Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning within a table

2011-07-14 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jul 14, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Bobby Jack wrote: > I have a relatively-positioned table, and an absolutely-positioned div in a > table cell within that table: > > http://jsbin.com/erasur > > In Firefox 4 and 5, the div is positioned relative to the document. In > Chrome, and IE 7 (and - maybe -

[css-d] Absolute positioning within a table

2011-07-14 Thread Bobby Jack
I have a relatively-positioned table, and an absolutely-positioned div in a table cell within that table: http://jsbin.com/erasur In Firefox 4 and 5, the div is positioned relative to the document. In Chrome, and IE 7 (and - maybe - later) it's positioned relative to the table. Which is correc

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

2010-08-12 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Bill Braun wrote: >> >> >> Anne McKinsey wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that >>> needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every contai

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

2010-08-12 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Bill Braun wrote: > > > Anne McKinsey wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that >> needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every container on >> the page with AP or are there potential problems with do

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

2010-08-12 Thread Bill Braun
Anne McKinsey wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that > needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every container on > the page with AP or are there potential problems with doing so? The > pages look okay on various browsers and no

[css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

2010-08-12 Thread Anne McKinsey
Greetings, I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every container on the page with AP or are there potential problems with doing so? The pages look okay on various browsers and no errors on W3C validator, but I

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-31 Thread Steve Foster
Hi Angela, I'm not sure about the consistency between IE and FF although I think they behave the same as far as I can see. However I found this yesterday which explains positioning in a visual and easy to understand way. I think it's really good. Hope it helps. http://www.barelyfitz.com/screenca

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread Rick Gordon
To add to what others have said, another issue related to this may be the z-index bug, which can affect the layering of positioned elements in IE7 and lower. Google z-index bug. Rick Gordon -- On 7/30/10 at 12:25 PM -0700, Angela French wrote in a message entitled "[

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread Angela French
-Original Message- From: Ed Seedhouse [mailto:eseedho...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:31 PM To: Angela French Cc: css-d Subject: Re: [css-d] absolute positioning On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute pos

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread Ed Seedhouse
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. While the others have given you accurate information about how AP works, I should suggest that for laying out major elements of the page you stick to floats and mar

[css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread Alex Mitchell
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. > I just want to confirm what I think is correct about absolute positioning. > My understanding is that an absolutely position element positions itself > relative

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread David Laakso
Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. > I just want to confirm what I think is correct about absolute positioning. > My understanding is that an absolutely position element positions itself > relative to its parent container. If the

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread Luc
Good afternoon Angela, It was foretold that on 30/07/2010 @ 12:25:52 GMT-0700 (which was 16:25:52 where I live) Angela French would write: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE > and FF. I just want to confirm what I think is correct about > absolute positi

[css-d] absolute positioning

2010-07-30 Thread Angela French
I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. I just want to confirm what I think is correct about absolute positioning. My understanding is that an absolutely position element positions itself relative to its parent container. If the parent has not positioning,

[css-d] Absolute positioning and CSS tables

2010-07-14 Thread Gabriele Romanato
Hi. Just some new reflections on some past tests: http://onwebdev.blogspot.com/2010/07/absolute-positioning-and-css-tables.html HTH. Gabriele Romanato http://www.css-zibaldone.com http://www.css-zibaldone.com/test/ (English) http://www.css-zibaldone.com/articles/ (English) http://onwebdev.blo

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning problem in IE6

2009-12-03 Thread Debbie Campbell
Hi David, That was very close; I had to add just a few more lines to it: > #logo { > float: left; > margin-top: -10px; > padding-left: 15px; > height: 133px; > width: 278px; > } > #tagline { > float: right; > padding: 45px 18px 0 0; > width: 408px;

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning problem in IE6

2009-12-03 Thread David Laakso
Debbie Campbell wrote: > In this page: > > >> http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/hbs/index.html >> > > My two elements at the top right, #tagline and #header-call-text, are > very out of place in IE6. I've tried placing them in containing divs > with a height assigned, changing posit

[css-d] absolute positioning problem in IE6

2009-12-03 Thread Debbie Campbell
In this page: > http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/hbs/index.html My two elements at the top right, #tagline and #header-call-text, are very out of place in IE6. I've tried placing them in containing divs with a height assigned, changing position to relative, no luck. The logo was having

