Percentages are derived from the parent size.

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On Jul 24, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Alex Zylka <[email protected]> wrote:

> @Jordan: Your suggestion works perfectly, although I would still like
> to know if percents in CSS are from the body, the viewport, or the
> containing element.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex Zylka
> http://www.zylka.us
>
> On Jul 24, 2:30 pm, Remi Grumeau  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> +1 !
>> don t forget to put text-align: center to body and to left to the targeted 
>> div.
>>
>> Remi Grumeauhttp://www.remi-grumeau.com
>>
>> Le 24 juil. 2010 à 19:28, Jordan Dobson <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>
>>> You'll likely want to use absolute positioning for this type of approach.
>>
>>> If the width is 300px you push it out 50% and then negative margin
>>> back half the width.. so -150px.
>>
>>> That's a better way than using margin percentages.
>>
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>>
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>>
>>> On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Alex Zylka <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi there again. Right now, I'm messing around with a way to
>>>> automatically download updates (new cache manifest files) to webapps
>>>> using a native-looking loading box like the one here (http://
>>>> www.macnotes.de/gimages/saurik/cydia-nachladen.jpg). I was wondering
>>>> if anyone knew if using a percent with margin-right/margin-left is a
>>>> percent of the body width, or the screen width. I ask this because I
>>>> am attempting to center the loading box on the page. I achieved this
>>>> by adding margin-right: 18%; to loading.css (which deals with the
>>>> loading box). This solution works just alright. The box looks centered
>>>> on the screen. But, when you turn the iPhone/ iPod Touch and the
>>>> screen rotates to landscape mode, the loading box is way too far to
>>>> the right side and NOT centered.
>>>> My test app is here (with the loading box continuosly showing for
>>>> debugging):http://www.zylka.us/test
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex Zylka
>>>> http://www.zylka.us/
>>
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