Re: [css-d] Trying to override site style sheet with inline CSS?

Keith Purtell wrote: But one item defies all efforts. For some reason, hiss CSS for general text content is set up with a 1cm indent, which looks pretty ugly. I've been tolerating it with paragraphs, but it also kicks in whenever I try to add a list, which is uglier yet (screen capture: http:/

Re: [css-d] Centering an entire page in the available window.

On 16 August 2011 10:02, Tim Climis wrote: > You're almost there.  First, you don't need text-align: center.  That's extra. Extra *unless* you plan on supporting earlier versions of IE. -- /*Mark __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-d

Re: [css-d] text position in unordered list

> And, moment of discovery for me...when 10px of padding is added to move the > text over, 10px must be subtracted from the container, to keep it the same > width. The way it is configured now, right. There have been a few discoveries since those menus were released (although they are still great

Re: [css-d] parse error on *html

Philippe wrote: > In a decent browser, it won't select anything and nothing though... > That hack relies on the fact that the simple little mind of IE 6&  7 > ‘thinks’ there is an element that wraps around the root element > (html). Of course there is none. And Alan responded: > This is not correc

Re: [css-d] parse error on *html

On 29 July 2011 12:21, John wrote: > Just ran the latest version of my page through CSS validator, and it came up > with 1 error: > > Parse Error *html .livebar{height:100%; /*For IE6 since overflow:auto does > not trigger hasLayout*/} I'm pretty sure it should have a space there, as in * html, n

Re: [css-d] getting an image in back of text (z-index)

On 27 July 2011 13:37, John wrote: > what do you mean by "out of the flow" of the page? http://www.vision.to/articles/the-difference-between-the-flow-and-positioning-for-web-pages.php Please remember, a little self-help goes a long way and google is your friend :-) Looking at your source there a

Re: [css-d] font-size value affects position. why?

On 27 July 2011 12:28, John wrote: []... > if I vary *just* the font-size, this head will move up or down. why should > that be? Examine line-height. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/#the-height-of-lines > also, I've seen people use both % and specific px values with font-size. > which one is correct?

Re: [css-d] getting an image in back of text (z-index)

On 27 July 2011 12:27, John wrote: > same beast I've been dealing with..has a chunk of body copy and I'd like to > slip an image underneath the copy but above the center column. Not > vertically, but in the front-to-back sense of "underneath." Link?? Or is it the same link as the previous thread?

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Newbie has big CSS AND cross browser issues

Hi Bobbi, At some recent point in time Godmode wrote: > Add the following to your ul styles: > >    width: 800px >    margin: 0 auto; >    overflow: hidden; >    padding: 0; [..] and then proceeded with a pretty good explanation. However, I personally would *not* do this as it is restrictive in

Re: [css-d] FireFox/CSS Question

> I wonder what's the problem? Have I set something wrong in FireFox? > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > tedd Hi Tedd, Coming in late here but what do you see on a new Firefox profile? HTH Mark __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.

Re: [css-d] IE7 stretching floated div

Alan Gresley wrote on 18 November 2009 at 16:45 [..] > I have no specific test case for IE7- but is this your bug. > > > Ah ha! Well that does seem to fit with his earlier code snippet, good spotting. > > BTW, please s

Re: [css-d] IE7 stretching floated div

Jay Tanna wrote on 18 November 2009 at 12:27 > > You haven't said which DIV is causing the problem. You have only one div in your > snippet so it is difficult to comment. I think that's probably because the OP doesn't really know where the problem lies, hence their post to this list (and that's

Re: [css-d] IE7 stretching floated div

>Hey Marc, >Thanks for getting back to me. I can't really send out the page >because it's the section to edit your profile on the site I am working >on. I don't want to ask anyone to sign up for something. >This is the Doctype that is in place though. It looks ok. > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1

Re: [css-d] IE7 stretching floated div

> Hey Everyone > > I am finding an IE bug that seems odd. I have a div with two inputs inside > of it. the div is floating right and one of the inputs is floating left and > the other right to create some space. here's what it looks like > > > > > > > This works fine everywhere but in IE. It