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning

2009-06-17 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Scott Wilcox wrote: > I get the position of the containing element (called > 'photoContainer') and add that to the x,y points to give me > my final absolute position. My problem seems to come in when > I'm setting the values for the absolutely positioned > elements. In IE, t

[css-d] Absolute Positioning

2009-06-17 Thread Scott Wilcox
Hello Folks. [Slightly off topic background info] I've been working on a system so that I can overlay notes onto my photos. A basic run down is that a user will click the top left and bottom right of an area within an image then it'll shoot off and save the x,y of the clicked area. Now, whe

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning on top of an iframe

2009-04-30 Thread Wishengrad, Ruth
We decided to go the easier route and not worry about the absolute positioning - thanks for your comment. Thanks. Ruth From: mx.css...@googlemail.com [mailto:mx.css...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:55 PM To: Wishengrad, Ruth; css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning on top of an iframe

2009-04-29 Thread mx . cssdee
Could you give us an example? I'm guessing something like: Previous Next Would be something I'd do... maybe! Ta, ~Mx __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List

[css-d] absolute positioning on top of an iframe

2009-04-29 Thread Wishengrad, Ruth
Hi All, I am trying to find out if I can place javascript buttons on top of an iframe. The iframe contains photos and text and the buttons are for previous/next. I've noticed so far that the absolute positioning is very different in all browsers (I started in FF3, but it's way off in IE and Saf

Re: [css-d] :: Absolute Positioning Disappears in IE6 & 7 :

2009-02-02 Thread Ingo Chao
2009/2/2 Amrinder > Hi, > > I have done HTML/CSS of a design here: http://demo.awayback.com/ashton . > Everything is fine in firefox, safari, opera but IE 6,7 are not letting > things my way. The top sub navigation and search div are not displayed in > IEs. > Please help asap. > > Regards, > Amri

[css-d] :: Absolute Positioning Disappears in IE6 & 7 ::

2009-02-02 Thread Amrinder
Hi, I have done HTML/CSS of a design here: http://demo.awayback.com/ashton . Everything is fine in firefox, safari, opera but IE 6,7 are not letting things my way. The top sub navigation and search div are not displayed in IEs. Please help asap. Regards, Amrinder ___

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning in IE6

2008-12-08 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Christian Kirchhoff wrote: > http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/downloads/test/index.htm > My problem: there is a p.hint that is absolutely positioned. the > parent container (div#pub) also contains a label (containing a > checkbox and text) that is floated left. > > Part of the problem: If I defi

[css-d] Absolute positioning in IE6

2008-12-08 Thread Christian Kirchhoff
Hello, the following page is a temporary copy depciting my problem: http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/downloads/test/index.htm http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/downloads/test/chooks.css The missing mages do not matter. The HTML validates except for an undefined attribute, the CSS validates in t

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Bruno Fassino
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:31:54 +0100, Patrik Jansson wrote: > Hmm.. it seems I was a bit too hasty with saying it > works... I installed IE6 now and > saw that the hovers don't work. What could be the problem? You say > that it should have "hover on the simple 'a' as well", but > doesn't it already

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread David Hucklesby
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:31:54 +0100, Patrik Jansson wrote: >> On 16.11.2008 15:24, Bruno Fassino wrote: >>> I think they are aligned as desired, but in IE6 your hover is not working. >>> You have >>> used a child selector (like in '.gallery a:hover > img.big') which IE6 >>> doesn't >>> support. I

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Patrik Jansson
On 16.11.2008 16:09, Patrik Jansson wrote: > On 16.11.2008 15:24, Bruno Fassino wrote: >> I think they are aligned as desired, but in IE6 your hover is not working. >> You have used a child selector (like in '.gallery a:hover > img.big') which >> IE6 doesn't support. I believe you can get rid of it

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Patrik Jansson wrote: [...] > For example here there are two rows of thumbnails and IE shows the > bigger image 1.5em or so below the line it should be in: > http://www.mondiara.com/x_tlehto.php?lang=en [...] > regards, > --patrik Bruno has covered the haslayout issues with IE6 and IE7. IE8b2 sh

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Patrik Jansson
On 16.11.2008 15:24, Bruno Fassino wrote: > Patrik Jansson wrote: > >> Thanks! Yes, your fix solved it (at least in IE7), I hadn't heard of >> the zoom-attribute before.. Could someone check e.g. >> http://www.mondiara.com/x_hemvik.php?lang=en on IE6 and tell if the >> the big images are aligned

