Re: [css-d] Skip Links

From: "Thierry Koblentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What about a simple: > Navigation > > And then: > #skipNav > {position:absolute;left:-px;background:#000;color:#fff;font-weight:bold} > /* z-index may be needed depending on the layout */ > #skipNav:focus,#skipNav:active {left:0;top:0} Feel free

Re: [css-d] dtd strict is adding a space below a gif in a div

Peter Michaux wrote: > Hi, > > In the example below there is a green area below the image. I don't > want this area. If I remove the dtd then the green area goes away and > leaves me with what I want. How can I get rid of the green area if I > want to write a strict html doc It's about Strict mod

Re: [css-d] Skip Links

Al Sparber wrote: > At PVII, we often hide skip links by setting the default, visited, and > hover states to the same color as our background, then we allow them > to be revealed by keyboard surfers by setting a contrasting color and > background on the active and focus states. But in the event you

[css-d] dtd strict is adding a space below a gif in a div

Hi, In the example below there is a green area below the image. I don't want this area. If I remove the dtd then the green area goes away and leaves me with what I want. How can I get rid of the green area if I want to write a strict html doc Thanks, Peter http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-

Re: [css-d] Question from a beginner

"Is there a preferred way to get a project started. What I mean to say is, do you type of all the HTML first, mark it up and then write the CSS or do you do it piece meal? I am just trying to figure out a logical process which to go by so that I can make my work easier to understand and accomplish.

Re: [css-d] collapsing divs

ron zisman wrote: > being a rank newbie, i would have guessed that the blue div would > need to be followed by a clearing element before closing the green > div. Yes, that would also have the desired effect. One may pick and choose: Alternativ

Re: [css-d] collapsing divs

being a rank newbie, i would have guessed that the blue div would need to be followed by a clearing element before closing the green div. On Nov 15, 2005, at 9:41 PM, Peter Michaux wrote: > Hi, > > Probably this has been discussed before but I can't find an answer to > my > question. I hope some

Re: [css-d] collapsing divs

Ricky Zhou wrote: > To get the green div to extend fully, you'd have to float it (and > specify witdh: 100%). Or use any of the other solutions in the specs... It all depends on what you want to achieve, and the layout you use it in. regards

Re: [css-d] collapsing divs

> decide to make CSS work so the green section collapes up? How can I make it > so the green div extends at least as far down the page as the blue div? To get the green div to extend fully, you'd have to float it (and specify witdh: 100%). (Float the container) Ricky __

[css-d] collapsing divs

Hi, Probably this has been discussed before but I can't find an answer to my question. I hope someone can help me figure out what is going on with this aspect of divs. In the example attached below why doesn't the green div extend at least as far down the page as the blue div? It seems to me that

Re: [css-d] Nested DIV Problems

Kerry Kobashi wrote: > After placing display: table or overflow: hidden into #block-content, > this didn't work. Block-content got moved to the upper right hand > corner of the screen. > All I want is a one row, two column "table" within a container. I'm > sitting here laughing because what ta

Re: [css-d] Nested DIV Problems

Kerry Kobashi wrote: > I'm having a problem with nested DIVs with a background image. > The background-image of the content block does not show through the > floated columns. #block-content doesn't expand to enclose floats in a standard-compliant browser. It'll expand in IE/win, but that

Re: [css-d] Nested Overlay DIV Background Problem

Kerry Kobashi wrote: > I'm having a problem with nested DIVs with a background image. > The background-image of the content block does not show through the > floated columns. #block-content doesn't expand to enclose floats in a standard-compliant browser. It'll expand in IE/win, but that's cause

[css-d] Is this possible?

Hi, I have included two links one is the page before adding a sub-nav, the other is a link after attempting to add the sub-nav. http://www.blueaardvark.ca/yma/2index.html http://www.blueaardvark.ca/yma/sub_nav.html I'm attempting to place a sub-nav in the green bar across the top, but when I pla

Re: [css-d] site help

Mark Mckee wrote: > thanks to Thierry and Tedd for the info. i now have my left hand menu > sorted out. i have some more questions though. > > 1) in IE, my sitemap page is completely distorted, i need some advice > on fixing this too. Did you try the "height:0" declaration I mentionned in my prev

[css-d] Nested Overlay DIV Background Problem

I'm having a problem with nested DIVs with a background image. I have a horizontal spacer that has tick marks 20 pixels off each end. It serves as a background and border for the content block (block-content). This block is 780pixels wide and is contained with a page container block that cent

Re: [css-d] Fieldset or Legend how to?

Hi Reynier & [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/15/05, Reynier Perez Mira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > How I can check if this CSS is well formed and perform CSS Standars from W3C? Just thought it was worth advertising the W3C's CSS validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ There you can check

Re: [css-d] site check please

Schalk wrote: > Greetings All > > Please have a look at: www.volume4.com/tc/ > > One problem I am aware of and would like suggestions on is the top > navigation. In Firefox it is perfect but, in IE the padding, margin, > background color etc. is totally wrong. Thanks! > Sent this earlier as a

Re: [css-d] Opera CSS

Susan Chouinard wrote: > That works great - it solves most of my problem. Still have some box > issues - is there such thing as a CSS hack that can only be seen by > Opera? Yes, at least for the time being. It's called 'mediaquery' (see W3C and css-d Wiki). However, I will advice strongly against

Re: [css-d] site help

Mark Mckee wrote: > hi all. i need some help making my site IE compatible. the menus do > not display correctly, and the site map is way out in IE6 on windows. > could anyone make any suggestions on how i can fix this please > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sixfoot2/ You may try... #left #subnavco

