[css-d] Absolute positioning within a table

I have a relatively-positioned table, and an absolutely-positioned div in a table cell within that table: http://jsbin.com/erasur In Firefox 4 and 5, the div is positioned relative to the document. In Chrome, and IE 7 (and - maybe - later) it's positioned relative to the table. Which is correc

Re: [css-d] problems with validation

On 5 Jun 2011, at 21:33, Martin wrote: > Hi there. > > I know it's not strictly css, but perhaps some kind person will help me with > this small problem. > > > > Training > blah blah blah. > > > > I get the error: > document type does not allow element "h6" here; missing one of "object",

Re: [css-d] Why does this outline embrace the div above ?

> From: Tim Dawson > > Now I'm trying to get the outline to wrap just the text of > the para. > I don't want to set a fixed width (say 'width: 400px;') > because the > actual text can vary in width. The best way I've found so > far is to > insert a round the text, and put the outline > on that

Re: [css-d] Why does this outline embrace the div above ?

--- On Mon, 5/23/11, Tim Dawson wrote: > I've applied an outline to a para > within a div, and I want to apply the same outline to a para > underneath the div. (OUTLINE, not border) > > See: http://www.holidaymullandiona.com/wrongoutline.html > (this is an abbreviated version of the page, to ill

Re: [css-d] Looking for online reference re optimizing style sheetsyntax

--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > Keith Purtell wrote: > > > One thing I need to do is clean up the main style > > sheet. > > So unless someone can present some real evidence of > tangible benefits, don't "clean up". Even if some evidence > is presented, consider whether it really a

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

--- 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] UL or css table for navigation panel?

--- On Mon, 3/21/11, Joergen W. Lang wrote: > Then you *could* use these rules to make you links behave > as desired: > > ul.nav { >     margin:     auto; /* > center list */ >     list-style: none; /* remove bullets */ >     width:      20em; /* give it > an explicit width */ > } Don't forget

Re: [css-d] s now a legitimate presentational device for layout according to W3C

--- On Wed, 3/16/11, Barney Carroll wrote: > I don't know how many of you follow the W3C specification > working groups discussions. I don't, but I've been alerted to some > pretty radical activity thereon just under a week ago. The > relevant message is here: > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Pu

Re: [css-d] Missing paragraph breaks, help?

--- On Wed, 3/9/11, James Decker wrote: > I¹m trying to help my friend with > his website and I¹m running into a bug I > can¹t seem to nail, http://www.epic-usa.org/.  If you > look on the left hand > column you¹ll notice those posts are missing a paragraph > break, whereas the > middle column po

Re: [css-d] The point of resets?

--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Zachary Uram wrote: > Why must everything be explicitly reset? If no styling has > been applied isn't it already in a reset state? Styling has been applied by the user agent (browser). > Why reset something and then later on style it? Some designers choose to apply a reset

Re: [css-d] Positioning a float

--- On Thu, 1/27/11, Gabriele Romanato wrote: > You cannot position and float an > element at the same time. So: > > 1. make the container relative >     position: relative > >    Thus you create a context. > > > 2. position the box with the image at the bottom, using >     left/right: 0 bott

[css-d] Positioning a float

Hi all, I'm working on a layout that requires text to wrap around a positioned image. In my case, I need an image in the bottom-right of a box, with text inside the box. So I need the in-flow, wrapping properties of a float combined with the positioning properties of an absolutely-positioned el

Re: [css-d] drop down vertical nav?

--- On Wed, 1/19/11, Tim Climis wrote: > From: Tim Climis > Subject: Re: [css-d] drop down vertical nav? > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 1:14 AM > On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:33:03 > pm Matthew P. Johnson wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: c

[css-d] Opacity, floats, and stacking order

Can someone explain the behaviour I'm seeing here [1] which is as follows: 1. A block-level element in the normal flow, following 2 floated DIVs (one left, one right) appears behind them. This, I would expect; the floats have a greater stack level. 2. But if an opacity is applied to the normal

Re: [css-d] should this class override my other one?

--- On Wed, 12/15/10, John D wrote: > Similarly, header styles takes priority over external style sheets Not true. In the case of styles declared in a

Re: [css-d] should this class override my other one?

