Re: [css-d] worthwhile article: Thoughtful CSS Architecture

w. I'm gonna go into the kitchen and studiously ignore what's happening on my lawn. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://w

Re: [css-d] Element style not allowed as child of element div in this context.

tl;dr: Probably best to rely on the advice already given, but here are some soon-to-be-historical details. On 1/19/15, 11:47 PM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: http://pastebin.com/B9zSx0ew When I submit a copy of the code to http://validator.w3.org I get the error

[css-d] History and other points of interest Re: OT : links not working smartphone - tablet

s: there's a single HTML document and it acts more as a wrapper for dynamic functionality. The term 'document' barely applies, and the use-cases are so esoteric and business-critical that the client will happily use a specific browser version in

Re: [css-d] Good HTML / CSS3 books

or all but the most basic bits, webplatform.org is not quite yet ready for primetime. ...Much to my dismay. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick +1 785 856 1863 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.c

Re: [css-d] Good HTML / CSS3 books

I'm really looking forward to progress, because the intervening months have shone light on some room for improvement, ranging from 'wtf' to 'let's make good into fantastic.' :) -- Ben Henick lurker...@h

Re: [css-d] flexible font sizes?

I forgot "Reply to List". Oops. Original Message Subject: Re: [css-d] flexible font sizes? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:32:24 -0500 From: Ben Henick To: John A. Johnson On 8/13/13 2:05 PM, John A. Johnson wrote: Is there a way to impose flexibility in font size

Re: [css-d] what should go in html{ } ?

body { margin: 0; } does in other browsers. I engage in overkill and set html,body { margin: 0; padding 0; } when I need that result. I agree with the other posters that you should take a gander at the popular resets and decide if there's anything in them that works for you. --

Re: [css-d] linear-gradient

d along the gradient. If a CSS property with more verbose values (that aren't data URIs) exists, I haven't found it yet. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick +1 785 856 1863 ___

[css-d] Meta Re: ADMIN: New Thread: The REM unit vs. EM's vs. PX's...

ctive community management and - in our case - the labyrinthine ways of CSS. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick +1 785 856 1863 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://ww

Re: [css-d] way to style list item number?

code position range. In the HTML entity domain, not so much. the next best choice would be → or ↑. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick +1 785 856 1863 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.c

Re: [css-d] way to style list item number?

ent the note in context. Wikipedia's been doing something along those lines for a while. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick +1 785 856 1863 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.o

[css-d] Standards in general Re: CSS "content" attribute.

concrete support goals and illuminated implementation challenges that once met would lead to better browsing software. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick +1 785 856 1863 __ css-di

Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

me if I broke out refactoring as an invoice line item. The second sigma would listen to my explanation then ultimately take the confident gibberish as evidence that I know what I'm doing what I was paid to do, and the third would make a point of bringing it up during the requi

Re: [css-d] Minimal CSS Design: searching for inspiration

On 9/16/12 2:22 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: Many thanks, Ben : much clearer, and just one question remains -- what are "gimmees", as in "Gropius et al are gimmees" ? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gimme - fourth definition, second sense. -- Ben Henick

Re: [css-d] Minimal CSS Design: searching for inspiration

e first, "freeze" your decisions, and then sketch/compose ideas that focus on absolutely nothing more than conveying the desired priority and wayfinding cues to the various parts of the site's content. And here's what a classic says about hierarchy in particular: http://webstyle

Re: [css-d] Minimal CSS Design: searching for inspiration

et down to brass tacks: 1. Decide on the relationship between IA and hierarchy 2. Choose three colors - foreground, background, and accent 3. Create a single column layout while avoiding any and all shades and tints of your palette

Re: [css-d] two-column layout question

-col and placing your 3d-party stuff inside of yet another container within it. Enclosing all of these in a container with at least { overflow: auto; height: 1%; } should give you still more layout flexibility. -- Ben Henick lurker...@henick.net Sitebuilder At-Larget:@bhenick

[css-d] Inline list item background image positioning problem in IE6

) line, rather than putting it at the *beginning* of the list item. Oppose that with what Firefox does (the "rather than" behavior). Has anyone here worked around this problem, and if so, how? TIA -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Siteb

Re: [css-d] float an IMG inside of a DIV

ng.net/explorer/threepxtest.html -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore, though they should fail http://www.henick.net/ immediately, they had better aim high." [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] Classes vs. ids

ule. With id's you merely need to check for the existence of an id in one line; with classnames you need to walk through all or part of the document tree, checking each node as you go along. -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder

Re: [css-d] what DOM inspector tool can I get?

; "Web Developer Tools" will then be included by default. When the browser is running one of the choices in the Tools menu will be "DOM Inspector." HTH -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefor

Re: [css-d] Why is h2 rule needed?

paragraphs typically specify top and bottom margins of 1em, yet when two paragraphs are immediate neighbors there's only 1em between them. If the second paragraph is changed to a div, the margin's still there. In your case, the zero margin on #overview is unnecessary

Re: [css-d] What is DOM good for?

... but its application to styling should be fairly obvious if you work much with descendant selectors. HTH -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore, though they should fail http://www.henick.net/ immediately, t

Re: [css-d] my divs refuse to nest!

ly, doesn't matter). This changes the positioning context for all children of that container element, which allows me to absolutely position elements in relation to the dimensions of that container. For a direct example, visit: http://www.henick.net/bucket/bottom-positioning.php HTH -- Ben H

OT Re: [css-d] How big is too big?

the next, anyhow). -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore, though they should fail http://www.henick.net/ immediately, they had better aim high." [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT Event bubbling Re: [css-d] CSS / Javascript Hierarchy

eveloper docs at Mozilla and the MSDN Library contain extensive explanations of event bubbling (which is what's causing your problem). HTH -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore, though they should fail http://www.h

Re: [css-d] I need a miracle...

layout in a table, then you'll want to use absolute positioning for the widget at issue. -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore, though they should fail http://www.henick.net/ immediately, they had

Re: [css-d] Can someone explain this to me

p://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#class-html -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore, though they should fail http://www.henick.net/ immediately, they had better aim high."

[practices] Re: [css-d] unreadable source

lem you describe on Windows. Otherwise, you should be able to find source formatting functionality in the tools you're using. Textpad, which is powerful even in the shareware version, provides preferences to sidestep this issue by default. HTH -- Ben Henick"In t

Re: [css-d] newbie confusion

prettier" source formatting since, and I find that my source markup is MUCH easier to read at those times when I need to look at it. YMMV on the last point, though. HTH -- Ben Henick"In the long run, men hit only what they aim Sitebuilder At-Large at. Therefore,