Re: [css-d] Form Alignment

Dave wrote: > File Here: > http://www.linkhomes2000.co.uk/main/selling/link_start_sell-property.php > > can not get text on left to align with fields on right. This is the offending css: [...] Then Dave responded to Tim > Hi, > > Thank you for your reply, you were the only one who did reply, fo

Re: [css-d] Hover Effects

Cody Sickler wrote: > > On the layout I'm currently working on, I've gotten the effect I > needed, but it isn't standards compliant (http://cosi.exofire.net the > bottom and top navigation bars). I can't figure out a better way to > achieve the general effect other than doing what I have done. I'

Re: [css-d] sorry - site re-check - haslayout?

MEM wrote: > My directory structure is: > + rebelatehome > + css > - home8.css > + images > - hover.png > + js > > So, if the css is inside css directory, to go to images directory from the > css file, we have to, up one level: > " ../ " enter one level /images/ and access the im

Re: [css-d] Horizontal list menu - removing space between li

MEM wrote: > Thanks. It works and don't mess with padding. It stills feels weird that > something like overflow:hidden; (to hide scroll bars), serves as float > solver. No? > Well, yes. http://www.quirksmode.org/css/clearing.html That might help explain things a little better. HTH Mark _

Re: [css-d] Horizontal list menu - removing space between li

David Laakso wrote: > /My opinion requires a shovel./ > > Take the shovel to the woods. Dig a very deep hole. Bury Verdana in it. > Forever. > And reset to: > > #navcontainer ul li a > { /*font-family:Verdana; > /* font-size:0.6em;*/ > font: 0.9em "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; > } > H

Re: [css-d] Vertical Menu problem

Alan Gresley wrote: >> The most notable difference occurs with >> lists - Safari and Gecko based browsers (e.g. Firefox) use padding-left >> while Internet Exploder uses margin-left to indent, >> > > All modern browser have padding-start for list, not padding-left since > this default (paddi

Re: [css-d] Vertical Menu problem

On Behalf Of Yazmin Media > Sent: 5 June 2009 04:38 > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] Vertical Menu problem > > John, > > Try these definitions for your CSS: > > .verticalMenu { > background-color : #FFD096; > float : left; > margin-left : 6px; > width : 15

Re: [css-d] site check, particularly on ie6 ?

snak detek+0r wrote: > Subject: [css-d] site check, particularly on ie6 ? > > there are two different layouts, front page > http://tinyurl.com/pxgydd > > and all other pages > http://tinyurl.com/msyk76 > > fingers crossed, > thanks! No amount of finger-crossing will solve the 404s on both style

Re: [css-d] How to display a line BELOW the div?

Anna G wrote: > Thanks David :) > But both the image and the first paragraph have be inside the box1 div :( > http://www.cwc.co.nz/sandbox/css-demos/anna-no-wrap.html I've repeated div.no-wrap instead of the different box IDs, but that shouldn't matter. Is that close enough? HTH Mark

Re: [css-d] How to display a line BELOW the div?

David Laakso wrote: > Please see: > > Checked in IE 6/7/and 8. And in Opera, Safari, and Firefox. > Nice David. That's very similar to a demo done for Karl a few days ago[1] (using slightly different code) Once again proving the point that even

Re: [css-d] How to display a line BELOW the div?

Anna Gavrilovic wrote: > Hi all > > I've got the following code: > > > div.left { > float: left; > } > > > alt="" width="160" border="0" height="182"> > Vestibulum egestas quam in nulla pretium blandit. In ac urna purus, > tempor hendrerit sem. Vestibulum nec ligula dolor, quis egestas el

Re: [css-d] Help Please: Image floats, without the text wrap

Karl Bedingfield wrote: > Hi all, > > I am sure I am doing something very wrong here and wondered if you can > assist? I think I have spent too long looking at this. > > I am trying to have an image float left while heading and content to > the right does not text wrap. > > This is what I have done

