On 16/03/2010, at 12:18 AM, Chris Blake wrote:

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> On 16/03/2010, at 12:01 AM, Climis, Tim wrote:
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>>> 100%px isn't valid, unless my programming mind is tying to make too
>>> much sense.
>>
>> I think that's the problem... His template is putting in 'px' even
>> though he doesn't want one.  And he wants to have a width of 100% in
>> spite of it.
>>
>>> Stylesheets should never overwrite a style defined in the actual tag
>> (Unless it's on the user's side).
>>
>> On the other hand, that gave me an idea that may work (completely
>> untested mind you):
>>
>> Invalid styles should be ignored.  So, if you specify "width:
>> 100%px" in the inline style, and then width: 100% in the style
>> sheet, it might actually get applied.  It would be among the ugliest
>> hacks I've ever seen though.
>>
>> ---Tim
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>>
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> You're right that's what I am trying to do. I will give it a go for
> the sake of experimentation. I may even write "width(px): uglyhack% in
> the joomla backend so that it can't even get a number from it!
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> style="width: uglyhack%px ;height: 255px;">
>
> There goes validation ;-P
>
> Thanks to both!
>
> Cheers, CB

The Hack worked but it's made a hash of the animation and navigation  
of the module. It might come in handy for something else though.

Thanks! CB
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