Re: [css-d] lines not moving...

2012-01-31 Thread G.Sørtun
On 31.01.2012 23:13, Michael Beaudoin wrote: > www.ba-doyn.com/junk/sweep_review If I understood you right, .legalLinks { font-size: 11px; clear: left; padding-left: 82px; } ...seems to work. regards Georg __ css-

Re: [css-d] Positioning a popup window over the button

2012-01-07 Thread G.Sørtun
On 07.01.2012 15:12, Laura Valentino wrote: I'm trying to position a popup window over a button. I've succeeded in doing that by using position: relative and applying a negative top value. The problem is that it creates a space below the button (I assume the same size as the window) and pushes th

Re: [css-d] centering an image in a sidebar

2011-12-08 Thread G.Sørtun
On 07.12.2011 01:23, Lisa Frost wrote: On this site: http://www.flyingwithdiabetes.com/ the image of the book in the side bar needs to be centered. One way to achieve auto-centering of images... p .bookcover { display: block; margin: 10px auto; position: relative; left: -2px; } ...where the

Re: [css-d] Nested div pushing outside of parent in IE7

2011-12-08 Thread G.Sørtun
On 08.12.2011 20:16, Jeff Reid wrote: Search box displays results in a div under the search box and works fine in IE8, IE9, FF and Chrome but IE7, it gets pushed outside the parent div. http://v2.clickandimprove.com/default.asp Looks like you're absolute positioning that div "in thin air" - no

Re: [css-d] can't get margin-bottom on to take effect

2011-11-10 Thread G.Sørtun
On 10.11.2011 19:35, Angela French wrote: ...there must be something I'm not understanding about margin-bottom on block elements. Study: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#collapsing-margins ...and add one of the property values that will prevent the effect of "collapsing margins". regards

Re: [css-d] css measures - em grid system makes sense ?

2011-11-09 Thread G.Sørtun
On 10.11.2011 02:23, mem wrote: Ok. And why will I need one in px and another in em ? I'm not getting what will that do, should that have the same measures like: 960px and 60em ? 60em may be somewhat equal to 960px under certain, very limited, conditions. If you're happy with that there's

Re: [css-d] css measures - em grid system makes sense ?

2011-11-09 Thread G.Sørtun
On 09.11.2011 22:24, mem wrote: it will assume the max-width value as width correct ? Yes, but I advice against relying on default behavior across browser-land - especially for legacy browsers - when adding 'width: 100%' (or something) costs so little. If so, how can I declare those base

Re: [css-d] css measures - em grid system makes sense ?

2011-11-09 Thread G.Sørtun
On 09.11.2011 19:51, mem wrote: Question A) What unit should we use ? I've seen on some sites the option for "max-width: 100%" I've seen max-width defined with: em; I've seen it with px; To make a flexible layout play well across the increasing spread of large and small screens/devices, I

Re: [css-d] redmond 6/7

2011-10-22 Thread G.Sørtun
Confirmation of correction/addition appreciated. Header-balance in IE6/7 is "close enough" now - on default font-size. No horizontal scrollbar below min-width in IE7/8. Use of 'overflow: hidden' on body prevents 'min-width' from being useful.

Re: [css-d] redmond 6/7

2011-10-21 Thread G.Sørtun
On 22.10.2011 04:00, David Laakso wrote: Fast and dirty quick check ie 6/7 [sig link] appreciated. Thanks. Best, Qzzie. Less height on header in IE6/7 - "balls" crossed by line instead of riding just above it. No big deal IMO. I suggest setting 'min-width' at 480 (or maybe a bit higher) fo

Re: [css-d] DIV behind floating element

2011-10-18 Thread G.Sørtun
On 17.10.2011 09:40, Ghodmode wrote: I've discovered that setting overflow:auto on div.banner fixes the problem, but I don't know why. This 6 year old page illustrates how "block formatting" triggered by "overflow: hidden/auto" works...

