I don't think outlines work that way David: http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/outline . Am I misunderstanding what I am reading about "taking up space?"
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Laakso Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [css-d] Image causes scrollbars; header gets weird On 9/2/11 6:08 PM, John wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2011, at 2:42 PM, David Laakso wrote: > >> The outlines [bless their ever lovin' little hearts:-) ] are telling >> you that the layout is too tight horizontally-- tweak [reduce the >> widths of] your blocks until the page with outlines no longer throws >> an horizontal scrollbar. > > How are the outlines telling me that? should none of them be > overlapping in any way? > > J The sum of the widths of the vertical outlines increases the width of the inner blocks of the page and consequently the widens the page proper causing the page to throw an horizontal scrollbar. Leave the outines and reduce the widths of the inner blocks until the page no longer throws a horizontal scrollbar. ~d ______________________________________________________________________ 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