--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Angela French wrote: > From: Angela French > Subject: [css-d] should this class override my other one? > To: "'css-d (css-d@lists.css-discuss.org)'" > Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 4:50 PM > > ... I made a class like this: > > td.center {text-align:center;} > > ... T

Re: [css-d] Block elements in links

--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > >> Which version? I get the extra space, in that > exact example, in Opera 10.60 > > > > Opera 10.63 Linux http://roughtech.com/t/list-display-testing.html > > Opera is misaligning the list marker, but doesn't put extra > space. Of course - s

Re: [css-d] Block elements in links

--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Chetan Crasta wrote: > > 1. style="background-color: #ccc; display: list-item;"> href="#">test > Opera shows extra space on 2. but not on 1. > > > > Opera puts the extra space only if there is text before or > after the . Which version? I get the extra space, in that exac

Re: [css-d] Block elements in links

--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Chetan Crasta wrote: > I think Firefox, Opera and IE 8 show > the correct behavior. An element > with display:block that is within an inline element > generates a block > box within the context that it is in (the inline box). This > can be > seen when a span with a has disp

[css-d] Block elements in links

Hi all, I'm investigating an issue in Firefox relating to block display of an element within a link. Here's an example: http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/list-display-testing.html In Safari, a link containing a block element simply wraps that element. However, in Firefox, extra space is create

Re: [css-d] How to 'unvisited' links?

--- On Tue, 12/7/10, David Laakso wrote: > As T. A. has suggested, ditch the visited link style in the > CSS... I think that would be a shame. There are often usability benefits associated with being able to tell if you've already visited a specific URL. > >

Re: [css-d] Outlook 2007 and DL/DD tag

--- On Wed, 12/1/10, Albert van der Veen wrote: > I'm setting up an HTML newsletter and come across a problem > in Outlook 2007 on Windows. This is an excellent resource for information on cross-email-client support for HTML: http://www.email-standards.org/ In fact, there's a mention of poor

Re: [css-d] ANN: hcss/0.1

--- On Sat, 11/20/10, Jonas Galvez wrote: > hcss is markup for css. Runs on > Python 2.2+. > > https://github.com/galvez/hcss It's an interesting approach but I think, until it can fully express all CSS selectors, it's flawed. How, for example, can you use hcss to generate this CSS? .containe

[css-d] Aligning elements in a 'grid'

Hi all, I have a series of elements (marked up as a UL) that I'd like to display in rows. Each LI has the same width, but a variable height. I'd like a solution for the case in which there are a fixed number of 'columns', and when the number of columns is variable; for the latter, each LI is a

Re: [css-d] which tag do i target with css for the hover effect i want

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Lisa Frost wrote: > Dear Bobby and Philippe, > Both ways work perfectly in the way that i was wishing for. > I tried both to > learn something. Now i just need to decide which one! I > suppose it boils > down to personal preference. I would automatically only > expect the tex

Re: [css-d] which tag do i target with css for the hover effect i want

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Lisa Frost wrote: > > > I've tried every combination of padding and margin i > can think of, on the > > or the tag and can not work out > which tag i should be targeting to > > get a hover effect where the backgroun

Re: [css-d] Background "bullet" for paragraphs

--- On Mon, 10/18/10, Linda Miller, DVM wrote: > height="10" > src="Image_files/image003.gif">  And > the info for the paragraph> > > > Is there a way to shorten the above and use CSS? Something > like using the image as a background for the paragraph and > floating it to the left?  This to co

Re: [css-d] Behind the CSS Scenery of My New Nested List

--- On Wed, 10/6/10, Brian M. Curran wrote: > If you built this nested list, would your site architecture > that supports it look like 1 or 2, for subitem1: > > 1. wwwdotdomain.com/subitem1.html > > 2. wwwdotdomain.com/item2/subitem1.html > If this really is a question about URL architecture

Re: [css-d] the other list

--- On Tue, 9/28/10, Chris Blake wrote: > what's the name/link to the other > list that some members use for all question regarding > web-devm not solely CSS? http://webdesign-l.com/ __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] Can CSS get me out of the stone age?

