Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/10/20 17:04 (GMT-0700) Corona Rivera composed: > Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property > instead of Pixels? > I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but > Adobe and most CSS examples I see use the M. - How come? A

Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread David Laakso
On 10/20/10 8:04 PM, Corona Rivera wrote: Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? Perhaps because they never experimented with advantages of employing px, em, and percent widths within the same layout :-) ? Best, Dr Lakra Oaxaca, M

Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread Claude Needham
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Corona Rivera wrote: > Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property > instead of Pixels? > > I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but > Adobe and most CSS examples I see use the M. - How come? > >

[css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread Corona Rivera
Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but Adobe and most CSS examples I see use the M. - How come? Thanks, Corona __

Re: [css-d] Background problem

2010-10-20 Thread David Laakso
On 10/19/10 11:32 PM, Carol Swinehart wrote: http://www.tishstreasures.biz/store The transparent white background is only covering the footer but has been applieed to the main content. Thanks for any help. C Your note is a little cryptic and I am not sure what you mean as there is no

Re: [css-d] Floats in IE6 ... again :-(

2010-10-20 Thread Anthony L
I found a solution, but it is not very elegant. First I updated the css by changing the margin declaration for the element. Second I added a class of .left and applied it in the HTML to the two elements I wanted to place well ... on the left. Here is the .css snippet : article { height: auto;

[css-d] Floats in IE6 ... again :-(

2010-10-20 Thread Anthony L
Hi, I am having a problem with a floated element in IE6. Big surprise :o) I have read many posts here as well as many of articles on the subject, including this very recent one: http://bit.ly/clrfxReloaded , and have tried , in vain, to apply what I thought I learned to my problem. The page i