Hi everyone, new to the group :) I'm still learning CSS, but if I'm correct you would be able to apply a border-bottom selector to the h3 element since headings are block elements.
That would get rid of the need to have a background in #wrap at all. (please let me know if I'm wrong) Gabriel > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Justin French > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WSG] SMH launch > > Peter, > > Here we go again :) > > Alternative #1 > My guess is that you need to attach the background image to something > other than the body (like #wrap)... my theory being that if #wrap can't > disappear off the left of the window, then neither can it's background > :) > > Alternative #2 > I can't see any major use for the BG image at all... perhaps the line > effect you're trying to achieve can be done some other way, negating > the need for the image at all. It's a bit hard to tell what's what > without spending a bit of time studying the CSS. > > Alternative #3 > Ignore what's happening, and put a solid white background behind that > left nav bar, so that when the BG image goes under, it doesn't obstruct > the navigation. I'd consider this "graceful degradation" considering > your % of Opera visitors. > > > On 29/04/2004, at 1:27 PM, Peter Ottery wrote: > > > when we launched theage.com.au last week Justin pointed out a way > > (adding 1px padding to the left of the main "#wrap" div) to make > > Firefox keep the background image aligned hard left with the content > > when your browser window was narrower than the content - and stopped > > the background image becoming mis-aligned with the content. > > > > Even tho that fixed it in Firefox the problem still exists in Opera > > and mac ie. Heres a screenshot of the new smh site with a browser > > window set narrower than the content (note the body bg mis-aligned > > with the left nav): > > http://www.c41.com.au/test/opera7_2_squished.jpg > > > > any ideas of a way to make these browsers keep the background image > > aligned hard left and not adversly affect anything else? > > > > pete > > > --- > Justin French > http://indent.com.au > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