--- On Thu, 8/26/10, Lineberger, Scott wrote: > http://www.coastalind.com/ciordersample.html > > Does anyone have any suggested CSS coding that would > streamline this page? Not really, no. CSS cannot be used to reduce *content*, only to style it. Your issue is one of markup - how best to repr

Re: [css-d] Floating images - understanding the details

--- On Fri, 8/20/10, Gail Issen wrote: > The way I remember the order is that they sound like TROUBLE ... TRBL ... > > Top Right Bottom Left. I just remember it as clockwise, starting from the top. This works completely obviously for 4 values, and pretty obviously for 2 (top/bottom and left/ri

Re: [css-d] Floating images - understanding the details

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Keith Purtell wrote: > First, I don't understand width. > > Second, I especially don't understand how he has > illustrated margin. > > Third, the padding. Why is it necessary and how is it > affecting the the flow of text around my images? I don't think anyone's mentioned F

Re: [css-d] Floating images - understanding the details

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Wesley Acheson wrote: No-one spotted the deliberate mistake? ;) > 4 values: are Top, bottom, left and right. should be 4 values: are top, right, bottom, left - Bobby __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discu

Re: [css-d] navigation link a different colour when page is active

--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Duncan Hill wrote: > to add a little to MB's method, and maybe confound the SSI > doubters a  > little bit. > The 'active' page can easily have its link disabled with no > more than CSS  > by changing the cursor to a standard arrow so that the user > does not  > expect any

Re: [css-d] new website - critics welcome

--- On Thu, 7/22/10, tomo jacobson wrote: > hi, > > i'm an amateur. i haven't done any website since early > high-school... > > anyway this is what i achieved (can't post the link, > sorry...): > > tomojacobson.art.pl/strona/ I think there are three interweaving factors that /can/ (and often

Re: [css-d] id and class selectors

--- On Wed, 7/21/10, Gabriele Romanato wrote: > Kris, you should basically use > cascade. For example, if you have a  > structure like this: > > > > > > > And you /probably/ shouldn't have a structure like that, since: can usually be styled accordingly. YMMV, of course. - Bobby __

Re: [css-d] images are misaligned

--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Thijs Hakkenberg wrote: > I've got an an extension generating images in the CMS > typo3, but the > images won't align and I have no clue why. > http://kunstomhetlijf.nl/index.php?id=181 Hi Thijs, Your images are too wide for their container. The container (.csc-textpic-im

Re: [css-d] img element or sprites for icons?

--- On Wed, 5/12/10, jeffrey morin wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:18 PM, > Thierry Koblentz < > thierry.koble...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Why not using the links or list items to hold the > background images rather > > than adding extra elements (spans or else? > > Sorry I should have exp

Re: [css-d] thoughts on img alt tag verbage

--- On Thu, 5/6/10, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > Another CSS-related issue is that many people have used alt > attributes to > create "tooltips", like annotations on the images. This > tends to interfere > with the proper use of such attributes. Moreover, the > "tooltips" are > rendered in a mann

Re: [css-d] validation with no warnings

--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Chris Blake wrote: > http://wch.redrunner.co.uk/ > > The index page just has one warning, the others have 3. > I'd love it if someone could tell me what > doctype and UTF  > setting suits my style so that I can just strike that from > my list.  Hi Chris, Your home page o

Re: [css-d] Reset CSS

> From: Chris Blake > > Anyone know of a standard and simple reset.css file to > use. This is a good, recent article from our very own Thierry: http://carsonified.com/blog/design/setting-rather-than-resetting-default-styling/ I think the general point to take from the current prevailing opinio

Re: [css-d] Question about how to handle div height with floating children

--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Claude Needham wrote: > The issue is when an image is set to > float, the height of the graphic > is not taken into account for the calculation of the div > height. > > But I would like to understand why this is happening Here's my explanation: http://www.fiveminuteargumen

Re: [css-d] multiple IDs and classes to one div - which one speaks loudest?

