Re: [css-d] Font size on Blackberry PRIV

body to 100% or 1em; or 1rem; and see what happens. Season to taste. Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Mar 9, 2017, at 5:16 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: My web site at http://new.gigaplusargyll.co.uk displays OK on most screen sizes (it's not perfect yet), but a

[css-d] Font size on Blackberry PRIV

self), and I'm wondering if anyone has seen this and managed to find a way of setting the font size to fix it? My standard method for text sizing is to use 'small' for the body, and then percentages for everything. Normally this works, but not in this case. Regards, Tim Dawson

Re: [css-d] Getting parent element to increase height when child element flex wraps

Thank you, that works, though I'm not yet sure why! In my original version the red outline of the div .logo DID expand, but not the footer. With your amendment they BOTH expand. Great. Many thanks Regards, Tim Dawson On 24/02/2017 17:05, Sara Haradhvala wrote: Try putting the height o

[css-d] Getting parent element to increase height when child element flex wraps

n mode, but I've not seen the same for rows, which is what I have here. I'm aware that there are other issues in the body of the page when the screen width is reduced, but it's the footer that concerns me here. Any suggestions, please? Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim D

Re: [css-d] Entire div has disappeared, even though it is present in 'view source'

e SQL query was showing. That was part of my attempt to see what the problem was. It's off now. Many thanks, Regards, Tim Dawson On 19/11/2016 02:46, Rick Gordon wrote: When I inspect .adverts in Chrome (Mac), I get the CSS listed below, and I cannot edit the display:

[css-d] Entire div has disappeared, even though it is present in 'view source'

dd to me, but I can see no reason for it. I'm assuming so far that the problem must lie in the CSS because the PHP script is generating the content, it just seems to be hidden. Can anyone help me find the problem, please? Regards,

Re: [css-d] Select box not expanding

On 15/09/2016 00:37, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: On Sep 15, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: I do have a work-around if necessary (remove 'position: relative'). But why do I a problem in the first place? Any help would be much appreciated. Given your current mark-up, the right

Re: [css-d] Select box not expanding

made Defaults to 'next year'. ... Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On Sep 14, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: I've come across something I do not yet understand in a fo

[css-d] Select box not expanding

and less specific, also without success. I do have a work-around if necessary (remove 'position: relative'). But why do I a problem in the first place? Any help would be much appreciated. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 _

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Hello, my friends, hello

to run itself much of the time, and we can all do our share of keeping stuff on topic etc. Best Wishes, Tim Dawson On 23/12/2015 20:35, Eric A. Meyer wrote: Hi, everyone, So apparently the list software died back in October, and none of us really noticed until this month. Or, if people

Re: [css-d] Setting width of Facebook iframe

On 17/08/2015 18:44, Tom Livingston wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: On 17/08/2015 17:03, Tom Livingston wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: I thought I'd made some progress on this, by setting the dimensions directly in the i

Re: [css-d] Setting width of Facebook iframe

' seems to me to be some HTML inside the link; as you say, it's a matter of hitting a div deeper inside. How did you determine how many div elements to include (trial and error, perhaps). I'll keep working on it. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort I

Re: [css-d] Setting width of Facebook iframe

On 17/08/2015 14:39, Tim Dawson wrote: I know it's notoriously difficult to control the Facebook iframe, but I should surely be able to set the width at which it displays? At http://holidaymullandiona.com I have the Facebook feed in the bottom right corner of the page, but I cannot get

[css-d] Setting width of Facebook iframe

how I can deal with this, please? My choice would be to put it on a page of its own (with a link from the home page), but my client seems determined to have it where it is. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA

Re: [css-d] Why do I get this gap at the top of the page ?

iv#pananim". That element has a 51pxtop margin that is pushing through the parent. Add a 1px top padding to #outer. I'm not sure hte overall look you are going for; but it is a margin collapse. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tim Dawson mailto:t...@ramasaig.com>> wrote: I

[css-d] Why do I get this gap at the top of the page ?

ted in Firefox and Chrome and briefly in IE11. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailm

