://www.projectseven.com/csslab/testing/lists/grid.htm It's a fixed width, but maybe will provide some inspiration. Jim On 1/19/06, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to put text between two images, > >

Re: [css-d] One True Layout - NN8 disappearing scrollbar

2006-01-19 Thread Shilpa Thanawala
Thanks, Kelly. Tried the suggestion, which does indeed give a consistent scrollbar in NN8, but breaks the layout: http://www.shilpathanawala.com/tribbledesigns/artsopolis/template/index-setheight.html Perhaps there's something else I'm doing wrong... Thanks, ST --- Kelly Miller <[EMAIL PROTECT

[css-d] Newbie help with error codes

2006-01-19 Thread Adam Boettiger
Hello - Am new to CSS and debugging a page I am building. Getting some specific errors that I don't know the fixes to. The page prototype is at http://207.58.182.212/ Markup validation errors at http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F207.58.182.212%2F In particular, looking for help wit

Re: [css-d] Mac IE huge whitespace above content

2006-01-19 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 20 Jan 2006, at 6:01 am, Barrie Matthews wrote: > When the following url > > http://www.learnz.org.nz/aoraki61/bg/aoraki-mt-cook-national-park.php > > is displayed in IE 5.2 on Mac OS X (and maybe OS9), there is half a > screen high of white space above the main content. > > The page displays

[css-d] IE positioning problem

2006-01-19 Thread Neal Watkins
Hello all - wondering if someone has a cure for this IE dilemma. (working with this chat skin that is built in css) if you look at this in firefox http://constructweb.com/temp/test-out-alt.html the time stamp stays within the boudries of the containing box if you look at IE it does not - is it

Re: [css-d] IE positioning problem

2006-01-19 Thread Rowan Wigginton
Neal Watkins wrote: > http://constructweb.com/temp/test-out-alt.html > > is it because IE has a problem with right: 4px; (absolute positioning right)? It's because you don't have a HTML, HEAD, DOCTYPE or BODY tag in the entire document. / rowan

[css-d] interesting google insight

2006-01-19 Thread Schalk
Greetings All I recently completed a site for a client, www.oxfordprice.com, and was contacted by him today regarding his positioning on Google. Here is what was said: 'I spoke with the people at google today and they gave me insight to why I'm not showing up on the results. It's the page layo

Re: [css-d] IE positioning problem

2006-01-19 Thread Neal Watkins
fair enough but why does FF and all other browsers render it ok Quoting Rowan Wigginton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Neal Watkins wrote: >> http://constructweb.com/temp/test-out-alt.html >> >> is it because IE has a problem with right: 4px; (absolute >> positioning right)? > It's because you don't hav

Re: [css-d] interesting google insight

2006-01-19 Thread Ian Young
>> One thing that I have picked up upon re-validating the code is that whomever added the META tags did not terminate them properly. I am hoping that this is actually the cause and not what is stated by the people from Google. >> Schalk Firstly there are still 14 Mark up errors in your script -