--- On Mon, 3/15/10, Chris Blake wrote: > Here is the HTML: > > class="yoo-toppanel">content > > And it reads this CSS first: > > #yoo-toppanel-1 div.yoo-toppanel div.panel-container { > > But because of this it is disregarding 'mine' and choosing > default. Hi Chris, It's actually 'disrega

Re: [css-d] help with single level drop down menu

--- On Thu, 3/4/10, Angela French wrote: > Bobby, > You solution works, but it means that the sub menu would > always have to be "attached" to the top menu item.  That's why I provided that example link which does have a gap between the top item and the submenu, but still works. The way that's

Re: [css-d] help with single level drop down menu

--- On Thu, 3/4/10, Angela French wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to create drop down menus (one level, dropping > down from horizontal list items in a top nav bar).  My > issue is that that, while the drop down menu appears when > hovering over top level list item, when the user moves OFF > of tha

Re: [css-d] Background color

--- On Tue, 2/23/10, Jason Arnold wrote: > > What is the reasons for using: > > > > background: #fff; > > > > instead of: > > > > background-color: #fff; I'm surprised no-one's pointed out the obvious: that using "background" will override all other background-* properties (to their default val

Re: [css-d] Deprecations in recent versions of HTML cause C SS problems‏

--- On Thu, 2/11/10, David Hucklesby wrote: > > Semantic markup using generic elements: > > > > McConnell, S. (July, 2002) class="article-title">The Business of > > Software Improvement. class="journal-title">IEEE > > Software  pp. 5-7 > > > > Umm. Wouldn't the element be more semantic? Of cour

Re: [css-d] Deprecations in recent versions of HTML cause C SS problems‏

--- On Wed, 2/10/10, fred dagg wrote: > For example: given an in-line citation such as (McConnell, > 2002) in an academic/scientific paper, the bibliographic > reference might be: > > McConnell, S. (July, 2002) The Business of Software > Improvement. IEEE Software pp. 5-7 > > Note that, in the o

Re: [css-d] Float not working in IE 7

--- On Mon, 2/8/10, Climis, Tim wrote: > The h3s (for > Date, Time, etc) are floated left, but the following > paragraphs aren't floating up. > > http://www.indiana.edu/~intlserv/ic/weekly_news.php Hmmm... not sure I've come up against this specific problem before, but a 'clear' fix to ensure t

Re: [css-d] :: form ::

--- On Mon, 2/8/10, David Laakso wrote: > I have had my little problems styling my little contact form but /thimk/ > I may have most of my little problems resolved? > > Hi David, Not sure if you're taking general design comments, but the f

Re: [css-d] positioning text in a table cell

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Cyril Motsch wrote: > > Have you tried absolute positioning? > > I have tried that, with "position: absolute; bottom: 0pt", (Don't forget that, strictly speaking, "0pt" is invalid because a value of "0" doesn't need a unit) > but both Safari 4.0.4 and Firefox 3.5.6 for Mac

Re: [css-d] Picture spacing problem if padding is used for frame what is used for space from text

> From: Carol Swinehart > > http://www.habitatfairfield.org/test/index2.php  > page address > > left image near bottom > > in order to get the padding and the border for the frame > effect I used > this style="float: left; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid > #015395;" > I  also wanted the text t

Re: [css-d] comment and request for feedback on a site at test

--- On Wed, 1/27/10, Stack Robert wrote: > Also, I would like to have the captions below images set up > so that the title is flush left and bold, and the caption > (both are P elements) is flush right and on the same line as > the title. Any thoughts on how to get them on the same line? Hi Rob,

Re: [css-d] How to space out menu items evenly across menu bar?

--- On Tue, 1/26/10, shumdesign wrote: > I want to have the main menu items space out evenly across the 620px > menu bar, how do you mark that up and keep the submenus in the right spot? > > Can I use percentages to do this? .sf-menu { width: 100%; } .sf-menu li { width: 20%; } will do it for

Re: [css-d] Div that fixed vertically but floated right

--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Dave M G wrote: > I am trying to create a DIV that floats to the right of > some content, but will stay fixed vertically even when the page is > scrolled up or down. Just a quick idea for one possible approach: if the 'floated' div has a known width, you should be able to i

Re: [css-d] font differences

--- On Sun, 1/10/10, David McGlone wrote: > I googled but couldn't actually find an clear straightforward > explanation. The CSS validator is your friend: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ - Bobby __ css-discuss [cs...@list

Re: [css-d] fixed width horizontal list

--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Jack Bates wrote: > I want to style an so it > looks similar to the main links on this > page, http://artefactual.com/ > > - horizontal > - right justified > - fixed width Hi Jack, The key to this one is floating the list to the right (to align the entire thing on the r