Re: [css-d] how to time table on small screens

table are made using PHP. That should work I guess. Although it might not be the most clever solution. And disadvantage is that i have the data multiple times on the webpage. True, but a text only table is light-weight Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP

Re: [css-d] Persistent two pixel gap under header image on local server

On 21/02/2015 18:44, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: Le 21 févr. 2015 à 12:26, Tim Dawson a écrit : I have a problem which is presenting in both Firefox and Chrome (others not tried), but only on my local Apache server. When looking at the same page on the remote server it is OK. http

[css-d] Persistent two pixel gap under header image on local server

Hello, I have a problem which is presenting in both Firefox and Chrome (others not tried), but only on my local Apache server. When looking at the same page on the remote server it is OK. http://holidaymullandiona.com/flexdemo/index.php What I get is a part of the header background showing u

Re: [css-d] Webkit syntax for stopped linear gradient

standards more often, but the priority to to find what actually works cross-browser. Thanks again, Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http

Re: [css-d] Webkit syntax for stopped linear gradient

glish. Thanks for your help. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css

Re: [css-d] Webkit syntax for stopped linear gradient

, color-stop(60%, #FEC409), color-stop(100%, #FEC409) ); HTH, Best, Karl On Sep 16, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: I'm trying to create a cross-browser stopped linear gradient, but can't get the -webkit- syntax right despite the reference books. The 'gradient

[css-d] Webkit syntax for stopped linear gradient

mage: -webkit-gradient(linear, top, bottom, color-stop(0, #1B91FF), color-stop(60%, #1B91FF), color-stop(60%, #FEC409), color-stop(100%, #FEC409) ); but it produces nothing (not even a wrong gradient). I hope my error is only a small one, but can someone put me right, please ? Regar

Re: [css-d] backgound shows below content when it shouldn't

effect, I think. Thank you. http://webadit.co.uk/hminew3/ Tim On Saturday, August 16, 2014, Tim Dawson mailto:t...@ramasaig.com>> wrote: I'm just tidying up this problem, and trying to fathom why I still need 'overflow: hidden;' to prevent the BODY being moved

Re: [css-d] backgound shows below content when it shouldn't

then needed on the content. So either I stick to 'overflow: hidden;' (which seems fairly innocuous) or I have to start adding margin further down the page which is likely to lead to complexities when I come to make the design responsive. Or is there a better solution staring me in the

Re: [css-d] backgound shows below content when it shouldn't

ink this is a better solution, as it leaves the last image in the document flow. As with the others, I need to do some more cross-browser testing before declaring a win. Thanks, Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 _

Re: [css-d] backgound shows below content when it shouldn't

{ vertical-align: bottom; } ought to fix it. Thanks, I'll try it tomorrow. The lime colour is ONLY to show up the problem clearly for discussion. When I had nicely matching background colours I couldn't see the problem myself, but I gradually got the impression it wasn't quite right

Re: [css-d] backgound shows below content when it shouldn't

On 14/08/2014 20:15, David Hucklesby wrote: On 8/14/14, 11:06, Tim Dawson wrote: I'm coding a new site and am struggling with a 'wrapping' problem in the header. [...] It works except that I always get two pixels worth of the background showing at the bottom of the image

[css-d] backgound shows below content when it shouldn't

e the images. I can, of course, make the problem 'go away' by changing the background colour, but I'd rather know why it happens and correct the CSS. I fear I can no longer see the wood for the trees, and would be grateful for some help, please. Regards, Tim Dawson -- T

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

. I think we're going round in circles here. I originally asked about 'Grids'. I was told (probably rightly) that I should have asked about 'Grid Frameworks'. Now it's become a 'Grid System' that I should have. Never mind, the chief thing is I'm n

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

o me to create all those 1/12 size columns in CSS and I wanted to find out more. I think I have now. To misquote J Caesar: I came, I saw, I went away. Thanks for your help. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Grids: what's all the fuss ?

rids, and thus increase my kudos immeasurably. Thanks to those who've joined in the discussion. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

