What is the hack for the safari oversized background-repeat bug? I seem to be having this problem right now. I found this URL referred to on another page (http://www.holovaty.com/blog/archive/2003/01/09/2152), but apparently he doesn't want us to use this hack anymore because it's been removed: http://diveintomark.org/safari/csshacks/safari-spacer-hack.html.
Thanks, Allison Sent by Ben Curtis on 9 November <http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/November+2005> 2005 17:05 On Nov 3, 2005, at 4:55 AM, [EMAIL-REMOVED]> [EMAIL-REMOVED]> wrote: > /*\*/ > html>body*.info_box_top_left {background-color: red; } > /**/ > > I have been using this. Is it a valid hack for safari only?? Sorry for the delayed response. IMO, this is a bad idea. You should only Hack The Dead(tm). Safari is a living browser, in active development. You have no idea whether this hack will stop working tomorrow, or worse, fall out of sync with the rendering bug you are trying to fix. Also, I'm assuming that you ask "is this a valid hack" meaning "does it work?" and not meaning "is it valid CSS?" because then, no, it does not validate. This is a parse error in their engine, but a fairly benign one that is easy for them to fix -- and indeed some might say it might not be an error, so other browsers might pick it up. The bug here is that Safari seems to treat matches on /\s*/ as a descendant selector, instead of matches on /\s+/. One character change in the source code makes this bug a pretty easy fix, no? Since Safari is being developed (versions 1.3.x and 2.0.x are both active), I would only use hacks for it that are known to target versions 1.0-1.2.x. Targeting current versions opens you up to problems. In my experience, though, there is nothing Safari needs hacking for except the oversized background-repeat bug. -- Ben Curtis : webwright bivia : a personal web studio http://www.bivia.com v: (818) 507-6613 Allison Bloodworth Principal Administrative Analyst e-Berkeley Program Office University of California, Berkeley (415) 377-8243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
