Re: [css-d] Aural Style Sheets

2007-07-24 Thread James Gadrow
Denise wrote: > I would appreciate any advice (and links) from those of you familiar with > designing for this audience. I, too, would like to have some of this information as I've only briefly toyed with the idea of learning aural style sheets. So, please either post them to the list (since it's

Re: [css-d] Basic CSS question

2007-07-19 Thread James Gadrow
Julian Tulip's Licorice wrote: > I am trying to learn some of the little things i missed, so sorry if this > seems like a silly question. > The list is here to answer questions for those of all walks of life so no apology necessary :) > But I see this sometimes: > > form#search {color: #fff;} >

Re: [css-d] 3 columns not fitting IE

2007-07-18 Thread James Gadrow
CSS List Account wrote: > The page fits in FireFox, but IE 6 always shows a horizonal scroll bar. Is > it the image, or ? > I'm unable to determine completely since I was unable to see your styles (you're using frames and all I saw was the frame source), however, this is likely because yo

Re: [css-d] Flash banner floating issue [Firefox]

2007-07-18 Thread James Gadrow
Martin Paton wrote: > When this page is resized (in Firefox) the flash banner crops on the > left rather than the right. Is there any CSS that I can use to target > the tag to prevent this from occuring? > You could always add an id, class, etc. Also, you might want to read this article as an

Re: [css-d] How do I inherit the Height from content

2007-07-16 Thread James Gadrow
Roelf D. Kuitse wrote: > I need to make sure that one of my divs is only the height (not bigger > or smaller) of all the span's that I have inside of it. But the various > span heights need to be based off of the amount of content inside of > them. Any idea's?? Correct me if I'm wrong, but this s

Re: [css-d] Companion column method

2007-07-09 Thread James Gadrow
I'm actually putting this to use today. It's a REALLY simple concept and I'm surprised no one (well, references aside :p) thought of it before! Hopefully, if all goes well I may be able to post a test of this in action! :) -- Thanks, Jim __

Re: [css-d] with fixed width, but auto height

2007-07-09 Thread James Gadrow
Bartłomiej Kozielski wrote: > what must I do for the textbox to automatically set its height depending on > the number of lines in it? Is there any CSS rule? No rule via number of lines, (well, perhaps if you calculated the height of each line in the textbox and applied it.. but would probably be

Re: [css-d] iframes - who still uses them

2007-07-02 Thread James Gadrow
Ross wrote: > Does anyone still use frames or iframes? Is it a valid development technique? Depending upon what you are doing with them, an iframe may be the only way to achieve a desired effect. Say, you want a webpage with a section of the page that tells you in big, blue letters that you have

Re: [css-d] Thread answered:What is the equivalent of font-size:11px?

2007-06-29 Thread James Gadrow
> This along with other resets makes all your fonts equivalent to 10px. > Actually, it makes it equivalent to 62.5% of the user's base font size (usually 16px). But, yes, you can usually safely assume 10px. > But also allows you do your entire layout in ems should you choose > to do so. I wo

Re: [css-d] Menu rollover looping

2007-06-28 Thread James Gadrow
Nicholas Karnick wrote: > How can the problem be fixed? Apply a containing element to the menu item, make it 5px longer to the left than the menu item and apply the hover effect to it instead. (still position the menu item, but since the hover effect is applied to its containing element it effec

Re: [css-d] ID vs Class

2007-06-27 Thread James Gadrow
Travis Killen wrote: > Why should class be used to define an element vs. id? You use ids for unique page elements. ie: id="contentWrapper" id="mainNav" id="inbox" You use classes for styling similar elements. ie: class="externalLink" class="topItem" class="message" However, you only need an

Re: [css-d] Styling for Fieldsets and Legends

2007-06-25 Thread James Gadrow
Anthony Lieuallen wrote: > http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS:-moz-border-radius As Anthony wrote, this will create a rounded border as well. However, there are a few known issues: Background images may spill beyond the rounded borders, and it can only be used with the solid border style so