On 11/08/2014 11:12, MiB wrote: aug 11 2014 11:04 Tim Dawson : is it just the current buzz-word ? I don’t think so, no. To me that’s like saying ”design" is a buzz word. Grids are everywhere in any design profession. Look att architecture: Grids, Cars: Grids, Papers: Grids. Grids are p

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

On 11/08/2014 09:43, MiB wrote: 11 aug 2014 kl. 10:02 skrev Tim Dawson : what I'd do with an eight or twelve column design (or why I'd need it, really). One word: Flexibility with contained order. But I think I can already do that with floated , which are even more flexible sinc

Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

e up nicely with the next row. Perhaps that's the point ? I still can't grasp the desire to define all these strange classes with names like 'col-1-4' (for a quarter). Grids seem so popular I feel I must be missing something. Or is it just the current buzz-word ? Regards, Ti

[css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?

already do that. But I don't understand what I'd do with an eight or twelve column design (or why I'd need it, really). I must be missing something important and obvious, so I'm seeking enlightenment, please. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson

Re: [css-d] Flex-box: what sets the initial width of a flex item ?

take care. On 08/08/2014 13:55, Frank Taylor wrote: A vendor-prefixing tool is your friend. Indeed. Funnily enough it was a worry about vendor-prefixing in SASS that took me to Compass and then by devious routes to have a try at implementing a flex-box. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson M

Re: [css-d] Flex-box: what sets the initial width of a flex item ?

as if the 'flex-basis' property can have a percentage width value which sets the percentage of the container taken up before growth/shrinkage. In which case '50%' will achieve my aim. I am now translating my example code to the new syntax. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Daws

Re: [css-d] Flex-box: what sets the initial width of a flex item ?

some terms are so completely different it may just be easier to start again. Here’s a quick example I threw together: http://www.cssdesk.com/PFBAX Thanks for your offer of help. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01

[css-d] Flex-box: what sets the initial width of a flex item ?

h sets the percentage of the container taken up before growth/shrinkage. In which case '50%' will achieve my aim. I am now translating my example code to the new syntax. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA

[css-d] Flex-box: what sets the initial width of a flex item ?

ce it works (in the main) I'm hoping it's not just that that's giving me the problem with widths. It's odd to have to use pixel values to set widths in something that is intended to be the ultimate in fluidity. Surely there's a

Re: [css-d] Web fonts

On 04/08/2014 12:54, Tom Livingston wrote: On Monday, August 4, 2014, Tom Livingston mailto:tom...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Monday, August 4, 2014, Tim Dawson > wrote: On 31/07/2014 14:17, Tom Livingston wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: "Chris Rockwell"

Re: [css-d] Fwd: Re: Web fonts

quot;Inspect Element". In the right side pane of developer tools, you'll be able to see what styles are being applied to the element. Firefox has a "Fonts" tab on the right. Very handy. Isn't that an 'Add-on' (or 'Extension') ? I don't see

Re: [css-d] Text wraps to left of right floated img, but not for right floated div

ctively removes them from #imgDiv, making its width 0. If you set it to the width of your images (250px) it will resolve. Chris Chris Rockwell On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Tim Dawson mailto:t...@ramasaig.com>> wrote: I've been building a bit of JS image switching, and n

[css-d] Text wraps to left of right floated img, but not for right floated div

one point me in the right direction, please ? Regards, Tim Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d Li

Re: [css-d] Off-topic: using colspan with nested html tables

ss-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle o

Re: [css-d] CSS menu at 320px

he selfies (which I didn't get, FWIW). Are you still looking for help on this ? If so you can see how I've done it at http://mull-bed-and-breakfast.co.uk if you view on a smart phone or reduced browser window on desktop. I'm no expert, and I'm sure it could be done b

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

On 19/04/2014 22:56, Tedd Sperling wrote: On Apr 19, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: On 19/04/2014 15:00, Tedd Sperling wrote: Given that my original margin/padding around an with font-size 250% was in pixels, when I converted at 1 em = 16 px the new margin/padding sizes were 2.5