Re: [css-d] styling linked headings

--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Angela French wrote: >  I want a consistent site-wide style for the > headings, but then they are not readily identifiable as > links.  I am looking for ideas/examples of others who > have come up with a successful styling solution. The suggestions you've already received a

Re: [css-d] Timetable without table

--- On Fri, 10/16/09, Emanuele Venezia wrote: > Can anyone explain why the two columns are not vertically > aligned in each "row"? The top margin of the floated paragraph is not collapsing with the bottom margin of the paragraph above it, unlike the non-floating paragraph on the right. You co

Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Ezequiel Garzón wrote: > Greetings. As you will be able to > tell, I'm a CSS rookie. My doubt is, > if the body contains all the other containers, why does > body { ... } > behave different from * { ... }? Aren't properties supposed > to > cascade? Inheritable properties at l

Re: [css-d] Space before

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Lalena wrote: > Now I am wondering how to remove the extra space > before/after a  > paragraph. I tried setting margins, and margin-top and > margin-bottom  > and padding to 0, but it didn't work. Anyone know? Hi Lalena, Do you have a URL you can post? What you've suggest

Re: [css-d] My fixed object is missing altogether

--- On Mon, 9/28/09, Theresa Mesa wrote: > Why is my image not showing up? I've triple-checked the > file name. http://mdh-test.com/PV_web/cornerart.png gives a 404 - you want to be using url('images/cornerart.png') in your CSS, not just 'cornerart.png'. - Bobby ___

Re: [css-d] shorthand elements

--- On Mon, 9/28/09, tedd wrote: > > I find reading other code (as well as mine later) much > easier if longhand elements are used. After 40+ years of programming > I can say the less cryptic the code, the better it is. This is > because of self-documentation -- in short, documentation matters.

Re: [css-d] mysterious bullets that will not go away! (cross browser)

--- On Mon, 8/31/09, Cathy Tibbles wrote: > I've tried all the tools up my sleave ... > still have NO idea where these > bullets are coming from! Hi Cathy, You mean the ">>" at the beginning of each list item in the right-hand sidebar? They're from this rule: .entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul

Re: [css-d] external link indicators

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, David Robertson wrote: > > On 27/08/2009, at 9:02 AM, tommy_til...@arwb.uscourts.gov > wrote: > > > > > Can you or has anyone ever used CSS to indicate > > > that a link would take you > > > outside the current web site? Trying to come up > > > with some way to let the > > >

Re: [css-d] embed CSS styles right within HTML page?

--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Ce Ce wrote: > How do you determine if it might be > best to embed some styles right within the html page. Only if: a) The style is a completely unique, 'one-shot' affair with no potential for re-use b) Content is dynamically generated from a single source and, therefore,

Re: [css-d] Can't get rid of blue links

--- On Wed, 8/12/09, Kim Brooks Wei wrote: > I have some links here that are blue, but I can't figure > out why they are this color. Do you mean the links in your footer? They're not your specified colour because you're applying that colour to links in .narrowcolumn, which is separate from the

Re: [css-d] Screen resolution?

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Sam Brown wrote: > I understand the argument from a purist perspective, > usability should be first and foremost in any design and/or > layout, but realistically, I don't see this as a practical > issue given the more common usage of page zooming over the > now declining exp

Re: [css-d] nested lists in ie7

--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Dermot Ward wrote: Hi Dermot, > .class { >     font-weight: bold; > } Do you REALLY mean this? That selector will only match HTML elements with a class of 'class' - e.g. - is that really what you intended? > >     One >         >             One A >             One B >

Re: [css-d] An easier way?

--- On Sun, 7/26/09, David McGlone wrote: > I know everyone here prefers that when a question is asked, > that the poster upload an example on the web. > > Well is there any other way this could be accomplished? In > order for me to put the work i've done on the internet would take too > long b

Re: [css-d] fix and contain: static sidebar & fluid content - layout floats

--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Don Spark wrote: > 1st: > How do I contain the two floats in the red #container Try overflow: hidden on the #container > 2nd: > How do I get these two floats functional (and containing > what I insert > into them): Try the following (which will need some tweaking, but sho

Re: [css-d] Fixed or float?