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Bruno Fassino
Patrik Jansson wrote: > > Thanks! Yes, your fix solved it (at least in IE7), I hadn't heard of > the zoom-attribute before.. Could someone check e.g. > http://www.mondiara.com/x_hemvik.php?lang=en on IE6 and tell if the > the big images are aligned with the top of the thumbnails like in FF, > Safar

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Patrik Jansson
On 16.11.2008 13:27, Bruno Fassino wrote: > Patrik Jansson wrote: > In IE, however, the top of the bigger image is a bit lower than the > thumbnails and when there are thumbnails in three or more rows, the > bigger image drops even more down, approximately the height of one > thumbnail. So it looks

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-16 Thread Bruno Fassino
Patrik Jansson wrote: > I've been working on a site, which has several small image > galleries of > different buildings. Bigger image shows when thumbnail is > hovered over. [...] > In IE, however, the top of the bigger image is a bit lower than the > thumbnails and when there are thumbnails in th

[css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

2008-11-13 Thread Patrik Jansson
(I don't know if this posted at all yesterday... if did, sorry for double posting) Hi, I've been working on a site, which has several small image galleries of different buildings. Bigger image shows when thumbnail is hovered over. In FF and Safari the bigger images show nicely on the right side

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

2008-05-14 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Chris Hardie wrote: > And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative > value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so > scroll bars are not added? The fact is that "browsers" decided to providing horizontal scrolling to one side only - the right side, beca

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

2008-05-14 Thread Ingo Chao
Chris Hardie wrote: > And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative > value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so scroll > bars are not added? >> Though it is taken out of the normal flow, it is still painted on the >> "canvas" (CSS 2.1: 2.3.1: "the s

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

2008-05-14 Thread Chris Hardie
And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so scroll bars are not added? > Though it is taken out of the normal flow, it is still painted on the > "canvas" (CSS 2.1: 2.3.1: "the space where the formatting st

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

2008-05-14 Thread Ingo Chao
Chris Hardie wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if someone could point out where in the spec the following > behaviour is defined. If I use absolute positioning to position an > element off the left-hand side of the screen, I don't get any scroll bars: > > > > No scrollbars to see here! C

[css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

2008-05-14 Thread Chris Hardie
Hi, I'm wondering if someone could point out where in the spec the following behaviour is defined. If I use absolute positioning to position an element off the left-hand side of the screen, I don't get any scroll bars: No scrollbars to see here! Carry on! However, if I try to posit

[css-d] Absolute positioning/Div Overflow/Inline Frame

2007-10-22 Thread CSSHelp
I'm wondered if you could help me figure out how to accomplish my goal. I need to put content from a CMS system into the areas of the website links below. They should be some type of inline frames or CSS overflow, but I'm quite sure how to implement them here. Since the background is fixed, shou

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning headaches

2007-02-22 Thread Kenny Graham
> from what i've read it is my understanding that absolute positioning will > position an element absolutely based upon the nearest positioned element. so > if i have an absolute position in my code that is directly under a > relatively positioned element it should place it in relation to that obje

[css-d] absolute positioning headaches

2007-02-22 Thread jeffrey morin
hello everyone, from what i've read it is my understanding that absolute positioning will position an element absolutely based upon the nearest positioned element. so if i have an absolute position in my code that is directly under a relatively positioned element it should place it in relation to

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

2007-01-07 Thread Mark Henderson
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 sense. Any ideas? then Gunl

[css-d] absolute positioning problem in IE5

2007-01-05 Thread info
Hello .. my first post here, thanks for this resource. I created a slideshow control- http://www.yasweb.com/slideshow/demo.html Source code download from here- http://www.yasweb.com/slideshow/ I'm using an extra DIV (class is "slideshowwrap") to wrap the entire control. The child DIV (class is

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

2006-12-19 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
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 sense. Any ideas? Yes...

