On Thu, 2 Sep Cameron Adams wrote:
I normally use the box model in combination with
background to foreground layering to order my styles:
- display
- positioning
- margin
- border
- padding
- background
- foreground (text)
That's the same approach I use (except 'foreground' would go
For ordering statements I usually start with broad statements and then
get narrower. Then within this list I sort by html statements and then
my IDs and classes as they fall in the page from top to bottom. As for
selectors I go in this order
positioning
display
margin
padding
background (minus
If you think about it, ordering IDs in the order that
they appear in the HTML goes against the grain of
XHTML/CSS separation of content and style.
If you change the position of an object in the HTML,
then you have to change it in the CSS, otherwise your
order becomes meaningless. The best way is
Sorry Cameron, but I think that you're taking it a step too far here.
At the end of the day, those who work with the CSS can order it any way
they please and that works for them. This is all about personal
preference and working styles, and separation of content and style has
nothing to do
To clarify my previous message: what I mean is
Cameron Adams wrote:
If you change the position of an object in the HTML,
then you have to change it in the CSS, otherwise your
order becomes meaningless.
Yes, it becomes meaningless in that it makes it more convoluted to work
with, *but* it does not
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:19:12 +1200, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a common way of listing styles in CSS?
...
For example, perhaps the font and inline information is first, the
block, padding and margin information next, and then the positioning.
Sean,
I've seen more
what about the mozilla way
http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/writing/markup ?
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Sean wrote:
Does anyone
Morning Sean,
I tend to set mine out like below:
#element {
width : 768px ; height : auto ;
margin : 0px ; padding : 0px ;
background : #99cc00 ; color : #ccff00 ;
display : block ; float : left ;
}
anything else get bunged in at the bottom, but i always start
with the first 4
Sean wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a common way of listing styles in CSS? I
don't mean the order of a:hover a: visited, or the order of
specification. I am thinking more of some logical order that would be
helpful to anyone else working on stylesheets I have created.
Are you meaning in a
Does anyone know if there is a common way of listing styles in CSS? I
don't mean the order of a:hover a: visited, or the order of
specification. I am thinking more of some logical order that would be
helpful to anyone else working on stylesheets I have created.
For example, perhaps the font
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