Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-22 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
David Jones wrote: > Is there a way to align roman numeral list numbers left, instead of > right-aligned on the period? In theory, yes. In practice, currently not in CSS if you use the logical markup; you would have to use e.g. table markup instead of list markup to create the desired renderin

Re: [css-d] request for general guidance on simple css layout

2008-05-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
snak detek+0r wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/6sb7bp > 1) why does my wrapper div (gray bg) not fully enclose my columns? If > I want space between rows, do I have to do something different? Floats are not contained by default. Buggy IE/win contains them because there's a 'hasLayout' trigger on .wr

Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-22 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On May 22, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > Assuming that you want the list items themselves aligned to the left, > this could by the specs be achieved by using something like the > following: > > ol { list-style-type: none; > counter-reset: itemnr; } > ol li:before { > content

[css-d] cross browser testing web application

2008-05-22 Thread rashantha de silva
i couldn't find a way to do search of this list so please pardon if this has been posted before. is there a website where i can test a web page across browser/ operating system. i am on mac an i need to test ajax/tabbed hide/display since i am here... here's the page

Re: [css-d] cross browser testing web application

2008-05-22 Thread Christian Kirchhoff
rashantha de silva schrieb: > i couldn't find a way to do search of this list so please pardon if > this has been posted before. > > is there a website where i can test a web page across browser/ > operating system. > Yes, its http://browsershots.org/ Regards, Christian Kirchhoff *Directmed

[css-d] css dropdown not working

2008-05-22 Thread Sol Sinclair
Hi all; I had this working, and then I was forced to make a change, and I thought I had it working properly, so I re-wrote my css files, and then I checked it again and its not working. The problem is with this site: http://www.haveagoodday.ca/ http://www.haveagoodday.ca/robert.css

[css-d] Creating a family tree

2008-05-22 Thread Wade Smart
20080522 0844 GMT-6 Im working with a site developer locally with a large project. He has all these charts that will need to be put on an intranet site. They are kinda like a family tree chart, like this

Re: [css-d] Creating a family tree

2008-05-22 Thread tedd
At 8:51 AM -0500 5/22/08, Wade Smart wrote: >20080522 0844 GMT-6 > >Im working with a site developer locally with a large project. He >has all these >charts that will need to be put on an intranet site. > >They are kinda like a family

[css-d] off-left technique and width

2008-05-22 Thread Ingo Chao
Hi The off-left technique [1] often comes with a width set. Does anyone remember the reason for this width? IE5-Mac? .off-left { position: absolute; left: -999px; width: 990px; /**/ } or .hide{ position:absolute; top:0; left:-4000px; width:1px; /**/ } .show{ position:relative; top:0; lef

Re: [css-d] off-left technique and width

2008-05-22 Thread Rainer Wagener
Ingo Chao schrieb: > Hi > > The off-left technique [1] often comes with a width set. > > Does anyone remember the reason for this width? IE5-Mac? > > > .off-left { > > position: absolute; > > left: -999px; > > width: 990px; /**/ Because otherwise the hidden element could possibly extend in

[css-d] floated anchors not wrapping/returning

2008-05-22 Thread Brian Cummiskey
Hi guys, Having an IE7 problem. please see: http://imageupload.com/out.php/i120625_float.jpg Basically, ie7 in the screen shot is not wrapping/CR to the next line like it does in firefox, thus having all the extra of the last block hang down at the end of the 'row'. the code block i'm using:

Re: [css-d] floated anchors not wrapping/returning

2008-05-22 Thread Ingo Chao
Brian Cummiskey wrote: > Hi guys, > > Having an IE7 problem. > > please see: > http://imageupload.com/out.php/i120625_float.jpg > > Basically, ie7 in the screen shot is not wrapping/CR to the next line > like it does in firefox, thus having all the extra of the last block > hang down at the en

Re: [css-d] floated anchors not wrapping/returning

2008-05-22 Thread Brian Cummiskey
Ingo Chao wrote: > Maybe white-space:nowrap helps in the original file. Can't test it on > a jpg. Thank you Ingo! That fixed it :) __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -

Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-22 Thread snak detek+0r
David Jones wrote: > Is there a way to align roman numeral list numbers left, instead of > right-aligned on the period? > > Example: > I. List item 1 > II. List item 2 > > Instead of: > I. List item 1 > II. List item 2 > i suggested this to david offlist, but since it seems like a simple a

Re: [css-d] How to align list numbers?

2008-05-22 Thread David Jones
Thanks, Josh (and Jukka and Phillipe). I tried the list-style-position: inside option. When text wraps in the list item, it wraps back to the start of the item number. That wouldn't be acceptable here. Using generated content is out because our corporate standard web browser is IE6. IE7 and later

[css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Chris Akins
I know there are many rounded corner techniques out there, and I'm not looking to start a war. :-) But I was wondering if there are any especially good, newer techniques to the game. I need my rounded box to be resizable, and kind of like the idea of using only one small circle image that gets of

Re: [css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread maxxu !
What about Nifty Corners by Alessandro Fulciniti ? I don't know any newer techniqus, except that with sliding door technique and fixed round corner box. P.S. I hoped I managed to reply to your message. This is my first time in css-discuss and also my first using a mailing-list. Chris Akins wro

Re: [css-d] Site Check please

2008-05-22 Thread Karl Hardisty
On 22/05/2008, at 12:39 AM, David Laakso wrote: Karl Hardisty wrote: > http://mothership.co.nz/blog > > > All feedback greatly accepted. > > > > Karl > > It looked fine to me cross-browser, Karl. Couple of trivial CSS errors to correct. Aside: The title of the document does not seem to appear i

