Re: [css-d] overlay link

2011-03-28 Thread Sara Haradhvala
thanks. On Mar 28, 2011, at 10:02 AM, G.Sørtun wrote: > On 28.03.2011 15:04, Sara Haradhvala wrote: >> I have a block of content, and I'd like to overlay a transparent link on top >> of the whole block -- where the link is active both on top of the text and >> in the margins. > > Sounds ugly

[css-d] Scrollable table body again

2011-03-28 Thread Markus Ernst
Hello I had to implement a table with a scrollable body and a fixed header for a client. While searching for solutions I found an approach that seems to work ok, but requires fixed column widths: http://www.imaputz.com/cssStuff/bigFourVersion.html Another one, discussed in this list, allows f

Re: [css-d] overlay link

2011-03-28 Thread G.Sørtun
On 28.03.2011 15:04, Sara Haradhvala wrote: I have a block of content, and I'd like to overlay a transparent link on top of the whole block -- where the link is active both on top of the text and in the margins. Sounds ugly, and difficult to debug without a direct link. Nevertheless, the old

[css-d] overlay link

2011-03-28 Thread Sara Haradhvala
I have a block of content, and I'd like to overlay a transparent link on top of the whole block -- where the link is active both on top of the text and in the margins. I created a link (display block of the right dimensions) and absolutely positioned it over the containing div that contains

Re: [css-d] Browser Support: Alternate Style Sheets?

2011-03-28 Thread Del Wegener
Uhuh. A full time information architect recently told me that back and forward buttons had to be available on every page (distinct from esoteric site structure navigation), because you couldn't rely on the user having any understanding or access to the browser chrome. Can be taken to far. Way too

Re: [css-d] Browser Support: Alternate Style Sheets?

2011-03-28 Thread Barney Carroll
On 28 March 2011 12:08, Bobby Jack wrote: > Reminds me very much of work I've had to do in the past to support text-size > changing via a front-end 'widget'. Of course, as we all know, browsers > support (to varying degrees) this feature themselves, but many users are not > aware of this, so we

Re: [css-d] Browser Support: Alternate Style Sheets?

2011-03-28 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Mon, 3/28/11, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > Well it surely demonstrates a _solution_, which is > relatively complicated and requires that client-side > scripting and cookies be allowed, so there _is_ a problem. > > The practical conclusion is that alternate stylesheets are > not of much use _

Re: [css-d] Browser Support: Alternate Style Sheets?

2011-03-28 Thread G.Sørtun
On 28.03.2011 08:54, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: The practical conclusion is that alternate stylesheets are not of much use _unless_ you also create an explicit user interface for selecting one of them and program code for making the selection a preferred stylesheet and for storing this selection

Re: [css-d] Background color won't over-ride [SOLVED]

2011-03-28 Thread Dave M G
Philippe, Thank you for responding. > -moz-appearance: none !important; Yep, that did the trick. It seems like an odd, tricky sort of thing, but it's not as if it's the first or last bizarre quirky exception on the internet... Thank you for providing the answer. -- Dave M G _

Re: [css-d] Background color won't over-ride

2011-03-28 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Mar 28, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Dave M G wrote: > input.superbigbutton { >color: green; >border: green 1px solid; >background-color: #63D46D !important; >height: 2em !important; >width: 33% !important; > } > > Here's the problem: everything works *except* background-color, and b

[css-d] Background color won't over-ride

2011-03-28 Thread Dave M G
CSS-d, I am trying to use Firefox's userContent.css to over ride some CSS on a particular page. Here is the original CSS: input.superbigbutton { background-color: pink; height: 14em !important; width: 100% !important; } Here is what I want to over write it with: input.superbigbutto

Re: [css-d] Browser Support: Alternate Style Sheets?

2011-03-28 Thread Chetan Crasta
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > > The practical conclusion is that alternate stylesheets are not of much use > _unless_ you also create an explicit user interface for selecting one of > them and program code for making the selection a preferred stylesheet and > for stor