Re: [css-d] Benefits of resetting all divs to position:relative?

2011-04-21 Thread Rowan @ Jetboy
As others have said, it fixes a bunch of other bugs in older IEs, and I used to use it as a matter of course. It's IE though, and as you've found out, things are never that simple. I stopped using it when I found that on complex layouts it really slowed down the rendering of the page in IE, and cau

Re: [css-d] Benefits of resetting all divs to position:relative?

2011-04-21 Thread John Jimenez
> Read... > http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html#rp > ...and  the rest of the article. > > As a *general* (re)set there is no pros, and more cons than I care to list. > > As a fix targeting *only real bugs* in the old and outdated IE versions, > well-placed R:P is quite useful. Beyond

Re: [css-d] Benefits of resetting all divs to position:relative?

2011-04-21 Thread G.Sørtun
On 21.04.2011 15:09, John Jimenez wrote: Anyone here able to provide some insight on the pros/cons of this seemingly increasingly common reset? Read... http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html#rp ...and the rest of the article. As a *general* (re)set there is no pros, and more cons th

Re: [css-d] Benefits of resetting all divs to position:relative?

2011-04-21 Thread Alan Gresley
On 21/04/2011 11:09 PM, John Jimenez wrote: Hello all, I am looking for the benefits of setting all divs to position:relative. I have come across a number of sites (included some of the ones I work for) that have this reset and I can't find the pros or cons via Google. I ask because this seems

[css-d] Benefits of resetting all divs to position:relative?

2011-04-21 Thread John Jimenez
Hello all, I am looking for the benefits of setting all divs to position:relative. I have come across a number of sites (included some of the ones I work for) that have this reset and I can't find the pros or cons via Google. I ask because this seems to trigger a bug in IE (tested as high as 8) t

Re: [css-d] Dead zone beneath linked images

2011-04-21 Thread RePost
Actually, Philippe, it wasn't the horrid Facebook Like button/box at the top of the sidebar that was the culprit, but the horrid recurring Facebook Like/Recommend button in the metadata area beneath the headline of each entry in the content div. This was a tough and exasperating bit of busines

Re: [css-d] Dead zone beneath linked images

2011-04-21 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Apr 21, 2011, at 3:56 PM, RePost wrote: > Not a div of devil-spawned images, but the Facebook Like Button From Hell. > Firebug showed me code for the Like button was far exceeding its boundaries, > extending deep into the sidebar. I added "overflow:auto" to my content div to > contain the L

Re: [css-d] Dead zone beneath linked images

2011-04-21 Thread David Laakso
On 4/21/11 2:56 AM, RePost wrote: And the verdict is: Not a div of devil-spawned images, but the Facebook Like Button From Hell. Firebug showed me code for the Like button was far exceeding its boundaries, extending deep into the sidebar. I added "overflow:auto" to my content div to contain t