Re: [css-d] off-left technique and width

2008-05-22 Thread Ingo Chao
Rainer Wagener wrote: > Ingo Chao schrieb: >> The off-left technique [1] often comes with a width set. >> Does anyone remember the reason for this width? IE5-Mac? > Because otherwise the hidden element could possibly extend into the > viewport. 'overflow:hidden' could also be added to prevent thi

Re: [css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Jim Nannery
Afternoon Chris You wrote: >I know there are many rounded corner techniques out there, and I'm not > looking to start a war. :-) > But I was wondering if there are any especially good, newer techniques to > the game. I need my rounded box to be resizable, and kind of like the > idea > of using

Re: [css-d] off-left technique and width

2008-05-22 Thread David Jones
Rainer Wagener wrote: > Ingo Chao schrieb: >> The off-left technique [1] often comes with a width set. >> Does anyone remember the reason for this width? IE5-Mac? > > Because otherwise the hidden element could possibly extend into the > viewport. 'overflow:hidden' could also be added to prevent

[css-d] Browser compatibility with basic background formats?

2008-05-22 Thread e h
G'day All, I have had a website up and running for ages, www.brierleywines.com (css is www.brierleywines.com/images/brierley.css). It is quite basic, and I have never had any issues with it before, but now the background colour and gradient image for the are not showing up in the newest (2.0

Re: [css-d] Browser compatibility with basic background formats?

2008-05-22 Thread David Laakso
e h wrote: > > I have had a website up and running for ages, www.brierleywines.com (css is > www.brierleywines.com/images/brierley.css). Any ideas would be fantastic, as > I am out. > > Thanks, Ellana Sue. > Dunno. But but the first thing to do is validate the CSS and markup.

Re: [css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Wheeler
On May 22, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Chris Akins wrote: > I know there are many rounded corner techniques out there, and I'm not > looking to start a war. :-) > But I was wondering if there are any especially good, newer > techniques to > the game. I need my rounded box to be resizable, and kind of l

Re: [css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Kepler Gelotte
> I need my rounded box to be resizable, and kind of like the idea > of using only one small circle image that gets offset for each corner. > Prefer no javascript for this. Hi Chris, I created an example page using a single gif image and no javascript. You can see the page here: http://www.neighb

[css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Julián Landerreche
@Kepler (and all) I use the same technique (slightly different markup which doesn't make any difference) that you posted, and after reading this thread, I will try to write an article about this method to illustrate with examples, on a blog where I collaborate. Some advantages: - it's flexible -

Re: [css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Chris Akins wrote: > [...] I need my rounded box to be resizable, and kind of like the > idea of using only one small circle image that gets offset for each > corner. Prefer no javascript for this. Since the following can be done with hard-coded instead of script-generated markup, I think I'll

Re: [css-d] Latest Rounded Corners

2008-05-22 Thread Chris Akins
Wow - several good choices for me to mull over. Thanks for the great tips. Chris __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies --

Re: [css-d] Browser compatibility with basic background formats?

2008-05-22 Thread David Jones
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Philippe Wittenbergh > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:31 PM > To: CSS-D > Cc: e h > Subject: Re: [css-d] Browser compatibility with basic > background formats? > > > On May 23, 2008, at 7:34 AM, e

[css-d] site check please - WHIWB

2008-05-22 Thread Peter Hyde-Smith
05/22/2008 Hi All: Would appreciate a site check/thorough vetting of www.whitehouseinwestbend.com http://www.whitehouseinwestbend.com/whitehousebaseformatcss.css http://www.whitehouseinwestbend.com/whitehousepagecss.css Comments regarding ease of use/accessibility, fonts, colors, etc always w

Re: [css-d] Browser compatibility with basic background formats?

2008-05-22 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On May 23, 2008, at 7:34 AM, e h wrote: > I have had a website up and running for ages, www.brierleywines.com > (css iswww.brierleywines.com/images/brierley.css). It is quite > basic, and I have never had any issues with it before, but now the > background colour and gradient image for the

[css-d] IE6 ruins Holy Grail Layout with innocuous javascript

2008-05-22 Thread Chris Hardie
I've seen a lot, but this is a new one and a doozy: http://142.177.155.236/test.asp This page is a modified version of Levine's Holy Grail layout. At first blush, everything is tickety-boo. In IE6, click on the "Check position of left-hand column" button to pop-up a message indicating the x-po

[css-d] IE6 ruins Holy Grail Layout with innocuous javascript

2008-05-22 Thread Chris Hardie
I've seen a lot, but this is a new one and a doozy: http://142.177.155.236/test.asp This page is a modified version of Levine's Holy Grail layout. At first blush, everything is tickety-boo. In IE6, click on the "Check position of left-hand column" button to pop-up a message indicating the x-po

[css-d] IE5/Mac can't read style sheet

2008-05-22 Thread Raven Gildea
Hi all. I've got a site that is showing a bizarre (to me) bug in IE5/Mac. The site has a separate IE style sheet to fix the left margin in the absolutely positioned right column, but IE5/Mac can't seem to read it. Here's the really bizarre part: when I looked at the style sheet, there was this l

Re: [css-d] IE5/Mac can't read style sheet

2008-05-22 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On May 23, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Raven Gildea wrote: >  That is a 'translation' of the BOM (Byte Order Marker). It is an invisible character. You should configure your editor not add this to your stylehseet(s), or any other html/js/php document. It is useless for utf-8 anyway. And IE Mac is