Re: [css-d] Styling for Fieldsets and Legends

2007-06-25 Thread James Gadrow
Rick Faircloth wrote: > Is there any way to bring consistent styling to fieldsets > and legends between IE and FF? > You should get used to keeping the word consistent out of your vocab when talking about form styling. ;) > How do I keep the rounded corners? > You can have rounded corners wi

Re: [css-d] where to find info

2007-06-21 Thread James Gadrow
Fiona wrote: > Hello, > > I have been teaching myself CSS by working through tutorials etc. > > I have been puttin it into practise by building a couple of dummy (trial > ones, not stupid ones)websites, but have been mainly concentrating on the > latest browser versions, till I started getting th

Re: [css-d] Selected LI in navigation (one image)

2007-06-20 Thread James Gadrow
Matt wrote: > James, > > Thanks for the explanation but it doesn't work. > > This works, but I don't like this solution: > > CSS > *** > ul#nav-top li#t1 a {width:56px;padding-left:5px;background-position:0 0;} > ul#nav-top li#t1 a:ho

Re: [css-d] Ideas for handling text with CSS

2007-06-20 Thread James Gadrow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone has a link or information as how to best handle > text with CSS. By text I mean a line of text that may include 3 pieces of > information, like name, phone, and email address. > > In the past, I always used tables for this, but

Re: [css-d] Selected LI in navigation (one image)

2007-06-20 Thread James Gadrow
Matt wrote: > I know that. I just gave it as an example. > > ul#nav-top-text li#t1 .selected {background-position:-0px -86px} > HOME > > With class .selected within the it works fine. However, I am looking for > a solution with the least amount of code. > > Matt Just change in your original post

Re: [css-d] Selectors Confusion

2007-06-20 Thread James Gadrow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I thought this question was so *clearly* phrased and I too am confused > about it. > I was hoping that someone could attempt an equally concise reply, line by > line... a:link = Link (but NOT Link) a.link = Link a:hover = Link (while the user is hovering the mouse cursor

Re: [css-d] Selected LI in navigation (one image)

2007-06-20 Thread James Gadrow
Matt wrote: > I am using one image for the tabs navigation. The tabs have three states: > off, over and selected. > > The off and over states work fine but I can't get the selected class to work. > > Any suggestions? > > ul#nav-top-text li a:hover { > background-position:0 -42px; > } > > Th

Re: [css-d] page check in IE7 please

2007-06-20 Thread James Gadrow
Luc wrote: > Good evening Roger, > It was foretold that on 19/6/2007 @ 12:38:55 GMT-0400 (which was > 13:38:55 where I live) Roger Roelofs would write: > > > > >> One of the beauties of allowing floats to drop is >> that the content is conveniently viewable at more screen/window >> siz

Re: [css-d] page check in IE7 please

2007-06-19 Thread James Gadrow
Luc wrote: > Good morning James, > It was foretold that on 19/6/2007 @ 09:16:57 GMT-0400 (which was > 10:16:57 where I live) James Gadrow would write: > > >> Only problem I see is that the last letter in your header is overlapping >> your right hand image. >&

Re: [css-d] page check in IE7 please

2007-06-19 Thread James Gadrow
Luc wrote: > Good morning list, > > At the moment i'm without IE7 on my machine. Could somebody check > this page on IE7? > > http://www.dzinelabs.com/projects/MP/Pages/roger > > Does it hold together when resizing the viewport? > > TIA > > Only problem I see is that the last letter

Re: [css-d] relative or absolute urls?

