Re: [css-d] Use of !ie and !important

2008-01-04 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> >> Ingo > > > > It's an invalid hack [1] used to target IE7. Almost any word can be > used after "!" in the important identifier. > > > > [1] > > > > Alan > > > > http://css-class.com/ > > > > > > Thank you, Alan. I'm glad you aske

[css-d] IE adding extra pixels

2008-01-04 Thread Joanne
http://server.npserver1.com/~netper/thebankhotel/ In Firefox & Safari this looks correct. In IE6 & 7, the #main div isn't lining up with the background wallpaper that's centered on the entire page and I'm not sure why. There's a small gap to the right of the banner and you'll notice that undernea

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

2008-01-04 Thread Bruno Fassino
Ingo Chao wrote: > Bruno Fassino wrote: >> ... Unfortunately this "shrink-to-fit" effect can only be >> obtained as a side effect of other properties ... > > Interesting aspect. > Is there a need for properties that transport such a concept like > shrink-to-fit more directly, without these implica

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

2008-01-04 Thread Highpowered
Gautam Patel wrote: > > I am trying to enclose an img tag in a or wrapper; and I want > the wrapper to resize automatically to the image size (i.e., I don't want to > specify a hard-coded size). Using float:left or float:right, this works. But > how do I manage it without a float? > > Your

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

2008-01-04 Thread Ingo Chao
Bruno Fassino wrote: > ... Unfortunately this "shrink-to-fit" effect can only be > obtained as a side effect of other properties ... Interesting aspect. Is there a need for properties that transport such a concept like shrink-to-fit more directly, without these implications that properties like

Re: [css-d] Three Column advice needed

2008-01-04 Thread Highpowered
Richard Brown wrote: > Hi All > > Getting ambitious and needing a little bit of advice. > > > The above is a three column site that has two navigational columns > floated left both with fixed width

[css-d] Three Column advice needed

2008-01-04 Thread Richard Brown
Hi All Getting ambitious and needing a little bit of advice. The above is a three column site that has two navigational columns floated left both with fixed width objects contained in. Navigation

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Highpowered
Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote: > Hello - > > I am quite baffled here. I know I am totally missing something, but I > simply can't see it! Can you assist, please? > > I am trying to float an image right within a #content div. When I place > the following rule in the element within

Re: [css-d] Re(2): Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote: > Aaah! I used Firebug to check inheritance. When I changed the class to > (what the markup leads to...) > > #content p img.floatright { > float: right; > margin: 0 0 10px 10px; > } > > the image floats correctly! So, the issue is inheritance? No, inheritance is not th

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

2008-01-04 Thread Bruno Fassino
On Jan 4, 2008 2:02 PM, Gautam Patel wrote: > > I am trying to enclose an img tag in a or wrapper; and I want > the wrapper to resize automatically to the > image size (i.e., I don't want to specify a hard-coded size). Using > float:left or float:right, this works. But how do I > manage it with

[css-d] nasty tooltip strikes again!

2008-01-04 Thread Giuseppe Craparotta
Hi folks, I would appreciate some help. I particularly invoke the contribution of those that already devoted their attention to my case: if you open the following page: http://www.giuseppecraparottacv.co.uk/work-web.html you see the layout as it should be, everything is at the right place. But

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Luc
Good afternoon Dorothy, It was foretold that on 04/01/2008 @ 09:26:27 GMT-0500 (which was 12:26:27 where I live) Dorothy Hesson 2336 would write: > The whole stylesheet does work. The stylesheet validates, too. This is > what's getting me! > URL with the

[css-d] Fwd: Re(2): Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Dorothy Hesson 2336
Hello Jukka > >> I am trying to float an image right within a #content div. When I >> place the following rule in the element within

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote: > The whole stylesheet does work. The stylesheet validates, too. This is > what's getting me! > > URL with the

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jan 4, 2008, at 11:26 PM, Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote: > The whole stylesheet does work. The stylesheet validates, too. This is > what's getting me! > > URL with the

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Clark, Martin (M.)
I think you need img.floatright and not img .floatright cheers Martin Clark Compuware GmbH Lead Developer, DMF - ADS Germany -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dorothy Hesson 2336 Sent: 04 January 2008 15:26 To: Jukka

[css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

2008-01-04 Thread Gautam Patel
Hello, I am trying to enclose an img tag in a or wrapper; and I want the wrapper to resize automatically to the image size (i.e., I don't want to specify a hard-coded size). Using float:left or float:right, this works. But how do I manage it without a float? For instance: 1.This works:

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Dorothy Hesson 2336
> >> I am quite baffled here. I know I am totally missing something, but I >> simply can't see it! Can you assist, please? > >I'm afraid we are missing a URL. > >> I am trying to float an image right within a #content div. When I >> place the following rule in the element within

Re: [css-d] IE7 problem

2008-01-04 Thread Big Moxy
John, Try adding a "clear: both" to the footer style. You may also have to add width to the footer but it's not clear to me whether it's always necessary or just for my styles. Tim John Lockerbie wrote: > Hi, > > I think the problems I've been having with my redesign are mostly > resolved but

Re: [css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Dorothy Hesson 2336 wrote: > I am quite baffled here. I know I am totally missing something, but I > simply can't see it! Can you assist, please? I'm afraid we are missing a URL. > I am trying to float an image right within a #content div. When I > place the following rule in the element within

[css-d] Class and Specificity?

2008-01-04 Thread Dorothy Hesson 2336
Hello - I am quite baffled here. I know I am totally missing something, but I simply can't see it! Can you assist, please? I am trying to float an image right within a #content div. When I place the following rule in the element within

[css-d] IE7 problem

2008-01-04 Thread John Lockerbie
Hi, I think the problems I've been having with my redesign are mostly resolved but I know there is at least a problem with IE7 and Windows XP. Please would somebody have a look at http://www.catnaps.org/20071217/index.html - http://www.catnaps.org/20071217/catnaps.css - and suggest what I might d

Re: [css-d] Visibility of a Div

2008-01-04 Thread David Laakso
Keith Kaiser wrote: > Please visit http://nearspaceventures.com/gpsl2008 using FireFox or Safari > or most any browser except Internet Explorer. You will see a weather banner > on the front page in a DIV called "wxBanner". In most browsers is looks > pretty much the way I want it to look but in I.E

Re: [css-d] Visibility of a Div

2008-01-04 Thread David Dorward
On 03/01/2008, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please visit http://nearspaceventures.com/gpsl2008 > in I.E. it doesn't show up on screen at all. Invalid markup leads to error recovery routines, which tends to lead to more inconsistencies between browsers, and makes it harder for people t

Re: [css-d] Use of !ie and !important

2008-01-04 Thread Ingo Chao
Alan Gresley wrote: > ... >> >> Can someone let me in what is meant with "!ie" hack and point me to a >> reference? >> >> Ingo > > It's an invalid hack [1] used to target IE7. Almost any word can be used > after "!" in the important identifier. > > [1]

Re: [css-d] Use of !ie and !important

2008-01-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Ingo Chao on 4 January 2008 04:04 > Nancy E. Sosna Bohm wrote: >> Often I find a pixel or two difference between FireFox and IE7, mostly due >> to my use of borders and padding. I have been extensively using !ie at the >> end of a style declaration to correct this in IE7. This is similar to the