Re: [css-d] Getting absolutely positioned divs with bottom: auto to end together

2009-05-11 Thread Michael Leibson
From: Gunlaug Sørtun gunla...@c2i.net To: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 5:56:02 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] Getting absolutely positioned divs with bottom: auto to end together

Re: [css-d] Getting absolutely positioned divs with bottom: auto to end together

2009-05-11 Thread Michael Leibson
Wittenbergh e...@l-c-n.com To: CSS-D css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Cc: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 10:49:57 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Getting absolutely positioned divs with bottom: auto to end together On May 11, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Michael Leibson wrote

[css-d] Getting absolutely positioned divs with bottom: auto to end together

2009-05-10 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; Several weeks ago, I sought and received some help from this list re. my www.thinkingmusic.ca website. While building two more pages for that site -- www.thinkingmusic.ca/analyses/coltrane, and www.thinkingmusic.ca/analyses (the much smaller page of the two), I’ve begun to implement

[css-d] list layout and indentation on different browsers

2009-05-08 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I've read that, as each browser has its own defaults for list layout and indentation, the remedy is to specify amounts for both padding and margins, so as to address all browser methods. Sure enough, if I specify {margin: 0; padding 0;} for both a list and its list items, I find a

Re: [css-d] list layout and indentation on different browsers

2009-05-08 Thread Michael Leibson
Everything changes as soon as I add a list-style-image, though: where IE and Opera abut the image right beside the li content, Firefox and Safari separate the two by 10 pixels. Is this normal browser behaviour? Is there anything one can do to offset it, besides specifying a compromise distance?

[css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I used Firefox to view my website on a friend's zillion-pixel-wide new Mac, yesterday, and I was astonished to find that all elements on all pages had a significantly increased width, so that the design was effectively spread, horizontally, to fit the (maximized) window. This would have

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Leibson
Seems to me to be behaving as the stylesheet intends. Thanks, Peter! - Michael From: Peter Hammarling pe...@artworkers.net To: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Cc: CSS-D css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:07:05 AM Subject: Re: [css

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Leibson
time. All the best, Michael From: David Laakso da...@chelseacreekstudio.com To: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Cc: Eric Meyer's CSS List css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:33:04 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Leibson
thanks! Michael From: Theophan Dort theop...@bellsouth.net To: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:59:52 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs? I'm not an expert, just a volunteer webmaster for a couple of churches

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Leibson
the best, Michael From: Gunlaug Sørtun gunla...@c2i.net To: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Cc: Eric Meyer's CSS List css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:01:10 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs? Michael Leibson wrote

Re: [css-d] Firefox bug on on new Macs?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Leibson
3.0.4, on Windows XP, I simply see what I'd intended -- contact, with no symbol.) From: Philippe Wittenbergh e...@l-c-n.com To: CSS-D css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Cc: Michael Leibson michael_mabe...@yahoo.ca Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:19:08 AM Subject: Re

[css-d] border of relatively positioned container div ignores contained absolutely positioned div

2008-09-12 Thread Michael Leibson
Greetings; It's amazing how much CSS one can forget in a few months! I'm sure there's a very simple answer to this -- but I've forgotten it! My containing div has a border. It also contains three other divs: two that are within the normal flow, and one (class=rightside) that is

[css-d] IE7 bug changing border color?

2007-12-23 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi, I just had my first look at what IE7 does to my website, via a BrowserCam.com screencapture. The first thing I noticed is that the border to my homepage 'container' div is rendered as black, rather than as 30% black (#AAA9A9). Is this the result of an IE7 bug, and -- if so -- any

Re: [css-d] IE7 bug changing border color?

2007-12-23 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: Rafael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:22:06 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] IE7 bug changing border color? Michael Leibson wrote: Hi, I just had my first look at what

Re: [css-d] tables, table captions in I.E.6

2007-10-13 Thread Michael Leibson
From: Philippe Wittenbergh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] tables, table captions in I.E.6 On Oct 11, 2007, at 12:50 AM, Michael Leibson wrote: http://members.distributel.net/~leibson/table%20or%20caption%20margins%20in%20IE.htm First problem: The margin for the table caption

Re: [css-d] refining text-align: justify

2007-10-03 Thread Michael Leibson
Ernie Finlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could simply add to or reduce (minor)the font size to suit.:) Thanks, Ernie. In the end, I decided to increase my paragraph's width enough to pop the offending widow back onto the end of the previous line. - Michael Get news delivered