Re: [css-d] Blue Screen

2011-10-17 Thread G.Sørtun
On 18.10.2011 01:18, Howard E. A. (Tony) Tinsley wrote: However, three people who use IE8 and IE9 report that all they can see when they go to the site is a blue screen. So do I. The site is here: academy of leisuresciences.com. The problem is caused by a not properly close conditional com

Re: [css-d] question re: vertical alignment of floated divs

2011-10-15 Thread G.Sørtun
On 15.10.2011 18:06, Bill Walton wrote: I would like to have a container div that allows the number of fixed-size divs on each 'row' inside it grow or shrink based on available space. The need to put these negative margins on the inside fixed-size divs seems to preclude that. Is this just th

Re: [css-d] Menu: where to place in markup?

2011-10-10 Thread G.Sørtun
On 10.10.2011 18:06, John wrote: Link: http://www.coffeeonmars.com/testing/index.html You have a missing ' " ' in there... Something like this will do... #content { color: #111311; width: 727px; float: right; margin-right: 150px; } regards Georg __

Re: [css-d] "Expression" hack for IE quirk?

2011-10-07 Thread G.Sørtun
On 07.10.2011 17:56, Keith Purtell wrote: I'm curious as to what some of you may think of this method I saw for handling IE's refusal to recognize max/min-width? I had never heard of an expression hack. I have used, and still use, expressions for on sites that should/must provide maximum supp

Re: [css-d] :: ie 6/7 ::

2011-09-29 Thread G.Sørtun
IE6/7 cutting off lower part of "J" in vertical "Journal". Haven't found any other major show-stoppers so far - will look deeper later. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman

Re: [css-d] Having a hard time getting footer to work

2011-09-28 Thread G.Sørtun
On 29.09.2011 00:50, Emeka wrote: This is my first real attempt at trying out CSS, so I would want someone to go through my below style and comment or review. Don't know what you are trying to achieve with the footer, but the HTML code needs a standards mode trigger (a doctype) and validati

Re: [css-d] CSS Content

2011-09-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 22.09.2011 22:14, Giles, Sarah wrote: This is what I went with: [.] Should work OK, although I would normally define "position: absolute" on the generated content and "position: relative" on the ".featured_offer" container or one of its parents. Find positioning to be more flexible th

Re: [css-d] CSS Content

2011-09-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 22.09.2011 22:01, "G.Sørtun" wrote: Example-page: http://www.gunlaug.com/index.html Note that I have wrapped the "before:" and "after:" styles in a ... @media screen {} ...where I initially set all "before:" and "after:" to "d

Re: [css-d] CSS Content

2011-09-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 22.09.2011 16:38, Giles, Sarah wrote: I want to add an img before a tag using CSS content. Is this possible? Yes, no problem. Example-page: http://www.gunlaug.com/index.html ...where I use the following site-wide styles to insert 3 birds, an (R) and a (C) in the header-area, and a cat at

Re: [css-d] IE 7 DROP DOWN MENU HANG CHECK PLEASE

2011-09-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 13.09.2011 04:43, Elli Vizcaino wrote: I found this on a possible fix: http://www.builtfromsource.com/2006/10/23/a-fix-for-suckerfish-dropdowns-in-ie-7/ - I added #main-nav li.about:hover { position: static;} Can someone please confirm that this works in IE7 and the sub menu NO longer

Re: [css-d] :: media queries ::

2011-09-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 13.09.2011 03:52, David Laakso wrote: Your comments and suggestion /on this revision/ are welcome and appreciated. Thanks, Milagros Sanchez Looks and behaves reasonably well over a window-width range from 120 to 2400 and with 'minimum font size' ranging

Re: [css-d] ie 6/7/8

2011-09-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.09.2011 19:28, David Laakso wrote: >> Smacks self! Now attempting delivering of a 2 col fixed width layout to IE/6. Confirmation appreciated. Glad to confirm that an OK fixed width 2 column layout now appears in IE6 :-) Georg

