Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

Thanks to Ted, Bob, Tonico, Christy, Jean, and John for your solutions. I'm off to start experimenting... Cheers, Tracy On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at 12:49 pm, tedd wrote: Thanks to all that answered. I'll check out the links, and see how I go. What I think I want is: #container in ems (so it res

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

jack fredricks schrieb: There is a key concept to keep in mind with liquid / fluid / lexible layouts. You need no specify container widths in font-size units. Any unit of relative size will do the job. In fact, for containers most designers prefer working with percentages. Hm, why do you think m

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

> > There is a key concept to keep in mind with liquid / fluid / lexible > > layouts. You need no specify container widths in font-size units. Any > > unit of relative size will do the job. In fact, for containers most > > designers prefer working with percentages. > > Hm, why do you think most

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

Bob Easton schrieb: Tracy Shorrock wrote: Hi, I've been looking at the em-based layout used in the Elastic Lawn entry on css Zen Garden - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/063/063.css&page=0 I like the idea of the whole thing resizing when the size of text is increased. There is a key conc

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

Thanks to all that answered. I'll check out the links, and see how I go. What I think I want is: #container in ems (so it resizes when someone makes the text larger) #left-col, #right-col in fixed widths #main content (or centre-col) with no width so it resizes when text is made larger I'm off

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

Tracy Shorrock wrote: Hi, I've been looking at the em-based layout used in the Elastic Lawn entry on css Zen Garden - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/063/063.css&page=0 I like the idea of the whole thing resizing when the size of text is increased. There is a key concept to keep in mind

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

Tracy Shorrock schrieb: Thanks to all that answered. I'll check out the links, and see how I go. What I think I want is: #container in ems (so it resizes when someone makes the text larger) #left-col, #right-col in fixed widths #main content (or centre-col) with no width so it resizes when text i

Re: [css-d] em-based layout query

Thanks to all that answered. I'll check out the links, and see how I go. What I think I want is: #container in ems (so it resizes when someone makes the text larger) #left-col, #right-col in fixed widths #main content (or centre-col) with no width so it resizes when text is made larger I'm off

RE: [css-d] em-based layout query

. Original Message Follows From: Tracy Shorrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] em-based layout query Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 17:31:38 +0100 Hi, I've been looking at the em-based layout used in the Elastic Lawn entry on css Zen Ga

[css-d] em-based layout query

Hi, I've been looking at the em-based layout used in the Elastic Lawn entry on css Zen Garden - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/063/063.css&page=0 I like the idea of the whole thing resizing when the size of text is increased. Has any one done a 3-col, em-based layout? May be with a fixe