2007-06-19 Thread James Gadrow
Ross wrote: > When linking to images do you use relative or absolute urls? > > background-image:url(../images/myimage.jpg); > > or > > background-image:url(http://.mysite.php/images/myimage.jpg); > > > > > > I have a common header on all pages with different folders and sub folders > and the r

Re: [css-d] absolutely positioned divs seem to have wrong topposition in IE 7 (or IE 6)

2007-06-15 Thread James Gadrow
Christian Kirchhoff wrote: > P.S.: The body was set to {position: relative}. After I deleted that, the > positioning in Firefox became the same that in IE... > > Though I don't understand why {position: relative} attached to the body > element lets absolutely positioned child elemnts shift down a l

Re: [css-d] display:inline necessary with float: left/right ???

2007-06-15 Thread James Gadrow
Jason Chan wrote: > hey all, > > Is it just me or is display:inline necessary when floating with columns bc > the double margin bug in IE6. > I ask this because i have seen many sites, that do not require the display > inline for it to appear properly in IE and yet still float columns: > > ie. >

Re: [css-d] Urgent please Hyperlink help

2007-06-14 Thread James Gadrow
jo soap wrote: > Hi , > > I'm trying to use a logo as a link to another site opening in a new window. > > I've searched and tried several solutions and A) They're not working and B) > I'm not sure either method will validate. > > Can anyone please advise best method to ahcieve this. > > Yours grat

Re: [css-d] absolutely positioned divs seem to have wrong top position in IE 7 (or IE 6)

2007-06-13 Thread James Gadrow
Christian Kirchhoff wrote: > > Hallo, > > Please take a look at the following page: > http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/Downloads/CSS-Test/blog.htm > > The left column div (with the menu) and the right one (with the google ads) > are positioned absolutely, with em values. > > In Firefox (or Opera

Re: [css-d] min height with ie and ff

2007-06-13 Thread James Gadrow
[snip] > In any case, you also need to have: > > html, body { > height:100%; > min-height:100%; > } > > to make whatever div you're using go to 100% also. > > :) > > ~Shelly [/snip] Um, you only need this if the div you're trying to size doesn't have a parent with a height setting. Else this could

Re: [css-d] min height with ie and ff

2007-06-13 Thread James Gadrow
Ross wrote: > In answer to my own question: > > min-height:400px; > height:400px; > height:auto !important; > > > does height:auto !important; validate? It should, !important is recognized by standards compliant browsers. It's only the quirky ones that misunderstand it. -- Thanks, Jim

Re: [css-d] Navigation

2007-06-11 Thread James Gadrow
trevor bayliss wrote: > Hello everyone I am new! >I am having problems with the last tab on a navigation bar. For some > reason I can´t make it fit with the light blue line above it and I am stuck > as to how to do it. Also the navigation bar doesn´t show up in Netscape 4.78 > (no Flash) wit

Re: [css-d] Need some help - single column, 3 rows (divs), last row forced to bottom of page

2007-06-11 Thread James Gadrow
William Gaffga wrote: > Hi All, > > Don't think this is my first post but don't recall my last. > > I need some help. I'm working on a site that is deceptively simple, a > single centered column, 700px wide, with three divs, acting like rows. > The first two "rows" should each be 300px high, their

Re: [css-d] "Divitis?"

2007-05-29 Thread James Gadrow
Ross Hulford wrote: > Yep. That;s the way I approach it. Much neater. > > R. > - Original Message - > From: "Brian Crescimanno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:13 PM > Subject: Re: [css-d] "Divitis?" > > > >> Out of curiosity, why not use an unordered list--it

Re: [css-d] How to center the entire page

2007-05-25 Thread James Gadrow
jana coyle wrote: > I am looking to have my page evenly centered on the screen. It is currently > on the left side of the screen. Here is the link to my site > http://www.precisemessenger.com/private/help1.html I would like it to have > two even spaces on both sides of the page, here is an exa

Re: [css-d] Different ways of doing the same thing

2007-05-25 Thread James Gadrow
Les Mizzell wrote: > It's always interesting to look at other folks stuff. I just inherited a > site, and in looking at their CSS, the main div is listed thusly: > > #pageWrapper { >width:760px; >position:absolute; >left:50%; >margin-left:-380px; } > > > Where I would have just don