[css-d] re. refining tex-align: justify

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Leibson
Jukka K. Korpela wrote: . . . it is easy to insert a no-break space,. . . as the entity reference nbsp;, e.g. likenbsp;this? Similar things can be done in CSS . . . you can write span class=nobrlike this?/span with .nobr { white-space: nowrap; } Jukka K. Korpela (Yucca)

[css-d] re. refining tex-align: justify

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Leibson
Jukka K. Korpela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Checking on IE 7, the second case, with nbsp;, works well: the last line is and strategy, as desired. I wonder where it does not work. Aha -- the problem lay in my own misunderstanding! I'd mistakenly thought that by using nbsp; I could get strategy

[css-d] refining text-align: justify

2007-10-01 Thread Michael Leibson
Hello; Is there any way to refine the use of {text-align: justify;} so that one can, for example, prevent the last word of the last line from appearing on its own line - like this? Thanks, in advance, for any tips. - Michael Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy

Re: [css-d] image replacement techniques and CSS

2007-08-08 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: David Laakso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css discuss css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:03:10 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] image replacement techniques and CSS Michael Leibson wrote: I've a question about

[css-d] image replacement techniques and CSS

2007-08-07 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi, I've a question about image replacement techniques and CSS. For details, please see: http://members.distributel.net/~leibson/Gilder-Levin.htm Thanks. - Michael Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know

Re: [css-d] best way to display a non-inline image

2007-08-05 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: fantasai [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2007 8:02:12 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] best way to display a non-inline image Michael Leibson wrote: What is the most efficient way

Re: [css-d] best way to display a non-inline image

2007-08-05 Thread Michael Leibson
P.S. (please see below) - Original Message From: fantasai [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2007 8:02:12 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] best way to display a non-inline image Michael Leibson wrote: What

[css-d] best way to display a non-inline image

2007-08-05 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2007 9:16:50 AM Subject: [css-d] best way to display a non-inline image Michael asked: What is the most efficient way to display a non-inline image (eg, a logo) that will

[css-d] Padding when using Gilder/Levin IRT

2007-08-05 Thread Michael Leibson
Does anyone have experience with this? In the Gilder/Levin Image Replacement Technique, an h (= text for viewers with 'images off', etc) contains a span (that holds the image that replaces the text): CSS:#logo {width: [same as image]; height: [same as image]; position: relative; }

[css-d] best way to display a non-inline image

2007-08-04 Thread Michael Leibson
Here's a very basic question (I hope!): What is the most efficient way to display a non-inline image (eg, a logo) that will stand on its own (ie, with no superimposed text, etc)? As a 'background-image' within a div? With an inline style, with 'display' set to 'block'? (Eg, img

Re: [css-d] simple margins question

2007-08-01 Thread Michael Leibson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] simple margins question I am new to this listserve so please forgive me if I am off base. On the contrary, I appreciate your help! I have added a 3px yellow border to your containing div, and it appears to be positioned at 0 (top)

Re: [css-d] collapsing vertical margins

2007-07-30 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 7:09:14 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] collapsing vertical margins (definitely! I can create a bigger and more complex mess _with_ CSS

[css-d] effects of hasLayout (on one very discouraged student of CSS)

2007-07-30 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Gresley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:21:08 PM Subject: collapsing vertical margins Michael Leibson wrote: . . . IE6 suddenly ignores paragraph margin-right when

[css-d] collapsing vertical margins

2007-07-29 Thread Michael Leibson
Michael Leibson wrote: . . . IE6 suddenly ignores paragraph margin-right when that paragraph is absolutely positioned (it respects all other margins, however). What is THAT all about?? Alan Gresley responded: . . . Since you have a width set for your container, it has hasLayout (for IE

[css-d] simple margins question

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I'm trying to position the content area of a p below the top outer edge of its containing div, by giving the p a large margin. The div is horizontally centered within the body, is flush with the top of the page, and has no margins or padding. To my surprise, the resulting p ends up

[css-d] collapsing vertical margins

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; (With all the workarounds necessary for noncompliant browsers, are you really any further ahead than you were before CSS?) I've found that giving a box element absolute positioning stops its vertical margins from collapsing.* Any good reasons why one shouldn't use absolute positioning