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

ive it a go 4. Lastly, use ems for images as well. That way your entire site scales well with zooms. That's a new idea to me, I've used % for some time. I'll try it. Here's my write-up on it: http://sperling.com/examples/zoom/ HTH's I'm sure it will. Thank you. Tim

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

en it comes to small spaces (1-10 pixels, say) it seems very fiddly to deal with several decimal places of ems (which probably convert to sub-pixel dimensions). What do others do ? Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 7

[css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

e, perhaps, but what about all the others out there that I can't possibly test ? Regards, Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://

Re: [css-d] Background image on body appears to be in viewport or HTML

ndering why I've never come across that before. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/li

Re: [css-d] Background image on body appears to be in viewport or HTML

honor widths, margins, [and other things I don't know of] of the body element. The reason this has never come up for me, is that I would always use a wrapper of sorts so that styling of the body element was not necessary: On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Tim Dawson mailto:t..

[css-d] Background image on body appears to be in viewport or HTML

esn't work correctly in the . I suspect it may be very simple, but I can no longer see the wood for the trees. Any suggestions, please ? It can be seen at http://www.webadit.co.uk/newhmi Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mul

Re: [css-d] IE9: No (vertical) scroll bar

On 23/12/2012 11:17, Markus Ernst wrote: Am 22.12.2012 10:48 schrieb Tim Dawson: My page at the link below shows a vertical scrollbar in Fx17, Safari and Chrome, but not in IE9 (I've tried it on three computers in case there were a faulty installation). You could try to wrap the scro

[css-d] IE9: No (vertical) scroll bar

ther variants, to no avail. Can anyone help, please ? Regards, Tim Dawson Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/list

Re: [css-d] Scrolling table with fixed header: coping with different number of columns

On 21/12/2012 14:27, Tim Dawson wrote: I'm developing a page whose content is a table, the body of which will scroll up under the header. Actually it's two tables, the upper one only has the THEAD element, which remains fixed. The lower table scrolls up. http://www.holidaymullandion

[css-d] Scrolling table with fixed header: coping with different number of columns

tice the number of columns may vary (according to the data from MySQL), so I need the tables to be of variable width. I can't believe this is actually very difficult, but it has eluded me so far. I've tried 'width:auto' and other things. Can anyone help, please ? Regards,

Re: [css-d] Fluid layout and scaling images

nts, and presumably they display with spacing, hence the gaps I was getting. Can I pick up on my second question, which was: Also it seems that at some window width below 600 the page stops scaling altogether. Why is this? This is still happening after floating the images, Regards, Tim -- T

Re: [css-d] Fluid layout and scaling images

-model [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo Ah, yes. My bad. But hey, I was sorta right for once ;-) Thank you both. I had a nagging feeling there was something very simple I hadn't tried ! Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA

[css-d] Fluid layout and scaling images

ckground colour, but surely there's a proper way to do this ? I'm working with Firefox12. I haven't tested in any other browsers yet. I'd greatly appreciate some guidance here, please. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnph

Re: [css-d] Text flow around a DIV containing absolutely positioned items

On 13/02/2012 15:02, Tim Arnold wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: http://www.webadit.co.uk/test/templates/partialsolution.html Is there any other way I can achieve both objectives, preferably without resorting to absolutely positioning everything ? Try taking the

[css-d] Text flow around a DIV containing absolutely positioned items

wever, that introduces inflexibility in the image selection. Is there any other way I can achieve both objectives, preferably without resorting to absolutely positioning everything ? Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuid

Re: [css-d] DIV won't float: right as intended (resolved)

On 12/02/2012 21:46, Phu Tu wrote: 2012/2/12 Tim Dawson: On 12/02/2012 20:51, Tim Dawson wrote: I have been trying for several hours to get a DIV containing four absolutely positioned images to 'float: right' up beside a left column which is floated left. http://webadit.co.uk

Re: [css-d] DIV won't float: right as intended (resolved)

On 12/02/2012 20:51, Tim Dawson wrote: I have been trying for several hours to get a DIV containing four absolutely positioned images to 'float: right' up beside a left column which is floated left. http://webadit.co.uk/cakelady2/?page=wedding Why is it that the moment one posts so