Re: [css-d] Drop Down Menu On Hover Testing Please - IE 7

2011-09-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.09.2011 18:10, "G.Sørtun" wrote: No, it does not fix the issue - last list-item is not visible in my browsers. Correction: last list-item overflows the dropdown background, making it practically invisible on top of the picture below. If you want to solve that you have

Re: [css-d] Drop Down Menu On Hover Testing Please - IE 7

2011-09-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.09.2011 15:46, Elli Vizcaino wrote: Do you think the reason it hangs is because I didn't set a width on the ul of the submenu? How can I resolved this? Not sure ... been a long time since I bothered about IE7. Others will chime in. I set the current height to min-height: 136px and

Re: [css-d] ie 6/7/8

2011-09-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.09.2011 17:17, David Laakso wrote: IE6 drops left column, turning the layout into a centered single-column. IE7/8 are doing fine. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.o

Re: [css-d] Drop Down Menu On Hover Testing Please - IE 7

2011-09-11 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.09.2011 05:45, Elli Vizcaino wrote: I would greatly appreciate it, if a number of you would take a look at this site http://e7flux.com/dfd/ and hover on the word "About" in the nav. In IE7 the dropdown hangs (stays open) if mouse-pointer is moved anyway but straight upwards, and as th

Re: [css-d] :: media queries ::

2011-09-02 Thread G.Sørtun
On 02.09.2011 14:31, David Laakso wrote: Her header stuff is kinda jumpy on a drag from a full-window to a 400px mobile-window. Suggestions for correction? markup Hmmm ... maybe you should try _not_ to control layout in so much details over that wide a range

Re: [css-d] two similar pages; one scrolls. Why?

2011-08-26 Thread G.Sørtun
On 27.08.2011 01:37, John wrote: [...] I am not sure where, but somebody said that position: was the way to go... "Position" is fine ... once you master the various variants and all combinations. one of these days, I will know what I'm doing with this stuff... I am sure you will. Until th

Re: [css-d] why does clear:both not work on this div?

2011-08-21 Thread G.Sørtun
On 22.08.2011 06:57, Lisa Frost wrote: The green bar (mainMenu) should be below the white menu (topMenu)in this design: http://www.mycfoasia.com/dev/ css:http://www.mycfoasia.com/dev/css/mycfo_mainstyles.css I thought putting a clear:both on #topmenu would work: Put 'clear: both' on mainMenu

Re: [css-d] Vertical centering? And another problem.

2011-08-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.08.2011 14:52, Peter H. wrote: in case this is of any help: the only way I've ever found to reliably centre vertically, is to use a good old-fashioned table. CSS table is better - unless one has to support old-fashioned browsers with limited CSS support. Georg ___

Re: [css-d] IE7 absolute position hasLayout issue

2011-07-29 Thread G.Sørtun
On 29.07.2011 17:05, Angela Jordan wrote: I'm pretty sure this is a hasLayout issue since it appears in IE7 and no other browsers I've looked at (not testing for IE6), but I've tried half a dozen fixes to no avail. http://mobilebotanicalgardens.org/wordpress/ IE7, and older, tend to mess u

Re: [css-d] Float Issue with IE7 (and IE6)

2011-07-27 Thread G.Sørtun
On 28.07.2011 00:47, Debbie Roes wrote: The issue I'm having has to do with "float drop" in IE7 and IE6 in the header area of the site. http://bernofinmgt.com/revised/ IE6/7 don't interpret align="left" on logo in your favor. The addition of... #header .row-1 a img {float: left;} #header .ro

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 23.07.2011 01:03, Gail Issen wrote: Can you direct me to a site where I can check for CSS3 validation? Select "More Options > Profile : CSS level 3." Georg __ css-discuss [c

Re: [css-d] question on space at bottom of page

2011-07-22 Thread G.Sørtun
On 23.07.2011 00:28, Gail Issen wrote: > html { overflow-y : scroll; } > While David's solution does work, it causes a validation error. Wrong. It validates as CSS 3 - not CSS 2.1. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists

Re: [css-d] 100% height issue, and graphic placement q's

2011-07-21 Thread G.Sørtun
You're mixing floats and absolute positioning on major element, which can't work in such a layout. The mix of 'em' and 'px' for margins and width also doesn't work well in such layouts. So, reload again...

