On 18 April 2010 16:27, Fade <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have some places where I wanted to use blueprint with various
> numbers of columns ( 18 in a wizard, 8 in a dialog box, the full 24 on
> the page ), so I made a small addition to blueprint I thought other
> people might find useful.
>
> .sized-container { float: none; clear: both; margin:0 auto; }
>
> This container doesn't specify it's own width but instead should be
> used with a span-x class to make a container that is x columns wide
> (ex: class="sized-container span-18" ).  It must be in the css after
> the span-x float definition since it overrides the float setting.  It
> can also be used inside an outer container to make an inner container
> of the same width, since it isn't floated and will take up the full
> width of the parent.
>
> Also, the following two lines were also modified:
>
> .clearfix:after, .container:after
> {content:"\0020";display:block;height:
> 0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;overflow:hidden;}
>
> became
>
> sized-container:after, .clearfix:after, .container:after
> {content:"\0020";display:block;height:
> 0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;overflow:hidden;}
>
> and
>
> .clearfix, .container {display:block;}
>
> became
>
> .clearfix, .container, .sized-container {display:block;}
>
> Shouldn't break any existing layouts since it just adds a class, but
> it can come in very handy when you are popping up jQuery dialogs with
> fewer than 24 columns, or in other cases where you need narrower
> layouts.
>
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I think you should be able to do the same thing by redefining .container class

.container {width:950px; margin:0 auto;}
=>
.container {width:950px; margin:0 auto!important; float:none!important}

class="container span-x"

IE6 supports !important in standards compliant mode i think.

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