Re: [css-d] simple margins question

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Leibson
Message: 18 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:30:03 -0700 From: Alan Gresley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] simple margins question To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Michael Leibson wrote: . . . If this is a case

[css-d] vertically centering a div

2007-07-26 Thread Michael Leibson
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:09:31 +1000 From: Seona Bellamy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] Background image not centring correctly in Firefox To: CSS-D css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Just out of curiosity, is there a nice easy way of vertically centring a div? I seem to recall seeing this

Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover'

2007-07-21 Thread Michael Leibson
Message: 19 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:59:44 -0400 From: Phillip Allard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders? To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover'

2007-07-21 Thread Michael Leibson
From: Jukka K. Korpela [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Michael Leibson wrote: Forgive my ignorance

[css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders?

2007-07-20 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I've discovered that both IE6 and FF seem to put a default border (dotted) around any hypertext link while it is being clicked. I've tried various steps to suppress this -- eg, adding the styles a {border: none;}, a {border-style: none;} a:hover {border: none;}, etc -- but nothing

Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders?

2007-07-20 Thread Michael Leibson
- Original Message From: Jon Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 1:05:19 PM Subject: RE: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders? I've discovered that both IE6 and FF seem to put

Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders?

2007-07-20 Thread Michael Leibson
From: Phillip Allard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Leibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:54:57 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders? You might wanna try a:active{outline:none;}, I know this works for FF. The reason I use a:active

Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover'

2007-07-20 Thread Michael Leibson
Message: 23 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:00:28 +0200 From: Jens Brueckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders? To: CSS Discussion Group css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover'

2007-07-20 Thread Michael Leibson
Message: 25 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:43:20 +0300 (EEST) From: Jukka K. Korpela [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] how to suppress default hypertext link 'hover' borders? To: CSS Discussion Group css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN;

[css-d] background-color of an absolutely positioned block element

2007-07-05 Thread Michael Leibson
Thanks to Philippe Wittenbergh's help, I now realize that - with the exception of the root element - the background-color of any block element will normally apply only to its content-area, and that area, of course, is defined by either its actual content, or a specified width. However, in

[css-d] html background-color acting against body background-color

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I'm new to CSS, and have been doing small experiments as a means to understanding how it works. I wanted to discover what kinds of attributes are applicable to the html element, and wrote the following primitive style: style type=text/css html {background-color: green;} body {height:

[css-d] html background-color acting against body background-color -- P.S.

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Leibson
P.S. I subsequently found that: style type=text/css html {background-color: green;} body {height: 100%; background-color: blue;} /style DID display the body background-color in IE6 -- for the entire viewport (minus a default body margin) -- but not in Firefox 2.0. Is the attribute height

[css-d] Replying to individual posts within a digest

2007-07-01 Thread Michael Leibson
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:03:32 -1000 From: david [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] How to reply to one message within a daily digest? . . . you CAN reply to individual posts within a digest . . . Thanks, David -- I appreciate the very helpful info! - Michael Be smarter

[css-d] centering elements via margin: auto

2007-07-01 Thread Michael Leibson
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:32:26 -0700 From: Alan Gresley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto . . . If the body had no text alignment (the default is text-align: left) then you don't have to restate text-align: left on any element unless an ancestor has

Re: [css-d] centering elements via margin: auto

2007-06-30 Thread Michael Leibson
Thank-you, Josue, and also David, for your helpful replies. I've come across this code before, but not - yet - in Eric's book (it's a pretty dense study, for someone starting from scratch!). I gather that {margin 0 refers to positioning, and (maybe) means the margin should be at maximum

[css-d] How to reply to one message within a daily digest?

2007-06-30 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I have lots of experience with forums, but not much with email list digests. Would someone kindly explain how one goes about replying to a message contained within a daily digest? Many thanks! - Michael Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo!

[css-d] centering elements via margin: auto

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Leibson
Hi; I'm new to web-design and CSS, and am studying Eric's . . . Definitive Guide, 2nd ed.. I have some questions regarding the proper way to horizontally center a block element: On p.162, Eric writes: If both margins are set to auto. . . then they are set to equal lengths, thus centering the

[css-d] centering element via margin: auto -- p.s.

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Leibson
(Sorry to do this via a p.s., but as I haven't yet received the list digest, I've no way to 'reply' to my own previous email!) Re. previous post: I later realized that in order to center a div using margin:auto in IE6, I needed to get IE6 into Standards mode via entering a Doctype! (Silly me --