[WSG] Can you style Alt text?

When you've got an href'd image that's farily large that's being pulled down over a dialup line, you can see the alt text in the background as the image loads. Usually, this this text is a big, blue serif style. Sure, once the picture gets completely downloaded, it's hidden, but during

RE: [WSG] Can you style Alt text?

The ALT text displayed when an image is not available will inherit the properties of the containing element. To unify your ALT text you can add a font style to your img: img { font: 1em arial #000 } Regards Scott Swabey General Manager Lafinboy Productions

[WSG] search field image alignment

hello, I have added a go image for the submit button of a search field, its alignedabsmiddle. This dosnt align properly in compliant browsers like ff and safari but its fine in ie6. http://www.mcmonagle.biz/OTI/newhome.htm Should I just use a table in this case? thanks heres the code. span

Re: [WSG] search field image alignment

G'day I have added a go image for the submit button of a search field, its alignedabsmiddle. This dosnt align properly in compliant browsers like ff and safari but its fine in ie6. http://www.mcmonagle.biz/OTI/newhome.htm You might also have a look at

Re: [WSG] search field image alignment

hi guys, Im now using the actual form element with some extra classes to get the positioning right. Defining the all around padding and margins worked for ff. Ended up using the underscore hack for ie though, still a pixel or two off but im going to live with it-just want to get this darn

Re: [WSG] search field image alignment

Kvnmcwebn wrote: .fimg{ _padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; } That's the wrong sequence. IE won't get it. Try this instead: .fimg{ padding: 0 0 5px 0; _padding: 0; } regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ** The

Re: [WSG] there is no attribute name

Thomas Ditmars wrote: div id=content ... Does this also apply to HTML 4.01 Strict? I guess my actual question is: What is the proper way of coding '#anchor-name' links in HTML 4.01 Strict? It is best to use *both* (up to XHTML 1.0) *with* a A element, to be nice to old browsers. You may want

Re: [WSG] search field image alignment

I think what Patrick is trying to say is you should us a submit button to add some 'action' to your form. Currently it won't do anything unless you add some JavaScript. This will also further separate your content from presentation by moving the styled image to your CSS (as a

Re: [WSG] search field image alignment--help

Hi, It does needs an action so Ive redone it like this: input type= image class=fimg nameSubmit value=submit src=go.gif/ This probably wont work and anyway it wrecks the positioning again. How can i use an input type = submit with a background image? thanks -kevin I think what Patrick is

RE: [WSG] there is no attribute name

Michael Cordover wrote: Yup, same mechanism. The #anchor has *always* referred to an id in the spec, referring to a name as a bit of an extra feature (read: incompatibility included for fun). That's a bit arse backwards. 'Name' has been the target of #anchors ('fragment identifiers') since

Re: [WSG] search field image alignment

also i tried this BUTTON name=submit value=submit type=submit SendIMG src=go2.gif alt=go/BUTTON but its not what im looking for. -Kevin ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] Space-saving Form Select vs Space-hungry HTML List

Hi all, This is more of a usability question than a technical one. What is the'official' word on the use of form selects as an alternative tospace hungry HTML lists? This is in the context of something like a User Group Quickfinder (abunch of links to pages containing user group