Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Ido Dekkers wrote: >> which of the above has the bug : http://test.dekkers.net/test.aspx >> >> the logo and 2 other images display correct in FF(2,3) but not in >> Opera(latest) > > Before you go any further, consider the following... > > - Precise positioning of elements on top of a background-image by using > em, is a flawed method - regardless of direction. Those elements are not > anywhere near their intended position in any of my browsers, simply > because their position - in em - rely on font-size. > Font-size is not a factor you can control all that well. > > - Opera has a rounding-effect on large em margins and paddings. See... > <http://www.brunildo.org/test/emarg.pl> > > - Firefox (2.0.0.1) offers no horizontal scroll, and I need at least a > 1450px wide window just to see the entire page. > That's the effect of 'minimum font-size: 14px'. > It's the same in other browsers, apart from that they give me a > horizontal scroll-bar. > > - Height in em on those anchors means I see both horizontal and vertical > repetition of background-images. Pretty confusing link-text, I think. > Again: it's the effect of uncontrollable font-size. > > > So, when you want to position anything precisely on top of a fix-sized > background, you'll be better of by using a fix-sized unit for positions > and dimensions - like px. > > Also: especially IE tends to be a bit unpredictable when all > 'top'/'left'/'right'/'bottom' values are left out and positioning rely > on default-positions and margins. > > regards > Georg thanks Georg fixed the em -> px issue , but the problem with opera and FF is still there. i know what the problem is - opera always calculates the position from the left, even if it's a rtl page. FF calculates the position from the left on a regular page and from the right in an rtl page. the question is which of them has the bug (if it's a bug) and can it be fixed in css ?
regarding IE - i always leave the css code breaking for the last in a separate file. Ido ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