[css-d] DIV won't float: right as intended

, but I've disabled them for this example. It's not the images, the problem remains if I substitute a short para of text. Fairly obviously I'm missing something trivial (though vital). Perhaps another pair of eyes will see it. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe

Re: [css-d] Centering a NAV element containing a horizontal list

On 25/01/2012 18:12, David Laakso wrote: On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: I'm having my first crack at an HTML5 site using some of the new elements. It's all at an early stage, but I'm trying to iron out a few problems with the menu. http://w

[css-d] Centering a NAV element containing a horizontal list

it's not quite centred. I've floated the List Items so they all close up nicely in a horizontal line, and floated the UL so that it expands to contain all the List Items. I have a feeling I'm not seeing the wood for the trees, and if anyone can point me in the right direction I'

Re: [css-d] Fwd: I must be a moron, How to reply to messages

drop-down menu under 'Message' in the menu bar. I'm sure this is native, I've certainly not installed an extension that offers it. TB 3.1.15 is now a very old version, but I won't upgrade as I'll lose

Re: [css-d] Mysterious warning message in Console

On 10/09/2011 16:01, David Laakso wrote: On 9/10/11 10:14 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: I've been getting this warning message in the Console for a long time, but I've never been able to trace it. Warning: Expected ':' but found 'undefined'. Declaration dropped. htt

Re: [css-d] Mysterious warning message in Console

On 10/09/2011 15:26, Bob Meetin wrote: Google the error. Lots of stuff related to flash, swf object. Maybe? On 09/10/2011 08:14 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: Warning: Expected ':' but found 'undefined'. Declaration dropped Good advice, thank you. I've found it has

[css-d] Mysterious warning message in Console

o effect. http://www.holidaymull.co.uk It only happens on the Home Page (I think). Unfortunately you'll see other errors in the Console caused by Google Translate and Google Analytics. Any suggestions, please ? Just some thoughts on where to look would be helpful. I'm not expecting an

Re: [css-d] Centering text within a float with fluid layout

On 08/09/2011 05:53, Jay Tanna wrote: Have you now sorted this out? Perhaps you could have DIVS for logo and h1 or just use paddings and margins around the image to get the layout you are looking for. Yes thank you. Removing the float, as you initially suggested, was all that was necessary. Eve

Re: [css-d] Centering text within a float with fluid layout

On 9/5/11 3:27 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: I'm doing my first 'mobile' web site, and I'm having difficulties with centring text in the header. I've got a logo floated left, and a header also floated left to come up beside it and occupy all the remaining space to the right.

Re: [css-d] Centering text within a float with fluid layout

s/hometemplate.html.php Further quick tests suggest to me that you can combine float:left with text-align:center provided you stipulate a width for the element, although of course in this case I wanted to avoid that. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 70

[css-d] Centering text within a float with fluid layout

t-align: center; } The 'link to main site' para is absolutely positioned for now. I've also tried a DIV to enclose the H1 but without success so far. I'm still working on it, so it may change. I feel sure this ought not to be difficult, but I'm missing something at the

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

known territory for me at present. I expect I'll have to go there eventually. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-disc

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

r, it was difficult to see the slides. Did anyone catch what she talking about towards the end; it sounded like 'pre-' something. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-disc

Re: [css-d] style with border, affecting nothing?

that, too..but could such an area be inserted which wouldn't interfere with the other styles' behavior? If you need to get around the problem of borders having dimensions you could use 'outline' instead. -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort I

Re: [css-d] Why does this outline embrace the div above ?

On 23/05/2011 14:28, Bobby Jack wrote: From: Tim Dawson Now I'm trying to get the outline to wrap just the text of the para. I don't want to set a fixed width (say 'width: 400px;') because the actual text can vary in width. The best way I've found so far is to inser

Re: [css-d] Why does this outline embrace the div above ?