Re: [css-d] Conditional Statement

2007-05-25 Thread James Gadrow
Ingo Chao wrote: > david wrote: > >> James Gadrow wrote: >> >>> david wrote: >>> >>>> Vicki Stebbins wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> > > http://msdn2.micros

Re: [css-d] Conditional Statement

2007-05-24 Thread James Gadrow
david wrote: > Vicki Stebbins wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm wanting to target IE7.0 with a problem it has with 'sticky menus' in >> the Suckerfish Menus (pop out menu stay stuck out and don't return). >> >> The fix is to add this line to the CSS: >> #nav li:hover, #nav li.over {position: static

Re: [css-d] USING RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE POSITIONING

2007-05-23 Thread James Gadrow
Jason Chan wrote: > When do you use relative, absolute, and/or fix positioning ? I mean I > understand the concepts but I am mainly floating div containers to > construct a layout for a site. The only time that I see myself using > relative or absolute is in this case: > > > HTML: > > > > >

Re: [css-d] Empty Inline elements and backgrounds

2007-05-22 Thread James Gadrow
Aaron Cohen wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. Unforunately adding a nbsp > is not possible, due to the fact that I sometimes use > that span to contain text instead of a bg image, > depending on certain conditions. > > so, I would still like to know if it's possible to > somehow make the empty sp

Re: [css-d] position:absolute and 3 column layout using float:left and negative margins

2007-05-22 Thread James Gadrow
Andrew Gaffney wrote: > James Gadrow wrote: >> Andrew Gaffney wrote: >>> Yeah, that's what happens when I type the URL by hand :) >>> >>> Now that the biggest problems are out of the way, there's a >>> rendering oddity with the page in IE

Re: [css-d] Empty Inline elements and backgrounds

2007-05-22 Thread James Gadrow
Aaron Cohen wrote: > Hi, I've seen this discussed in the archives once, but > couldn't quite follow the solution. > > Apparently IE doesn't render the background of empty > inline elements. I need to display an empty span with > a background image. I can't just use an img tag in its > place because

Re: [css-d] position:absolute and 3 column layout using float:left and negative margins

2007-05-22 Thread James Gadrow
Andrew Gaffney wrote: > It appears both the one that matches what I want from the first set and the > 2nd > link use float and negative margins, which is already what I'm using for > layout > of the 3 columns inside of "CenterBox". > > The problem I'm having is that if I make "CenterBox" use an

Re: [css-d] fluid div height

2007-05-21 Thread James Gadrow
AG wrote: > Forgot to mention that inside the container div I have 2 content divs > [not one as described below]. Both are float: left; > When there's only one content div... no problem, but with 2, or even > 1 float: left; the container div collapses in FF. > > Thanks, and sorry about the double

Re: [css-d] Multiple elements changing on hover

2007-05-18 Thread James Gadrow
J. Decker wrote: > The block level items I'm working on...where you see extra styling are > styles I didn't bother to copy into the test doc, because they didn't > impact the hover issue. > > Thanks again for your help! > > Jona You may be styling some more on that link, but as the h3 is the only

Re: [css-d] enclosing a div in another one

2007-05-18 Thread James Gadrow
James Hague wrote: > On 5/18/07, *Brian Crescimanno* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > The required effect is to get the outer 'main frame' div - with its > gray border - to enclose the inner 'regContainer' div, irrespetive of > 'regContainer' height. > > but yo

Re: [css-d] enclosing a div in another one

2007-05-18 Thread James Gadrow
James Hague wrote: > hi .. > > in an example like the one below .. how can one enclose the regContainer div > inside the mainFrame div irrespective of the content of the regContainer. > The clearer div is not doing the trick! a large content of 'regContainer' > pushes its lower edge below the mai

Re: [css-d] z-index and transparent .png probs.

