Dev monkey wrote: > > the typical way to format definition lists as a 2-column table is > to float the DTs (left column) and give the DDs a left margin > larger than the DT width. This works fine when all DDs are equal > to, or longer than, their matching DT. > > In my case, all my definition-list elements are one line long, > except for the top DT which wraps onto two lines. This throws off > the vertical alignment of DT/DD pairs:
I don't remembers the details, but I have this rather old page attempting to solve this problem http://brunildo.org/test/float_clear2.html Essentially you can float the DTs, add to the DDs an after rule with a clear, plus some "corrections" for IE7- browsers... Bruno -- Bruno Fassino http://www.brunildo.org/test ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