Re: [css-d] Help Please: Image floats, without the text wrap

Owlservice wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Oops, slightly embarrassed about the file level error :) > > Thanks for you input. Just what I was looking for. > > Regards, > Karl > No worries Karl. Embarrassed but not humiliated I hope! adieu Mark

Re: [css-d] Help Please: Image floats, without the text wrap

> Karl, > > Your style sheet link gives a 404. Change from href="../css.css" to > "css.css" and that *may* fix the problem, although, based upon what > you are asking your current code set will still fail. Here is how I > normally achieve what I think you are after: > > http://www.cwc.co.nz/san

Re: [css-d] Vertically Centering multiple images in a div.

Oliver Garvey wrote: > Hi guys, I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get some images vertically > centered in a div. I'm creating a gallery and underneath the main image have > a set of thumbnails which can be scrolled to select an image to display. The > problem is, no matter what I try I just ca

Re: [css-d] Centering a floated list....

Matthew Stoneback wrote: > I have a navigation on this page: http://www.eddysound.com/dev/adr/ that I > would like to center. It is a floated list. I cannot seam to get the list > to center within the blue navigation area. What am I doing wrong? I have > been able to do this before but I am cur

Re: [css-d] background images

At 10:10 April 2009 Brian Hazelton wrote > > When should I use an image and when should i use it as a background > image. Since CSS allows designers to seperate content from styling, when > should I use the image tag or should I never use the image tag? > Hi Brian, Have you done any background

Re: [css-d] CSS Menu Issue

Cristiano Diniz da Silva wrote at 9 April 2009 07:39 > Hi, > > I got a strange error happing with my menu in Firefox 1.5 / 2. It's hiding behind > other div elements even with the z-index set to 100. > > Does anyone knows what might be happening? With no code or link provided, not a clue. If you

Re: [css-d] [OT] CSS Problem with tags on IE 6\7

Christopher R wrote: > I understand but I have the exact same code on another page and it validates > so although > reading up is beneficial, there has to be something minor that would remove > all errors ! > I can only think of one thing to say to that - lobotomy! adieu Mark ___

Re: [css-d] CSS Problem with tags on IE 6\7

Christopher R wrote: > I've run into a problem first off the links on this page > http://www.thecreativesheep.ca/site/indexpage9.html don't work in IE 6 or IE > 7 but work in FireFox also on that same page how does one get rid of all the > extra space at the bottom of the page ? And on this pag

Re: [css-d] i thought styling some quote images around text can be quite simple but how wrong!

liketo findoutwhy wrote: > > This is the one: > > From Ben Bacarisse > > > > How about: http://www.bsb.me.uk/testing/quotes.html (re-size window to > > test the wrapping). Groovy... ... however, that method has a problem and I noticed a similar one when tinkering with your examples. Have

Re: [css-d] float problem: not being contained or something else?

Luc wrote: > Oh well, for me it suffices ... i guess if we want to consider all > possible screen resolutions out there and users that change default > font size etc we'll be in the magic business :-) > Ut oh! I can hear the sound of frantic keyboard tapping. *cringes and heads to bed* _

Re: [css-d] i thought styling some quote images around text can be quite simple but how wrong!

liketo findoutwhy wrote: > > oh thanks for your answer. hm... is the last webpage above the same > as my Style 1b? the requirement is that the ending quote image is > right next to the ending word, not at the far bottom right corner. > thanks again. > Hello and you are most welcome. I only

Re: [css-d] i thought styling some quote images around text can be quite simple but how wrong!

liketo findoutwhy wrote: > to simply add two quote images around some text. seems quite simple at first > but turns out all the obvious solutions are not as desirable as a perfect > solution: > > please see > http://www.0011.com/css/quote.html > > basically, Style 1 is just inlining the image, text

Re: [css-d] IE position problem

Here's my 2 cents FWIW. Alan, I think we need to go back to your original post to see where some of this confusion stems. > Jennifer. > > Setting padding and margin to 0 in 'body' will globally remove all padding > and margins until you change the situation. I will admit that simply quoting t