Re: [css-d] 100% height issue, and graphic placement q's

2011-07-21 Thread G.Sørtun
On 21.07.2011 22:15, John wrote: what I need to do is make the center, darker area visually go the the bottom of the browser window no matter how short or tall it is, I see. Reload...

Re: [css-d] 100% height issue, and graphic placement q's

2011-07-21 Thread G.Sørtun
On 21.07.2011 20:30, John wrote: Well, I am getting closer to tackling this issue, yet my playing with values in the below body:after code didn't fix the issue which can be seen in the screengrab here: http://www.coffeeonmars.com/afterResults.jpg Have more or less lost track of what you're t

Re: [css-d] Issue with background images on small devices

2011-06-20 Thread G.Sørtun
On 20.06.2011 11:00, Göldi wrote: Heres the site: http://www.goeldi.eu/abusart/ Can anybody tell me the reason and how to avoid this behaviour? Reason: the various, stacked, elements don't relate to each other, and therefore don't adjust dimensions to each other. Natural fallback is body-wid

Re: [css-d] IE7 Position Fixed Problem

2011-06-12 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.06.2011 14:21, John Franks wrote: http://www.thesussexbookkeeper.co.uk In IE7, with position:fixed applied the header_div flies off to the right. Add... #header_div {top: 0; left: 0; } ...to let IE7 know where to "fix it". regards Georg

Re: [css-d] Making A Link Disappear When Revisited By A Reader

2011-06-10 Thread G.Sørtun
On 10.06.2011 20:27, Fabienne wrote: So I want the link to the ending they did not choose disappear after they make their choice. You can use relative or absolute positioned links, and modify position and z-index to layer the visited link on top of the non-visited link. That way only the chos

Re: [css-d] os x 10.4 opera/11.1

2011-05-13 Thread G.Sørtun
On 13.05.2011 11:08, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: The only solution I see is moving the jquery call to the head of the document. Yes, it looks like that is the only reliable solution. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@list

Re: [css-d] os x 10.4 opera/11.1

2011-05-12 Thread G.Sørtun
> Have no idea, but... body {overflow: hidden;} ...works. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List

Re: [css-d] :: makeready ::

2011-05-02 Thread G.Sørtun
Your comments and suggestions are always appreciated. uri: Expanded 'pane' is stacked higher than fixed 'nav', thus covers it when expanded on short windows. Setting 'z-index: 2' on 'nav' should fix that minor flaw, but I haven't tested. regards G

Re: [css-d] Incorrect width - Opera Bug?

2011-04-27 Thread G.Sørtun
On 27.04.2011 11:01, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: Updated the test case. Reports please ? IE9 transforms, and scale by 16px when using accessibility setting. Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www

Re: [css-d] Incorrect width - Opera Bug?

2011-04-27 Thread G.Sørtun
On 27.04.2011 05:17, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: http://dev.l-c-n.com/CSS3/transform_scale_min-font-size.html I have a minimum font-size set to 12px in all browsers, in Opera 11.10, Gecko 1.9.2 and Safari 5 / WebKit / Chrome, the text in the lower box is half that size. Interesting. Gets sca

Re: [css-d] Incorrect width - Opera Bug?

2011-04-26 Thread G.Sørtun
On 26.04.2011 19:38, Chetan Crasta wrote I guess I'll have to just tolerate that difference in Opera's rendering. ...and Firefox and Safari, not to mention IE... It is just how those browsers work. Georg __ css-discus

Re: [css-d] Incorrect width - Opera Bug?

2011-04-26 Thread G.Sørtun
On 26.04.2011 19:22, Chetan Crasta wrote: Does anyone know if this can be overriden? 'Minimum font size' can not be overridden in any browser, so you better find a way to solve your case that doesn't run into it. regards Georg

Re: [css-d] Can a DIV be made "invisible" to mouse clicks?