--- On Thu, 7/16/09, Alan Gresley wrote: > Bobby Jack wrote: > > ... and an appropriate z-index :) > > > > None is required for position: fixed. You're positioning, > not layering (altering the paint order). Not if there's a relatively-positioned element on

Re: [css-d] Fixed or float?

--- On Thu, 7/16/09, David Dorward wrote: > 2009/7/15 Ellen Heitman : > > I have a table centered at the top of the page that I > want to remain visible > > even when the page scrolls. However, I don't want to > be able to see the text > > scrolling behind it. How do I fix this? Which position >

Re: [css-d] css image reveal rollover problem

--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Sara Ullman wrote: > Unfortunately, in my case the image is disappearing entirely > rather than showing the lower part of it on mouseover. An easy one, for a change :) Your :hover images are referenced in an 'images' directory; looks like this should be 'pics'. Everything

Re: [css-d] clear floats is clearing my right hand column!!

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Chris Blake wrote: > Anyway, I have just dropped it into the page I am having a > small issue with and it has gone crazy! It's clearing the right > column! I'm not sure I'm even seeing the problem (in Firefox) - can you be specific as to which element is misbehaving? - Bob

Re: [css-d] clear floats is clearing my right hand column!!

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Chris Blake wrote: > Anyway, I have just dropped it into the page I am having a > small issue with and it has gone crazy! It's clearing the right > column! I haven't looked at your CSS/markup in detail, but it sounds very much like you're running into this issue: http://ww

Re: [css-d] flashing text

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Tri-State AdVantage wrote: > The main problem is that the text is flashing. You have 'text-decoration: blink' on your .region and your .h3 > Also, the paragraph headings are suppose to have colored > bars across the page and it does not work either. Those 'headings' are ac

Re: [css-d] progress bar

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Noel Taylor wrote: > What is the difference then, > philosophically I guess, between a > span and a div, since their default block/inline stylings > do not determine their fundamental nature? Their fundamental nature is, very broadly speaking: div: this is a section of the

Re: [css-d] adjusting overall size in css?

--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Rob Emenecker wrote: > > So a whopping 4 out of 10 users will have to scroll your > > design horizontally to use it. > > Another thing to bear in mind here, if it was not already > mentioned, screen stats ONLY tell you how large the users monitor > resolution is. They do n

Re: [css-d] adjusting overall size in css?

--- On Mon, 6/22/09, David Hucklesby wrote: > I think 1200px a bit ambitious Seconded. Although the following stats are site-specific and, therefore, should only be taken as a very rough guide, they represent a wide audience so should be representative of the general web populous: 1024 x 76

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning

--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Scott Wilcox wrote: > I get the position of the containing element (called > 'photoContainer') and add that to the x,y points to give me > my final absolute position. My problem seems to come in when > I'm setting the values for the absolutely positioned > elements. In IE, t

Re: [css-d] Chrome vs floated tables

--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Richard Grevers wrote: > Google chrome (2.0.172.31) appears to > minimise the width of floated > tables which have no explicit width, while most other > browsers assume > 100%. Is this actually a bug or just one of those undefined > behaviours > that serve as a lesson to alw

Re: [css-d] What's your preference -- fluid, elastic, or fixed?

--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Glow wrote: > I hear what you're saying regarding fixed widths and wide screens > (like a postage stamp on a coffee table), but that said, one thing > I wonder about long-term with fluid layouts and increasing screen > size is how to scale content when you've got someone usin

Re: [css-d] CSS statements for horizontal rule

--- On Tue, 5/19/09, Bobby Jack wrote: > ... > in your CSS and: > > > > ... Sorry, Alan's point about closing the element is obviously an important one; I rarely work with XHTML nowadays! - Bobby ___

Re: [css-d] CSS statements for horizontal rule

> I am trying to use horizontal rules > of specific width and position in an > xhtml strict 1.0 web page.  The width and align > attributes work, but do not > pass the strict 1.0 validation test (as you probably > know). > > I have tried using both class and id statements in a CSS > file (with >