Re: [css-d] IE 6 Issues

Robbert van Andel wrote: > > This certainly looked promising. I couldn't get the fix to work but I think > we're just going to live with the bug and realize IE6 is slowly > disappearing. It is promising and this is your bug! However, it's not always the easiest to kill when you aren't necessaril

Re: [css-d] IE 6 Issues

Robbert van Andel wrote: > I believe the second issue we are having is related. On some pages with a > lot of text, or a bulleted list, there is a 2 or 3 pixel shift after the > text passes the same subnav division. Example at > www.salemcancercare.org/draft3/aboutus/partner.html > Sounds lik

Re: [css-d] How to make one DIV appear at the bottom of another?

Erik Harris wrote: > > Interesting. This one doesn't work at all in IE6 (at least not in > IE6-Standalone), despite supposedly being a way to make fixed > positioning work in IE6. Then Holly Bergevin wrote: > Just for the record, in a "native installation"

Re: [css-d] Egg timer flicker in ie6 on hover.

Dermot Ward wrote: > Hi, >Can anyone please tell me why there is that irritating egg timer flicker >on the Categories ul on hover? I think this will help solve your problem: HTH Mark

Re: [css-d] Folks Step Right Up...CSS Oddity

Jason Ogle wrote: > Hello there folks, > > I've got a problem that's absolutely driving me batty! If there were > CSS freakshows, this would be one. > > Please hit this link in IE 6 or 7 > http://creative.myspace.com/ca/cahub/test.html > > The very bottom area has tour dates. Why in the HECK i

Re: [css-d] Div's not lining up in IE (any :P)

Alan Gresley wrote: > Adding padding-top to the #content div will actually accentuate the gap >though this will even things out across browser-land. Hi Alan, Well, that is exactly what Georg already said Georg wrote: >> For testing-purposes, adding... >> >> #content { >> padding-top: 1px;

Re: [css-d] horizontal list in ie 6

Ross Hulford wrote: > I have done this and fixed it before but I cannot remember how I did it! At > the moment my list steps in ie 6 > > Item1 > Item2 > Item3 > > > The css > > #middleMenu li a{ > height:20px; > display:block; > float:left; > margin-left:20px; > font-size:11

Re: [css-d] Peekaboo perhaps - resolved

> From: Bob Meetin - www.dottedi.biz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2007 4:53 a.m. > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] Peekaboo perhaps - resolved > > Honestly though, I tried reading the peekaboo manuscript and got to the > resolution, but seriously

Re: [css-d] Peekaboo perhaps

> From: Bob Meetin > Sent: Monday, 10 September 2007 4:18 a.m. > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: [css-d] Peekaboo perhaps > > Hi, I can't share a link yet but I think this is the peekaboo bug. > Firefox is fine, but with IE I have some text that is invisible unless I > do some curious s

Re: [css-d] 3px IE6 gap

> From: Anne E. Shroeder > Sent: Friday, 7 September 2007 2:31 p.m. > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: [css-d] 3px IE6 gap > > Got an IE 6 problem -- it's putting a 3px gap between my two divs - left one > is floated, right one is set at a left margin to equal the photo plus > border. h

Re: [css-d] footer that 'sticks' at the bottom

> From: Arian Hojat > Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2007 8:04 a.m. > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: [css-d] footer that 'sticks' at the bottom > > Hey all, > I was looking at the 'bottom footer' examples here: > http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FooterInfo > and seems like if content ar

Re: [css-d] How do you kill the cell spacing in table with CSS?

Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > As far as I can see, on Win IE border-collapse: collapse overrides the > _default_ cellspacing. That is, if you set it and do not use the > cellspacing attribute in HTML markup, there is no spacing between cells. > > Oddly enough, it does not override an _explicit_ cell

Re: [css-d] How do you kill the cell spacing in table with CSS?