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

2006-12-18 Thread Mark Henderson
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

[css-d] absolute positioning not working either in IE6

2006-10-23 Thread Ross Hulford
I have created a situation where the internal bits #header #left and #right are all absoultely positioned but I still cannot seam to get the dropdown to go over the text. http://www.blue-fly.co.uk/trisco/abs.php The css http://www.blue-fly.co.uk/trisco/css/abs.css I am not too clear on how

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning bug

2006-10-22 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > page w/ absolute position works fine in most or all browsers, except > IE 6 is off by one pixel right, and one pixel bottom... anybody know > why? > http://www.fatgraffix.com/testing/test-absolute-position/absolute-test.html IE6 isn't any good at calculating with odd

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning bug

2006-10-22 Thread francky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >page w/ absolute position works fine in most or all browsers, except IE 6 >is off by one pixel right, and one pixel bottom... anybody know why? > >http://www.fatgraffix.com/testing/test-absolute-position/absolute-test.html > > Hi Francis, I didn't investigate this 1px q

[css-d] absolute positioning bug

2006-10-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
page w/ absolute position works fine in most or all browsers, except IE 6 is off by one pixel right, and one pixel bottom... anybody know why? - http://www.fatgraffix.com/testing/test-absolute-position/absolute-test.html thanx all. =fgx= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

2006-06-17 Thread Bernat Lleonart
Hello, On 6/17/06, Ingo Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bernat Lleonart wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: > > relative, and the legend position: absolute. > > > > It works in IE, but not in FF. > > > see the Firefox installation fold

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

2006-06-16 Thread Ingo Chao
Bernat Lleonart wrote: > Hello, > > I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: > relative, and the legend position: absolute. > > It works in IE, but not in FF. see the Firefox installation folder, /res/forms.css legend { position: static ! important; float:

[css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

2006-06-16 Thread Bernat Lleonart
Hi, On 6/17/06, Christian Montoya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you try: > > legend { > > position: absolute; > > top: -1em; > > display:block; > > > } > > ? > I've just tried it b

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

2006-06-16 Thread Christian Montoya
On 6/16/06, Bernat Lleonart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: > relative, and the legend position: absolute. > > It works in IE, but not in FF. > > Any idea where is the problem? Did you try: > leg

[css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

2006-06-16 Thread Bernat Lleonart
Hello, I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: relative, and the legend position: absolute. It works in IE, but not in FF. Any idea where is the problem? Thanks Here's the code: ** http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> http://www

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning hidden

2006-04-27 Thread Stuart Swan
On 4/28/06, Bill Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > Adding z-index: 1000 to the #headingFloat style block fixed it for me on > Firefox/WinXp and IE/WinXP. What OS are you using? > > Bill Brown > Webmaster, MacNimble.com > Hi Bill, Just put the z-index to 1000 and it worked a treat,

[css-d] Absolute positioning hidden

2006-04-27 Thread Stuart Swan
Hi List, I'm having a hard time trying to figure this one out, the below link takes you to the problem: URL: http://www.nailzone.co.uk/dev/training.php CSS: http://www.nailzone.co.uk/dev/css/styles.css I am trying to position a header image at the top lefthand corner of the pink box but it seem

[css-d] absolute positioning items in self-contained blocks?

2006-04-12 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I am trying to turn a definition list into an attractive tabbed pane. The user clicks on one of the definition titles and the associated definition is set to display:block by JavaScript. The CSS part is causing me some grief. In the example below, I would like the grey to contain all of the

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning browser differences

2006-04-06 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Christy Collins wrote: > Are there any resources for understanding the differences between how > browsers render absolutely positioned elements? I have a couple of > different instances that seem to look different on every browser. They should position the same - apart from what might be caused

[css-d] absolute positioning browser differences

2006-04-06 Thread Christy Collins
Are there any resources for understanding the differences between how browsers render absolutely positioned elements? I have a couple of different instances that seem to look different on every browser. Thanks, Christy __ css

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning in relative element - bug or misunderstanding?

2006-04-06 Thread Ingo Chao
Jeroen Coumans wrote: > http://jeroencoumans.nl/test/border.html > http://jeroencoumans.nl/test/no-border.html > > ... And even more dubiously, Internet > Explorer seems to do the correct thing - the positioning shouldn't be > affected by the presence of a border, so both files should be > r

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning in relative element - bug ormisunderstanding?

2006-04-06 Thread Els
Jeroen Coumans wrote: > Hi all, Hoi Jeroen :-) > I thought I understood absolute and relative positioning > pretty well, but I've hit upon either a bug in Firefox and > Safari (unlikely) or a bug in IE6 (likely) and/or gaps in my > knowledge about this subject (also likely). Please have a look >

[css-d] Absolute positioning in relative element - bug or misunderstanding?