Re: [css-d] Creating your own stylesheet for a website

--- On Fri, 5/1/09, Atkinson, Sarah wrote: Hi Sarah, > Is there away for me to create a Stylesheet for it > and have my browser automatically override there styles? Yes, but it depends on your browser. Firefox, for example, makes it very easy to do and a search for "user stylesheet" will prob

Re: [css-d] Flowing block elements around floated elements

--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Dave Sherohman wrote: > In my specific case, I've got a { float: right } image with text beside > it. Normally, the text flows around the image just fine, but the > inclusion of a (or, presumably, any other block element) > within the section of text adjacent to the ima

Re: [css-d] Vertical Align Theory

--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Jack Blankenships wrote: > The idea that using display: table-cell does not seem to be any more > semantically correct than simply placing the element in a table cell ... By definition, CSS declarations are NOT semantic but simply describe the visual rendering of associate

Re: [css-d] page review

--- On Mon, 4/20/09, Felix Miata wrote: > Excess line-height is the main problem I found on it. Its > main paragraph line length is good, not too long, not too short, and > thus there's no good reason for non-standard line-height there. OTOH, > the side paragraph line length is quite short, maki

Re: [css-d] page review

--- On Sun, 4/19/09, David Laakso wrote: > Comments and suggestions appreciated. > Time for some pedantry? :-) * "web–site" should be written with a standard hyphen, not an en-dash * Asides, such as the one after "corporate image" should b

Re: [css-d] simple margins not collapsing

--- On Thu, 4/16/09, Trevor Nicholls wrote: > Can somebody please explain why the lower margin of my > first para and the > upper margin of my "fragment" div are not > collapsing? You fragment div is floated left. From the spec. (http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#collapsing-margins): "Verti

Re: [css-d] background images

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Brian Hazelton wrote: > When should I use an image and when should i use it as a > background image. Semantically (and generally) speaking, it's recommended that you use an element if the image is actually part of the content (e.g. you're displaying a bunch of photos, ma

Re: [css-d] Wrap text in li

--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Chike Loney wrote: > Hi guys, can anuyone tell me how to wrap text in a list item > please? Sure: text :-) Of course, you're /probably/ not asking for that, but it would be useful to have a BIT more detail. Do you mean 'dynamically'? If so, you want to be looking at jav

Re: [css-d] 3 column expanding center column CSS

--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Yazmin Media wrote: > I need to setup a 3-column, fixed width layout that allows > the center column to expand in width when necessary. That's a bit of an oxymoron, but if you want the middle column to be no smaller than a certain width, you can use min-width. - Bobby

Re: [css-d] Float and Width

--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Del Wegener wrote: > ... I get warnings when validating css. > > http://www.drdelmath.com/playpen/test1_float.htm Which validator are you using? W3C's gave no errors when I tried it. - Bobby __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] footer xhtml and css valid

> On Sun, 4/5/09, David Laakso wrote: >> Brian Hazelton wrote: >> I have a web design company and was wondering if it is still common >> practice to put the links to w3c in the footer if the pages validate >> for xhtml and css > I think their inclusion is a matter of opinion. Personally, > I t

Re: [css-d] Positioning images and wrapping text...

--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Michael Beaudoin wrote: > Is there a way to precisely position an image and have the > wrap follow? Hi Michael, You can achieve what I think you're after simply by wrapping the image in an absolutely positioned container. Demo here: http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/posi

Re: [css-d] Is this possible with CSS?

--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Geoffrey Hoffman wrote: > I just can't make the bullet change on hover. > I think it's due to how selectors work. The CSS I supplied should do just that - turns off the bullets on the whole list by default, turns them back on for each li, much as your example does. > In s

Re: [css-d] Is this possible with CSS?

Hi Geoffrey, Have you tried something like the following? ul { list-style-type: none; color: #fff; } li:hover { list-style-type: disc; color: #f7c30e; } li:hover a { color: #f7c30e; } a { text-decoration: none; color: #fff } (The "li:hover a" and "a { color: ...

Re: [css-d] Float problem in Firefox

--- On Sat, 3/28/09, Gaurav Sharma wrote: > I have a small problem with float in Mozilla. > > http://gauravsharma.uuuq.com > > the background image does not render right. Hi Gaurav, With only a cursory glance, I have a feeling that the structure is slightly more complicated than it need be

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