Re: [css-d] problem with list elements

2006-04-26 Thread Pete Stuart
> css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ >

[css-d] IE6 Over-expanding box with white-space nowrap

2006-04-26 Thread Pete Stuart
Hi all, I have a div with a bunch of text content. I want to display the div on one line only, and crop the right edge to the browser's viewport. Easy breazy, I just apply white-space: nowrap; and overflow: hidden; to the div. BUT, when I put that div inside a table cell with no width (this is re

[css-d] IE6 Over-expanding box with white-space: nowrap;

2006-04-26 Thread Pete Stuart
Hi all, I have a div with a bunch of text content. I want to display the div on one line only, and crop the right edge to the browser's viewport. Easy breazy, I just apply white-space: nowrap; and overflow: hidden; to the div. BUT, when I put that div inside a table cell with no width (this is re

Re: [css-d] how 2 position position pureCSS dropdown submenu *relative* to parent? absolute wrt page is OK ...

2006-04-20 Thread Pete Stuart
richard, > well described, and you're right -- once the epiphany strikes, lots > becomes clear ... thanks. > iiuc, i _do_ have the 'boxes' correctly defined/laid out. the menu & > dropdown are, in fact working 'correctly' as: sweet. sorry for the misunderstanding. > now, i WANT to have the dr

Re: [css-d] IE4 and CS?

2006-04-20 Thread Pete Stuart
Shelly, Frankly, I'd just lay the whole thing out with old-school tables. Bust out the Nirvana and Pearl Jam cds, dust off the David Siegel book, create a single-pixel gif or 3, and have at it. Think of it as an exercise in appreciation for how far we've come. Seriously, it's for somebody's intra

Re: [css-d] how 2 position position pureCSS dropdown submenu *relative* to parent? absolute wrt page is OK ...

2006-04-20 Thread Pete Stuart
(the parent), you do something like this: div#foo { position:relative; } div#bar { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 20px; } Then, in the xhtml... some content That'll offset the content of bar 10px from the top edge and 20px from the left edge of foo. Hope this makes sense and help a bit w/ your t

Re: [css-d] IE wrapped text with bullets

2006-04-20 Thread Pete Stuart
st stuff. It looks like it's wrapped in a nice div id="left". You could prepend all of your left-menu list rules with div#left, and that'd likely clear up the problem too. Cheers, -pete PS. This is my first post to the list. I hope there'll be more to come. -- Pete