I've just spent a bit of time looking at how background-position works when expressed as a percentage:
background-position: 90%; and I'm wondering why it works the way it does. Here's the best way I can describe the effect of (90%, x-axis) positioning with percentages: "to position the image such that the point 90% across the image is aligned with the point 90% across the element". There's something rather counter-intuitive about that (it's even hard to describe!), and I've tried to explain it in teaching people about CSS and found that people are rather baffled by it. Does anyone know why it was created that way, and/or can you tell me if there's some very useful thing this rule allows you to do? That is, as opposed to a simpler rule like "image is offset that amount to the left" which is what I assumed when I first came across it. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. The information contained in this email and any attachment is confidential and may contain legally privileged or copyright material. It is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are not permitted to disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. The ABC does not represent or warrant that this transmission is secure or virus free. Before opening any attachment you should check for viruses. The ABC's liability is limited to resupplying any email and attachments. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