2011-04-24 Thread G.Sørtun
On 24.04.2011 09:36, Martin G wrote: So, in the end, my question is, can I lay one DIV on top of another without having the top div trapping mouse events that I want the DIV underneath to catch? Only if you can stack the various elements that should take mouse events even higher than the overl

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] Need advice please

2011-04-19 Thread G.Sørtun
On 20.04.2011 04:18, Kirsten Rourke wrote: http://kirstenrourke.com Lots of proprietary MS code in there, but all that IE-targeting code only seem to work in IE8 - not older and not IE9. So, to me it looks like all that IE code can be deleted, and then you should check up in and tweak for th

Re: [css-d] How to position a footer below other absolute and relative positioned elements

2011-04-11 Thread G.Sørtun
On 10.04.2011 23:01, Ian Piper wrote: Hi all, I've been away from this list for a long time: hope all are thriving. Sure we are :-) I'd appreciate some advice about positioning. http://monickr.com/ My advice is simple: don't absolute position more than you have to, and avoid absolute-p

Re: [css-d] Padded image picks up a:hover background color

2011-04-09 Thread G.Sørtun
On 09.04.2011 06:51, RePost wrote: I thought I could override the default a:hover background color, but it's not happening. Test site is here: http://bit.ly/hLlMwb The simple solution... #socialbar a {background: transparent!important;} ...but while you're at it you may as well put the marg

Re: [css-d] Is @font-face 'legal'?

2011-04-08 Thread G.Sørtun
On 08.04.2011 09:56, Geoff Lane wrote: I've just ran one of my stylesheets through the W3 validator and was shocked to get 4 errors and one warning returned. Three of the errors relate to an @font-face definition and the warning claims there are no declarations in the @font-face rule. The fourth

Re: [css-d] CSS Question

2011-04-08 Thread G.Sørtun
On 08.04.2011 08:36, cssl...@bassonhook.com wrote: http://www.freehostbc.com/fnfsportsfishing/galleries/gallery.html The addition of... #nav {position: relative; z-index: 1;} ...will stack nav dropdowns in front of all else in that gallery page. regards Georg ___

Re: [css-d] How to test in many browers

2011-04-07 Thread G.Sørtun
Reality check... On 08.04.2011 02:08, David Hucklesby wrote: - All versions of IE, and all emulation modes act differently The result of IE catching up with the rest ... pretty close now with IE9 - if not challenged too hard. Draw the line at an IE version you, and your clients, are comfort

Re: [css-d] Weir behaviour with the "float" attribute

2011-04-02 Thread G.Sørtun
On 03.04.2011 01:28, Matteo Bertamini wrote: Hi everyone! I'm trying to understand the behaviour of this code (and its related css attributes of course): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1889847/test.html Floats are not supposed to rise higher than preceding floats, so Fx is correct and show the same

Re: [css-d] questions about block formatting context

2011-04-01 Thread G.Sørtun
Can someone give an example of a block in a block formatting context establishing a new block and being made more narrow by a float? I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what they mean by that. http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_example_01_01.html http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_exampl

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

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] Browser Support: Alternate Style Sheets?

2011-03-27 Thread G.Sørtun
Support for alternate stylesheets isn't a problem. See, and test on... http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/userStyle.html How useful alternate stylesheets are varies from site to site, and from visitor to visitor. regards Georg

Re: [css-d] height and width specifications

2011-03-24 Thread G.Sørtun
Is there any reason to specify an image's height and width on the img tag rather than (or in addition to) specifying in the CSS? Setting and image's width and height in the HTML code, reserves the space for that element before image gets loaded. I don't think there is any other advantage, a

Re: [css-d] change in height of navigation bar

2011-03-22 Thread G.Sørtun
I'm a newbie to CSS, what are the Meyer reset values? Are they a set of steps I can go through. Sort of, but the essence is: *don't expect various browsers to agree on anything, so set all properties/values you need even if one or more browsers seem to do just fine without them.* I certa

