May be i'm missing something, but what's wrong with wrapping divs? Much more stable approach... smth like this:
<div class="wr1"><div class="wr2"><div class="wr3"><div class="wr4"> [content] </div></div></div></div> .wr1{background:url(corner-top-left.png)} ... On 10/30/07, James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can try it out for yourself by changing the images to a solid color > and change the font-size in the body to 1em and test in IE5.5. > > See what you come up with. > > On Oct 30, 2007 4:46 PM, James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was having a slight issue using <span> tags, the problem with IE5.x. > > I fixed it and > > it now displays perfect. I had a problem that when text was made larger in > > IE5.x > > the 2 corner images to the right would shift one pixel to the left and > > it displayed messy. > > > > If i add font-size: 0.9em to the body it fixes it, if i add font-size: > > 1em the problem is > > still there. Not sure why this happens, but would love to know. It is > > fixed by the way, > > im just curious: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" > > "http://w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> > > <html lang="en-GB"> > > <head> > > > > <title>Rounded Corners Test</title> > > > > <style type="text/css" media="all"> > > > > html * {margin:0; padding:0;} > > > > body {padding: 1em; font-size: .9em} > > > > #news { > > position: relative; > > background: black; > > width: 15em; > > color: white; > > padding: 1em;} > > > > #news span { > > width: 9px; height: 9px; > > position: absolute;} > > #topLeft { > > background: url("images/topLeft.gif") top left > > no-repeat; > > left: 0; top: 0;} > > #topRight { > > background: url("images/topRight.gif") top right > > no-repeat; > > right: 0; top: 0;} > > #bottomLeft { > > background: url("images/bottomLeft.gif") bottom > > left no-repeat; > > left: 0; bottom: 0;} > > #bottomRight { > > background: url("images/bottomRight.gif") bottom > > right no-repeat; > > right: 0; bottom: 0;} > > > > </style> > > > > </head> > > > > <body> > > > > <div id="news"> > > > > <span id="topLeft"></span> > > <span id="topRight"></span> > > > > <p>This is an example of a rounded corners Div that allows > > for expansion</p> > > <p>This is an example of a rounded corners Div that allows > > for expansion</p> > > <p>This is an example of a rounded corners Div that allows > > for expansion</p> > > <p>This is an example of a rounded corners Div that allows > > for expansion</p> > > > > <span id="bottomLeft"></span> > > <span id="bottomRight"></span> > > > > </div> > > > > </body> > > </html> > > > > > > On Oct 30, 2007 4:18 PM, Mohamed Jama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Depending on the background, if the corners blue and the background is > > > white then there is no problem a normal gif would do best but if the > > > background is gradient or patterned then maybe in Photoshop when saving > > > for web make sure its gif and set the matte option to a color close > > > enough to the background color. > > > > > > Or I just use PNG with absolute transparency, I know IE6 doesn't support > > > it but with the PNGFIX JavaScript it should work just fine. > > > > > > M. Jama > > > > > > big:interactive > > > 91 Princedale Road > > > Holland Park > > > London W11 4NS > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Direct: +44 (0)20 7313 2262 > > > www.biggroup.co.uk > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of James Jeffery > > > Sent: 30 October 2007 15:53 > > > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > > > Subject: [WSG] Rounded Courners .... Your Take > > > > > > What methods do you find best when creating rounded corners and > > > which methods are the most supported? > > > > > > I have been using span tags and absolute positioning. I have also > > > recently started to use the sliding doors method because you can > > > achive nice rounded boxes with some nice effects, even better if > > > you use PNG's. > > > > > > Using the span method i did find a bug in IE 6, the 2 corner span's > > > wouldn't sit flush with the bottom of the containing div, although it > > > displayed fine in every other browser i tested it on and they could > > > be resized fine. It was odd though, because IE 5.x display them > > > perfect, was just IE 6. > > > > > > Lets have your beloved methods then guys. > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- С уважением, Юрий "akella" Артюх http://cssing.org.ua ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************