On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Zach Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure if it's quite what you want, but you could use something like: > > <ul> > <li><span class="label">LABEL:</span>VALUE</li> > ... > </ul> > > with css specifying a width for label in ems (and other styling, of > course). > > Zach > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 00:35, Gunlaug Sørtun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jim wrote: > > > Is there any way to lay out list items as follows, without using tables > > > (won't look right unless you view email as plain text): > > > > > > > > > * CPU: 2 x Xeon 5130 > > > * RAM: 8 GB > > > * STORAGE: 330 GB > > > > > > The thing that drives me nuts with using tables in this example is that > > it > > > requires such a lot of markup for very little effect. Each line above > > > would need to be an individual table. Not so bad with three lines, but > > > for hundreds, it's tedious. > > > > Dunno. Hundreds of individual lists sounds tedious too... > > > > <http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/moa_35.html> > > > > regards > > Georg > > -- > > http://www.gunlaug.no > > I use a format like that a lot when setting up forms. <li><label>CPU: </label>2 x Xeon 5130</li> label{clear:both;float:left;width:xem} Using just display:block will force any following elements down. I don't remember if I use clear:both or not, because I've been awake all of 15 minutes. I hope that helps, and that I haven't replied to a fixed issue. -- -Jack Timmons http://www.trotlc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