Re: [css-d] IE Background Position

2011-03-18 Thread G.Sørtun
On 18.03.2011 06:05, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: Can someone explain why the background image of the right button is not showing correctly in certain versions of IE? http://www.kacevisual.com/files/Anime-Planet/drafts/lovehate/lovehate.html For that page all IE versions are in quirks mode, and have

Re: [css-d] Internet Explorer 9 Release

2011-03-15 Thread G.Sørtun
Market share? Only certain David and his employer with 1600 staff members are currently using it. Apparently they don't have an upgrade option! Rest of the global population have moved on to bigger and better things in life. Or gone to use FF3.6.x and FF4 RC. More or less irrelevant on css-d

Re: [css-d] dropdown menu z-index

2011-03-13 Thread G.Sørtun
The problem is IE7. The drop down menu stays behind the picture from the main area. www.slackword.net/astute Since IE7 and older have broken z-index support, and you have given elements further down the page a z-index, you have to lift the parent-element to make IE7 play ball. ul.nav li.h

Re: [css-d] Trying to make text lighter than 100

2011-03-05 Thread G.Sørtun
I need to research what other characters/symbols are available. http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/ __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss

Re: [css-d] your opinion and advice appreciated

2011-03-04 Thread G.Sørtun
On 05.03.2011 02:44, Martin wrote: Now to the fonts. I know it doesn't look nice. I'm not an experienced designer so earlier I read some basics on setting up the font sizes. I got the impression that one shouldn't set font-size in pixels in order to give the user freedom to change the size. On

Re: [css-d] your opinion and advice appreciated

2011-03-03 Thread G.Sørtun
On 04.03.2011 02:35, Martin wrote: I also tested it today on IE6 - and here's the problem. Any advice? link: www.slackword.net/astute Didn't test, but I'm pretty sure the addition of... .trileft {display: inline;} ...will fix IE6' 'margin-doubling on floats' bug and make those floats line u

Re: [css-d] List item numbers not printing in Ordered List (correction)

2011-03-03 Thread G.Sørtun
On 03.03.2011 17:47, Tim Dawson wrote: http://holidaymullandiona.com/quest/index.php?next=challenges Perhaps I've missed something obvious ? Can't see any colors defined for print in your styles, and the validator reports one color-value as being non-valid. Check up on, and declare, colors a

Re: [css-d] letter spacing difference (FF vs. Safari)

2011-03-03 Thread G.Sørtun
On 03.03.2011 15:50, Charles Miller wrote: My trial & errors suggest that increasing the letter spacing has no effect until it suddenly has a large effect. And, it seems that the "jump" point is different in different browsers. Too tight jumps to too loose. Start by blowing page-zoom in brows

Re: [css-d] font-face syntax revisited

2011-03-03 Thread G.Sørtun
On 03.03.2011 08:05, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: [...] (or the equivalent header in your htaccess file, which is my preferred method) Of course. :-) I can't imagine why anyone would want any browser to perform at less than its best for new projects, so "IE=edge" is an obligatory "fix" for

Re: [css-d] Little support for :after after images?

2011-03-02 Thread G.Sørtun
On 03.03.2011 00:21, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: Generated content (::before / ::after) does not apply to replaced elements. [...] This will be defined in more detail in a future specification. OK, so my styles may, or may not, kick in more, or no, browsers ... one day. Good to know.

[css-d] Little support for :after after images?

2011-03-02 Thread G.Sørtun
I have this selector-chain for "print" in a page... img.pr-int01+img.pr-int01:after {...} ...but support doesn't look good across browser-land - only Opera seems to act on it. Anything wrong on my part? page: http://www.gunlaug.com/contents/basics/layout.html ...relevant style in page-head.