2006-04-06 Thread Jeroen Coumans
Hi all, I thought I understood absolute and relative positioning pretty well, but I've hit upon either a bug in Firefox and Safari (unlikely) or a bug in IE6 (likely) and/or gaps in my knowledge about this subject (also likely). Please have a look at the following two documents: http://jero

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning within a DIV

2006-02-25 Thread Erik Harris
At 05:41 PM 2/25/2006, Erik Harris wrote: >The work-in-progress page is here: > >http://www.fileh.com/kungfujoe/WebDVD/index.html >[...] >specify offsets with respect to the box's containing block." Isn't a DIV a >containing block? More specifically, how do I make a DIV into a containing >block?

[css-d] absolute positioning within a DIV

2006-02-25 Thread Erik Harris
I'm in the process of putting together a CSS image map (with help from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagemap), and I'm clearly doing something wrong. I haven't yet gotten to the point of placing images onto the links (or even creating all of the images), but I've got text placeholders. T

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning inside table cells

2005-12-28 Thread Jesper Brunholm
Sarah Waterson wrote: > I'm building a page that requires large tables of small table cells. > Inside those cells, I need to layer images on top of one another. I think that, in your place, I'd set-up the images relative to one big div, and let some serverside scripting handle the position-number

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning inside table cells

2005-12-28 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 29 Dec 2005, at 7:59 am, Sarah Waterson wrote: > 'm building a page that requires large tables of small table cells. > Inside those cells, I need to layer images on top of one another. I've > found two ways to do this with the position attribute: > > OPTION 1: use a inside each table cell wit

[css-d] absolute positioning inside table cells

2005-12-28 Thread Sarah Waterson
Hello everybody, I'm building a page that requires large tables of small table cells. Inside those cells, I need to layer images on top of one another. I've found two ways to do this with the position attribute: OPTION 1: use a inside each table cell with a position:relative and place all of the

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-08 Thread Jesper Brunholm
Greg Morphis wrote: > Hey thanks again for the help.. I'm very happy that you can use it. I still discuss with myself whether I have sinned in the eyes of Deus SemantiMaxus, but as long as it works and provides the overview intented. > Quick question.. it says 10px = 15 mins? > So 40 pxs = 60

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-08 Thread Jesper Brunholm
Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > While this is a great proof of concept, I wouldn't use it on an actual > project. This is really tabular data and belongs in a table. That was my first thought too - looking on the given example. Then I considered the data to be presented, the loads of code that woul

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-08 Thread Greg Morphis
Wow Jesper thats freaking awesome! I started to build the table but my problem is we're using a java backend to build it dynamically. The java class stores the starttime and endtime and thats it. I can convert that into pixels but converting it into colspans and generating the blank space inbetween

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-08 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Jesper Brunholm wrote: >I have an alternativ approach to the solution, using your mentioned >"position: absolute" instead of tables, for two reasons: >Firstly, I was horrified by the huge number of table-cells ;-) >Secondly, I wouldn't like to create the engine behind, administrating >the table-

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-08 Thread Jesper Brunholm
Hi Greg and CSS-d I have an alternativ approach to the solution, using your mentioned "position: absolute" instead of tables, for two reasons: Firstly, I was horrified by the huge number of table-cells ;-) Secondly, I wouldn't like to create the engine behind, administrating the table-setup. SO

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
Yeah I realized out after someone replied.. was having a major "Duh" moment. Thanks for the tips guys! Now just to work on the dynamic part of it heh.. On 12/7/05, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/12/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh and how would I add the words t

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread David Dorward
On 07/12/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Vacation" using a > table? By putting the text in the table data cell that spans the columns headed by the times that the event occurs. > On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
Okay thats cool.. BTW they wouldnt be doing 2 things at once.. but like Meeting from 10-1 and then vacation from 2-6.. multiple things on the same day. Thanks On 12/7/05, Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Morphis wrote: > > Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Va

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Brian Cummiskey
Greg Morphis wrote: > Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Vacation" using a > table? > Vacation __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listin

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Brian Cummiskey
Greg Morphis wrote: > okay so using the tables would it allow for multiple enteries on the same day? > Thanks! This doesn't seem like a coding problem but rather a business logic problem?? For example, how can someone be on vacation, and in a meeting at the same time? _

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Vacation" using a table? On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > okay so using the tables would it allow for multiple enteries on the same day? > Thanks! > > > On 12/7/05, Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greg Mor

