On Jul 28, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Beau Hartshorne wrote:
I thought of a way to build sidenotes in well-supported and valid
CSS. I posted details on my log:
<http://hartshorne.ca/2005/07/27/footnotes_v_sidenotes/>
Basically, I'm using absolute positioning to take a <span> (or a
<small>) out of flow, and to move it outside of some containing
block where it can read as a sidenote. I'd appreciate feedback on
the technique, and to know if anyone has any trouble with it in any
browser.
I've been using that for a while. It works a treat, even on most
older browsers and even mail clients (not webmail stuff -- they strip
out all position properties). The only issue is that multiple
sidenotes close together will stack over each other since they are
out of the flow. This can be affected by the vertical spacing
differences that happen due to columns of different widths during
font-resizing.
Sample page from my all-too-dormant newsletter: http://www.bivia.com/
insite/ (note: the css in embedded for easy transformation of the web
page into an HTML email)
--
Ben Curtis : webwright
bivia : a personal web studio
http://www.bivia.com
v: (818) 507-6613
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