Re: [css-d] Image caption, content width issue in IE

2011-03-01 Thread G.Sørtun
Without provoking any irritation, am I correct in my impression that hacking the style sheet is best option, and lack of CSS validation probably won't present me with major problems? I'd say you're correct. Lack of CSS validity doesn't cause major problems in browsers - as long as you know w

Re: [css-d] Target Safari, but not Chrome?

2011-03-01 Thread G.Sørtun
Is there a way to target Safari, but not Chrome? No anywhere-near-reliable ways to target Safari but not Chrome in CSS, I'm afraid. Doesn't pay off to solve text-related deviations via browser-targeting anyway, since actual text size/appearance depends on settings in each user's browser/OS

Re: [css-d] need a 'stronger' hasLayout for troublesome RTL text in IE7

2011-03-01 Thread G.Sørtun
Any previous experience? Plenty... :-) Need to study the actual page. regards Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.in

Re: [css-d] HTML5 and CSS3 blog template

2011-02-27 Thread G.Sørtun
Does it work in IE? http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2011/02/html5-and-css3-blog-template.html Yes ... sort of OK in IE8 - 6. regards Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/

Re: [css-d] Broken text placement in IE6

2011-02-26 Thread G.Sørtun
http://www.keithpurtell.com/kthings/bj-cole.htm Add... #navigate, #article {display: inline;} ...to fix IE6' "margin-doubling on floats" bug. Tested on your page. No need to hack in this fix, as floats can't be "inline" and no browser gets disturbed by declaring "inline". regards

Re: [css-d] font-size html

2011-02-22 Thread G.Sørtun
[...] are there any known quirks for defining font-size on the html element? A small start-size may cause blown-up text-size throughout the page in some browsers when subjected to 'minimum font size', and IE7 and older IE-versions are buggy when starting with 'em'. Other than that it doesn'

Re: [css-d] Flexible parent container height?

2011-02-22 Thread G.Sørtun
How can I get the height of a parent container to re-size according to any nested container(s) content similar to the way tables work? Here's a sample page that demonstrates the issue: http://www.mdsol.com/conferences/mug2/amug.html For your example you don't need "table behavior". Declarin

Re: [css-d] three problems with my CSS code

2011-02-20 Thread G.Sørtun
On 21.02.2011 00:45, Zachary Uram wrote: [...] http://yoda.oggthebase.org/css2/index2.html Not sure, but see if this is somewhat like you want that thing to look/behave... regards Georg

Re: [css-d] Couple of newbie CSS questions....

2011-02-16 Thread G.Sørtun
[...] in reference to the following: http://www.douglasniven.com/test.html "Best Practice" styles are in the page-head... http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/dn/dn-test-110216.htm ...but for short: it is nearly always best to move the image around and make it create its own space by applying s

Re: [css-d] Footer too high in IE7

2011-02-15 Thread G.Sørtun
On 16.02.2011 00:57, Dermot Ward wrote: Can anyone please tell me why the footer on this testing page :- http://www.arealnicesite.com is too high in IE7? IE7 (and IE6) expands div#footer to contain floats. Delete the 'width: 1092px;' you have declared on div#footer, and IE7 will render as y

Re: [css-d] major FF4 layout problem

2011-02-14 Thread G.Sørtun
The site's homepage is here: http://bit.ly/h5D9ez The issue is that all of the content under the logo, from the main nav downward, gets pushed way down on the page, so far that you don't even see it without scrolling down. This is on all pages. Any clue as to why this is happening? Can't c

Re: [css-d] font-face syntax revisited

2011-02-11 Thread G.Sørtun
On 12.02.2011 08:15, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: http://dev.l-c-n.com/_temp/font_eot_woff.html Looks identical in IE9RC, Safari 5.0.3 and Opera 11.01 - on Vista. regards Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.o

Re: [css-d] New to the list and a question..

2011-02-11 Thread G.Sørtun
On 11.02.2011 23:18, James Sheffer wrote: George- Actually, the image "thetoyz_logo.jpg" is just the part "up to" the "shop" link. The rest of the "image" is actually a background image that is repeated (a 5px wide image of only the blue bar). On top of that background image are the text link

Re: [css-d] New to the list and a question..