2007-05-17 Thread James Gadrow
Christopher Blake wrote: > HI, > > http://www.3pointdesign.com/index3.html > > http://www.3pointdesign.com/styles/three.css > > I have a background image that repeats. I want to put a gradient tint > over the top part of the background so have placed a #topgradient div > over the background wit

Re: [css-d] 2 questions

2007-05-15 Thread James Gadrow
Lauri Pantos wrote: > Hi. > #1 what would be the advantage of defining styles in the head instead of the > body? > #2 is it normal that the style info looks to be commented out, but still > works? > http://www.somtndesign.com/contactus2ak.htm > > Thanks > Lauri Pantos > > A1 - Defining style

Re: [css-d] Overflow:scroll and position:relative in IE6 - Bug?

2007-05-15 Thread James Gadrow
Alan K. Gay wrote: > Ta-da. You are correct. Is there something I didn't understand about the > standards, or is this just an IE local knowledge thing? Thanks a bunch. > > For me I know that if you're using positioning you're essentially telling the browser: "Yes, I know this doesn't normall

Re: [css-d] Overflow:scroll and position:relative in IE6 - Bug?

2007-05-14 Thread James Gadrow
Alan K. Gay wrote: > I would like to place a relatively positioned element inside a fixed width > div with overflow:scroll. It works fine in FF, and in IE6 in quirks mode. > But the minute I put IE6 in "standards" mode, the scroll bar quits working > and the overflow from the inner element become

Re: [css-d] select/option tags

2007-05-14 Thread James Gadrow
> Is there a work around to this inconsistency? > > --Kenoli Unfortunately, when styling form elements you're either going to have to accept a bit of browser variance or start using javascript to style them. This is because the browsers are so flighty with how they style their form elements. A

Re: [css-d] Question about multipule stylesheets

2007-05-11 Thread James Gadrow
Juanita wrote: > Hi - > > I'm starting a site (fairly new to css) where one section (not just a page > but many pages that are related) must look COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (colors, > background, logo etc.) than the rest of the site, but the basic structure > of both sections are exactly the same. Is wha

Re: [css-d] 3 col layout

2007-05-11 Thread James Gadrow
Martin Paton wrote: > Hello > > Is it possible to contain a 3 column layout within another container? > > For clarity I've uploaded a screenshot of what I want to achieve. I've > tried about a zillion combinations of 3-col layouts, but just can't get > it to work (except in firefox) > > http://pkl.

[css-d] % Height attribute not applying to Flash

2007-05-07 Thread James Gadrow
Does anyone know how to apply a height to a flash object? For some reason when you set the height as a percentage, it is not applied to the flash object, but if I set the height using any other units (px, em, etc.) it is applied correctly. I've looked around for answers but all I've been able t

Re: [css-d] page loading in 2 visible steps

2007-05-07 Thread James Gadrow
I didn't see any problem at all when viewing the page... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm having a problem with my pages loading at my new ISP (BlueHost). They tell > me the problem is not on their end, that it is a coding problem. I've checked > at home and at work and I'm seeing the problem both p

Re: [css-d] is it possible to get A:focus working in IE?

2007-05-07 Thread James Gadrow
Sandy wrote: > Hello All, > > Is it possible to get A:focus working in IE? > > I have done a little research, and found lots of people saying that IE > doesn't support "focus". Is there some kind of work around? > > thanks! > Sandy >

Re: [css-d] DIVs height is wrong in IE

2007-05-07 Thread James Gadrow
Christian Kirchhoff wrote: > > Hallo, > > please take a look at the following example: > http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/downloads/test/test.htm > > The basic layout is: > - one top DIVused as a header and one main DIV > - both DIVs have a three column layout, left column float:left, right colu

Re: [css-d] problem with vertical nav list

2007-05-07 Thread James Gadrow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > > > Maybe someone can help me out here. I've been working with a vertical list > to create a menu using this: > http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic2/vertical02.htm# > as my example. > > > > That p