Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-22 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:41:39 +1100, John Horner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slightly off-[this]topic, but does anyone have an explanation for how vertical alignment got missed in the creation of CSS? This topic comes up again and again. I mean, forgive me for being crass, but did they just

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-22 Thread John Horner
div style=width:500px; height:500px; display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; border:1px solid redcentered/div The word centered is nicely centered (at least in FF). Internet Explorer does not support table-cell, or table-row for display, but this is not the fault of CSS. You

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-22 Thread John Allsopp
John, What I want is the ability to align the content of a DIV, for instance, or any block element, vertically, and I'm asking why it wasn't included in CSS-1. I can't think of any policy-type reason why it wasn't, that's all, and I don't see vertical alignment as being directly related to

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-22 Thread Matthew Cruickshank
John Horner wrote: You have a point, but that's CSS version *two*, isn't it? What I want is the ability to align the content of a DIV, for instance, or any block element, vertically, and I'm asking why it wasn't included in CSS-1. I can't think of any policy-type reason why it wasn't, that's

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-22 Thread Dean Jackson
On 23 Feb 2005, at 09:49, John Allsopp wrote: John, What I want is the ability to align the content of a DIV, for instance, or any block element, vertically, and I'm asking why it wasn't included in CSS-1. I can't think of any policy-type reason why it wasn't, that's all, and I don't see

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-22 Thread Matthew Cruickshank
Dean Jackson wrote: Yeah! Wouldn't it have been fantastic to have a real multi-column, grid-like layout mechanism? (It probably *still* would be fantastic to have one :). Yeah, although I'm glad tables are gone the one thing I miss is the width or height of one cell affecting the next. Grids were

[WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-21 Thread Joey
Title: Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods? Hi Everyone, I wondered if anyone has a solution on how to centre a DIV vertically. I found this information, http://www.quirksmode.org/css/centering.html but its uses a table. And I dont want to use a table as I am conforming to WAI

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-21 Thread Darren Wood
Joey wrote: Hi Everyone, I wondered if anyone has a solution on how to centre a DIV vertically. I found this information, _http://www.quirksmode.org/css/centering.html_ but its uses a table. And I dont want to use a table as I am conforming to WAI AAA. Anyone know any methods to centre

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-21 Thread David Laakso
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:17:08 -, Joey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wondered if anyone has a solution on how to centre a DIV vertically. I found this information, http://www.quirksmode.org/css/centering.html ... Josef http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/30/vertical-centering-with-css

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-21 Thread designer
6:17 PM Subject: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods? Hi Everyone, I wondered if anyone has a solution on how to centre a DIV vertically. I found this information, http://www.quirksmode.org/css/centering.html but its uses a table. And I don't want to use a table as I am conforming

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-21 Thread John Horner
Slightly off-[this]topic, but does anyone have an explanation for how vertical alignment got missed in the creation of CSS? This topic comes up again and again. I mean, forgive me for being crass, but did they just forget? Or was it not considered necessary? I imagined that they would have a

Re: [WSG] Centre DIV Vertically? Any compliant methods?

2005-02-21 Thread Isac Backlund
Joey skrev: Hi Everyone, I wondered if anyone has a solution on how to centre a DIV vertically. I found this information, _http://www.quirksmode.org/css/centering.html_ but its uses a table. And I dont want to use a table as I am conforming to WAI AAA. Anyone know any methods to centre