2011-02-11 Thread G.Sørtun
I've been designing/developing web sites since 1996 or so, so I've made my fair share of mistakes :-) Welcome to the club... :-) http://new.thetoyz.com/ Make the right end of the 'graphics/thetoyz_logo.jpg' image sooo much longer - 500-1000 px or something - and style it: float: left;

Re: [css-d] Positioning images within a table cell

2011-02-09 Thread G.Sørtun
> Georg's solution relied on the table being at the top of the page. > To fix it, add a "position:relative" rule to the table. Then his > solution should work beautifully. I tried adding "style='position:relative;'" to the opening table tag with no discernible effect. Of course it didn't, sinc

Re: [css-d] Positioning images within a table cell

2011-02-09 Thread G.Sørtun
On 09.02.2011 13:18, Geoff Lane wrote: Any further help gratefully received. Maybe this will do... regards Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http

Re: [css-d] Design question regarding columns and containers

2011-02-08 Thread G.Sørtun
Just so that beginners don't misunderstand, you can keep columns floating side-by-side regardless of window width if you declare a fixed width on the block that contains all the columns. That doesn't strike me as being table emulation, but was that your intention? No Paul, that is not table

Re: [css-d] Design question regarding columns and containers

2011-02-07 Thread G.Sørtun
Now I am wondering from a css standpoint would it be better to craete column divs and their widths dictate width of the containers or just create containers with the correct widths and no column widths (column divs just get used for organization). Setting width on elements (columns) and not on

Re: [css-d] Strange gap...

2011-02-01 Thread G.Sørtun
I'm getting a strange gap to the right of this page: http://fairreview.leeciviccenter.com/special.cfm In what browser do you see strange gaps? Nothing special to report in mine... regards Georg __ css-discuss [css-d

Re: [css-d] Extending a div with background

2011-01-29 Thread G.Sørtun
By nature, the background color on any div will only show for the length of the content. [...] Is there a way around that? Sure, google for 'equal height columns', or start by checking the solutions listed/shown here... regards

Re: [css-d] Positioning a float

2011-01-27 Thread G.Sørtun
I need the in-flow, wrapping properties of a float combined with the positioning properties of an absolutely-positioned element. Is anyone aware of a way of achieving that? You may be able to adapt the method shown here... ...for the line-

Re: [css-d] dropdown menu bug in IE8

2011-01-26 Thread G.Sørtun
first time I post to this distribution list, so I hope I'm doing it right. Just fine ... Welcome to css-d :-) I have a bug in a dropdown menu in IE8 on this site : http://medisra.sideradesign.com the last items on the dropdown under the second menu item are unattainable as they disappear be

Re: [css-d] Doubling of an element.

2011-01-24 Thread G.Sørtun
http://theaterbartlesville.com/testing/Live/index.php?p=main Look for this unclosed link... Home ...or let the W3C markup validator find it for you. regards Georg __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http

Re: [css-d] Graphic background issue

2011-01-24 Thread G.Sørtun
I'm thinking (accurately or not :) that an 8-bit PNG offers translucency (if that's the right word) if the original file has it. With a smaller file size than 24-bit. Right? Applicable? An 8-bit PNG is somewhat like a "refined GIF" - transparency is "on/off". Example...

Re: [css-d] Graphic background issue

2011-01-23 Thread G.Sørtun
I created a graphic in Photoshop,using a transparent background, but when I saved it as a .jpg it now has a white background. I want to display it on a web page. If I save the graphic as a .gif, the edges are gnarly. Suggestions? Save it as 24bit PNG. regards Georg

Re: [css-d] how to constrain width of box?

2011-01-20 Thread G.Sørtun
http://mcgivney.ehclients.com/press/ [...] is there some way to always make the box as wide as the photo and not wider? I'd like the caption to wrap around in the box under the photo, but not be wider than the photo. Rearrange source-code and restyle... src="http://mcgivney.ehclients.co

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