Duckworth, Nigel wrote: >> I have an example at http://www.omgma.com/ >> Under the third menu tab in the center of the page >> - where it says Program Schedule (Below the "What's New") >> I have a table. > >> I tried using border-collapse - but I am still getting >> spacing between the cells.

Re: [css-d] blue border around image links.

Christopher Blake wrote: > Hi Pepl, > > How do I remove the blue border from my image links?? They only > appear in IE6. Did you even read my reply to your previous thread ([css-d] images won't align in IE) where I answered this and your question about png transparency, along with a working I

Re: [css-d] images won't align in IE

Christopher Blake wrote: >>> Please help, I am clueless as to why it isn't working. Also I hate >>> the fact that if I >>> try things I do not know whether they have worked - I will >>> upgrading to intel-mac soon >>> and run parallels and windows as soon as I have the money! Since money is an

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning and Fixed Footer Woes in IE

Mark Henderson wrote: >> [...] So, to reiterate, does anyone know of a way to have a fixed >> width box horizontally centered but always a fixed distance from the >> bottom of the viewport, whilst allowing the content to scroll using >> overflow. I hope that all made

[css-d] Absolute Positioning and Fixed Footer Woes in IE

It's been a while... I have a slightly unusual design request from a client that's giving me some grief in IE. In the nutshell, effectively what is required is a fixed footer of fixed height that sits at the bottom of the viewport. The content will be centered in another fixed width box and wil

Re: [css-d] IE 7.0 not recognizing Height:100 percent

On the 17th of October Heidi Langeneckert wrote: > My design is fairly simple, I just want my content centered > in the middle vertically, and stretch 100% from top to > bottom. Grüße Heidi This might get you started: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=HundredPercentHeight HTH Mark -- Thi

Re: [css-d] I'm lost on this IE glitch, help appreciated

From: Stuart Swan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi List, > > I've come across an error in IE, on this page > http://www.stuartswan.com/v6/index.php on the part that says 'You are > in: Home' it has a background image 400 pixels wide, in > Firefox it looks perfect and attaches to both sidebars nic

Re: [css-d] Newbie seeking layout examples to study

>>I would like to know if someone can point me to >> some sites that have a basic 3 column layout with header and footers where I >> can study the code? Thank you! I missed the earlier part of this thread, but try the layout gala: http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/ If you want a better explana

Re: [css-d] site testing, now with url!

I mistakenly wrote > In this case George has already provided you with > the answer (* html hack to hide from IE7). My apologies for misspelling your name Georg. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by ISPNZ's automated virus detection system, and is believed to b

Re: [css-d] site testing, now with url!

Andy Mosmiller wrote: > It is hard to tell unless you worked on the site, but I am pretty sure > that IE 7 is setting the height of the content to exactly 300px as > specified in my IE conditional stylesheet (which of course acts as a > min-height for current versions.) Have people figured out how

Re: [css-d] how i can make a dynamic height for div element?

rami doqa wrote: > so I want to know how to make div-left and > div-right heights the sane as div-center. This is a very common question and an article by Zoe Gillenwater (a frequent contributor to this list) might help you get started: http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=AFC58 He

Re: [css-d] radio buttons waaaaaaaaaay to big in IE

> From: Marcelo Wolfgang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can anyone help me figure out why IE is acting so weird about > the radio buttons on this page ? > http://work.grillo.tk/gaiolla/checkout_shipping.html Sure. > From: Micky Hulse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just quickly looking-over you code,

Re: [css-d] IE display problem(s)

>>Connor Boyack wrote: >>However, in IE7b2, the overflow:visible; doesn't get caught for whatever >>reason, and it doesn't expand vertically. Anybody know a fix for this? I'm on digest so ignore me if this has already been answered. Overflow isn't your problem. There's a new beta version ava

Re: [css-d] Vanishing borders (IE Win)

hi Richard I'm on digest so my apologies if this has already been answered. Add line-height: 25px (or similar, but you are using pixels for font-sizing so this was consistent) to #main_nav and things appear to rectify themselves (from memory IE has a habit on certain absolutely positioned elem