On 23/05/2011 12:36, Bobby Jack wrote: --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Tim Dawson wrote: I've applied an outline to a para within a div, and I want to apply the same outline to a para underneath the div. (OUTLINE, not border) See: http://www.holidaymullandiona.com/wrongoutline.html (this

[css-d] Why does this outline embrace the div above ?

l, but it eludes me. Can anyone help, please ? -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wik

Re: [css-d] What is best practice when using CSS to create forms?

I use much the same mark-up as shown in the 'alistapart' article you've referenced, using and . I recommend 'Fancy Form Design' by Jina Bolton et al (Sitepoint, (www.sitepoint.com)) if you want a book about it. Tim Dawson On 19/04/2011 04:12, Keith Purtell wrote:

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

stinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __

Re: [css-d] s now a legitimate presentational device for layout according to W3

control (impossible without scripting as far as I've seen) -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/cs

Re: [css-d] s now a legitimate presentational device for layout according to W3C

ess mark-up and styling than table-based presentation. I agree, I wouldn't dream of going back to nested tables for presentation. Tables are for...tables. I wonder if the Working Group's decision is just a sop to those who've never bothered to learn anything better ? -- Tim Dawson Maol

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

On 03/03/2011 20:06, david wrote: Jukka K. Korpela wrote: Tim Dawson wrote: http://holidaymullandiona.com/quest/index.php?next=challenges [...] I'm testing in Firefox. In the Print Preview Page Setup dialog I had 'Print Background (colors & images)' UNchecked (as us

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

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 decla

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

rhaps I've missed something obvious ? Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List w

[css-d] List item numbers not printing in Ordered List

) which suppresses footers and the left menu column, but there's nothing there to cause the numbers not to print. And they don't print even when the print styling is absent. Perhaps I've missed something obvious ? Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull

Re: [css-d] Centring headings of various lengths

Thanks everyone. You've helped me clear my fuddled brain. The simplest and obvious thing is to use 'text-align: center;' and move on. Sometimes we get so wound up in this CSS you can't see the Simplicity for the Style (or something like that). Regards, Tim Dawson -- Ti

Re: [css-d] Centring headings of various lengths

Thank you. I thought I might have to end up doing it that way ! Tim On 23/02/2011 20:01, Chetan Crasta wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: I have a three-column (fixed width) layout which requires a heading in each column. The lengths of the headings may vary. I am

[css-d] Centring headings of various lengths

ixels. The pages are in an early stage of development and not yet publicly available. Regards, Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss

[css-d] Setting a link on replaced text

the box) I have tried absolutely positioning the way off screen and then inserting a normal image carrying the link. It works, and validates, but is more code, and I have to have an (empty) 'alt' etc. Any better ideas, please ? Tim Dawson -- Tim Dawson Maol

Re: [css-d] Vertically centering text in a paragraph

Jonny Stephens wrote: > On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: > >> I'm working on a site which has several images on the page (300x225px). >> Each image has some descriptive text alongside, which generally is not as >> high as the image. My client would lik

Re: [css-d] Vertically centering text in a paragraph

ar that there's any simpler solution than to fall back on tables. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/list

Re: [css-d] Get rid of top space

Try setting html margins to zero as well. I have pages with and without top gap, and that seems to be the only difference. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 __ css-discuss [cs

Re: [css-d] Vertically centering text in a paragraph

Brian Hazelton wrote: > does IE support display:table or display:table cell though? I could have > sworn it didn't. Georg has a long article on this, on his web site, and he says it doesn't. Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6

Re: [css-d] Vertically centering text in a paragraph

Brian Hazelton wrote: > sorry, that was bad information. > Thanks for trying, anyway (I got both your e-mails). It seems it's one of those apparently small problems that require sledge-hammer treatment to achieve in CSS. Regards, Tim -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of

Re: [css-d] Vertically centering text in a paragraph

andree hollander wrote: > > On 2009-04-13, at 13:03, Tim Dawson wrote: > >> I'll explore putting the text into a span. Meanwhile the >> solution >> (forcing the text down the para), while not good semantically, is >> quick and >> flexible, partic

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