Re: [css-d] [+] Sprite technique question

2010-10-23 Thread MEM
> > On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:07 PM, MEM wrote: > Height: 100% only works if the height of the parent element is known, as in > your code snippet: Ok. It's 100% of a given height. 100% is a relative measure, hence, we need to have a reference. Slowly... I'm getting somewhere. :s > > Philippe Thank

Re: [css-d] [+] Sprite technique question

2010-10-23 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:07 PM, MEM wrote: > I would love to have a cheat-sheet so that I can see what is the > default position and display values of elements... :D :D > > :D ? Have you tried the CSS 2.1 spec ? it has a helpful index. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/indexlist.html - :D - >> And heig

Re: [css-d] [+] Sprite technique question

2010-10-23 Thread MEM
Context: > #menu li a { > background:url('image/menu.png') no-repeat; > width:100%; > height:100%; > display:block; > } Add on: #menu li { height: 100px; width: 200px; } > s are inline-level elements so width and height do not apply unless you > style them as block-elements.

Re: [css-d] [+] Sprite technique question

2010-10-22 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> On a sprite technique we often see something like this: > > #menu li a { > background:url('image/menu.png') no-repeat; > width:100%; > height:100%; > display:block; > } > > Why, when we set the display to block, the width and height properties > seem to realise the background im

[css-d] Sprite technique question

2010-10-22 Thread MEM
Hello all, On a sprite technique we often see something like this: #menu li a { background:url('image/menu.png') no-repeat; width:100%; height:100%; display:block; } Why, when we set the display to block, the width and height properties seem to realise the background image presen