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
okay so using the tables would it allow for multiple enteries on the same day? Thanks! On 12/7/05, Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Morphis wrote: > > here's a screen shot of what I'm trying to dupe.. Thanks! > > http://home.alltel.net/omen/schedule_example.jpg > > > I may not sp

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Brian Cummiskey
Greg Morphis wrote: > here's a screen shot of what I'm trying to dupe.. Thanks! > http://home.alltel.net/omen/schedule_example.jpg I may not speak for everyone here, but I would use a table for this. Every half-hour is a data cell, and use the proper colspan's as necessary. Can it be done in pu

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread David Dorward
On 07/12/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. Tabular data. Employee 6 AM 7 AM 0 15 and use colspans to mark events that cross more then a single 15 minute slot. > In HTM

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
here's a screen shot of what I'm trying to dupe.. Thanks! http://home.alltel.net/omen/schedule_example.jpg On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. > I'm not sure if this is the correct approa

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
I noticed that when I changed the spans to divs, the width worked but of course because divs are block level you can't have more than one on a row unless you change the display to in-line which basically makes it a span. On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to bu

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Joe Huggins
A better approach might be to create a class, call it .task. Then the rule might be td .task {background-color:blue;text-align:center;}. And then your HTML would be: Greg Morphis wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. > I'm not sur

[css-d] absolute positioning??

2005-12-07 Thread Greg Morphis
Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have schedules from 6am - 10pm. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach so I'm asking for help... I was thinking of using a table with 3 columns, 1 column for the name, 1 column for job title and 1 column for their daily schedule. I wa

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

2005-11-23 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 24 Nov 2005, at 8:32 am, Chris Akins wrote: > I tried the below suggestion as wells as specifying a width for that > div, margin-left, margin-right, all to no avail. > > Anything else anyone can think of? > > On 11/23/05, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Try: div#search {te

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

2005-11-23 Thread Chris Akins
I tried the below suggestion as wells as specifying a width for that div, margin-left, margin-right, all to no avail. Anything else anyone can think of? On 11/23/05, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try: div#search {text-align:right;}

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

2005-11-23 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 23 Nov 2005, at 7:50 am, Chris Akins wrote: > The on the following page: > > www.springfieldmogov.org > > does not appear in the proper place on IE Mac. > > The css for this page is www.springfieldmogov.org/css/3colTest.css > > I've read some stuff about IE Mac not doing absolute positioning

[css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Akins
The on the following page: www.springfieldmogov.org does not appear in the proper place on IE Mac. The css for this page is www.springfieldmogov.org/css/3colTest.css I've read some stuff about IE Mac not doing absolute positioning correctly when specifying "right: some value;" But i've also t

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning or Float?

2005-11-11 Thread Adriano Castro
> I am working on a personal page that will serve as a > portfolio page and contact website. It will be in > two-column format. I have read advantages for both, > but was seeking advice on should I use absolute > positioning or floating? (or does it matter?) I > appreciate any insight on this topic

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning or Float?

2005-11-10 Thread Christian Heilmann
> Hi, > I am working on a personal page that will serve as a > portfolio page and contact website. It will be in > two-column format. I have read advantages for both, > but was seeking advice on should I use absolute > positioning or floating? (or does it matter?) I > appreciate any insight on this

[css-d] Absolute Positioning or Float?

2005-11-10 Thread Zach Byrd
Hi, I am working on a personal page that will serve as a portfolio page and contact website. It will be in two-column format. I have read advantages for both, but was seeking advice on should I use absolute positioning or floating? (or does it matter?) I appreciate any insight on this topic!

[css-d] Absolute positioning woes

2005-06-27 Thread David Wang
Hi, The site I'm working on has an absolutely positioned menu at the top of each page. However, within the markup, the menu is actually at the end of the page. The menu (#smenu) shows correctly in Firefox but not in IE. It's easier for me to show you my problem than put in into words, so please

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning containers

2005-06-27 Thread Kelly Miller
If you give a container position: relative, but no top or left value, it'll be drawn as if it weren't positioned, but any absolutely positioned elements inside it will be positioned with respect to it. position: absolute is relative to the last positioned ancestor element (positioned = has pos

[css-d] Absolute positioning containers

2005-06-27 Thread Viascape List
I have a page that is generating an order confirmation that is broken down into a whole bunch of small tables. I have redone pretty much everything with css, but I am leaving the tables for now because the html table code is generated on the fly by PHP script that I inherited with the code-base. O