Re: [css-d] Opera CSS

That works great - it solves most of my problem. Still have some box issues - is there such thing as a CSS hack that can only be seen by Opera? Susan Chouinard Website Manager Marketing Division Clark Realty Corporation Phone: 808.887.1902 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.clarkhawaii.co

Re: [css-d] Question from a beginner

Stephen Kortz wrote: > Is there a preferred way to get a project started. What I mean to say > is, do you type of all the HTML first, mark it up and then write the > CSS or do you do it piece meal? I am just trying to figure out a > logical process which to go by so that I can make my work easier t

Re: [css-d] site help

Mark Mckee wrote: > hi all. i need some help making my site IE compatible. the menus do > not display correctly, and the site map is way out in IE6 on windows. > could anyone make any suggestions on how i can fix this please > > main site > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sixfoot2/ > > css is here > h

[css-d] site check please

Greetings All Please have a look at: www.volume4.com/tc/ One problem I am aware of and would like suggestions on is the top navigation. In Firefox it is perfect but, in IE the padding, margin, background color etc. is totally wrong. Thanks! -- Kind Regards Schalk Neethling Web Developer.Desig

Re: [css-d] Opera CSS

Susan Chouinard wrote: > I have a new table-less design I'm working on that seems to be fine > in all browsers except for Opera. > http://www.clarkhawaii.com/new/version4.html Try adding... body {padding: 0;} ...that Opera's present versions need. Opera 9+ will be using 'margin', btw. regards

Re: [css-d] Question from a beginner

Stephen, I would also consider working form the outside inwards. What I mean is... the Xhtml is full of containers. The Divs are containers and in all of my recent projects there is an outside container that wraps up all the inner containers. My usual structure (and I have seen many others do

[css-d] Class for table elements

I have a simple questions for all of yours. If I have this styel: .mainTableContainer { max-width: 760px; border: 0px; width: 740px; } And I have this code:

Re: [css-d] site help

Hi Mark: For me (as an example) I used: #name { position: absolute; top: 2em; left: 28.6em; /* set width for IE 6 */ left /**/: 23.1em; /* set width for IE 5 (IE 6 will not see this) */ } html>body #name { left: 29em; /

[css-d] Nested list positioning / Mac IE 5.x

Hi, once again Mac IE. I'm trying to get a nested list (with links) to be positioned as follows: level one - horizontal level two - vertical Seems to work fine with all browsers but Mac IE 5.2. Here is a testcase (css inside): http://www.michaelschwarz.net/navi-list.html I've struggled with thi

[css-d] Fieldset or Legend how to?

Well I need to put some elements inside a DIV element or Fieldset element, but with both of them I have a problem. The thing is that I need a static width in this elements, means when a text is too large this don't grow. I probe the CSS style in this ways but not works in FF Elements ***

[css-d] site help

hi all. i need some help making my site IE compatible. the menus do not display correctly, and the site map is way out in IE6 on windows. could anyone make any suggestions on how i can fix this please main site http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sixfoot2/ css is here http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sixf

Re: [css-d] Question from a beginner

Stephen Kortz wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a preferred way to get a project started. What I mean to say is, do > you type of all the HTML first, mark it up and then write the CSS or do you > do it piece meal? I think most folks *start* by doing it piece meal, as you say --a trial and error (

Re: [css-d] Question from a beginner

Hi Stephen, Don't know if my way is the "best" way but this is what I do. I start with a mockup graphic in layers. Then I consider how I can create that layout without tables and start my XHTML with a few divs for the main areas - banner, left column, center column, right column, footer, etc. Then

Re: [css-d] Question from a beginner

Stephen Kortz wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a preferred way to get a project started. What I mean to say is, do > you type of all the HTML first, mark it up and then write the CSS or do you > do it piece meal? I am just trying to figure out a logical process which to > go by so that I can make my

[css-d] Opera CSS

Hi, I have a new table-less design I'm working on that seems to be fine in all browsers except for Opera. Should I be concerned? If so, can anyone offer suggestions for ways I can do it differently or maybe some links for CSS hacks for Opera? If anyone wants to take a look, it's at http://www

[css-d] Question from a beginner

Hi all, Is there a preferred way to get a project started. What I mean to say is, do you type of all the HTML first, mark it up and then write the CSS or do you do it piece meal? I am just trying to figure out a logical process which to go by so that I can make my work easier to understand and acc

[css-d] First time with CSS for layout.

Hi I'm new to this maillist, but other lists I have been part of for C++ and SDL discussions have been very helpfull. So now when I have taken the step away from tables when doing websites and into the realm of CSS I thought this would be a good place to vent my thoughts and questions. I had a la

Re: [css-d] CSS and JAVA

I've had success with org.apache.batik.css.parser.* Let me know if you have any specific questions on getting it running -mike polcari [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will Barker Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:07 A

Re: [css-d] Kill textarea vertical scrollbar in FF

Thanks for the response Ben, I am going to find out, although when I asked yesterday they said that it is scripted for a text area, hopefully tho as you said an input field would work as it is only one line of text. On 11/15/05, Ben Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can you use a text type

[css-d] CSS Printing Question (white on black?)

I think I know the answer, but I just wanted to verify with the collective wisdom of the list. I have a client who wants ar particular page of his website to print exactly like it looks on-screen. Unfortunately, this page contains white text on a black background, which according to everything I

Re: [css-d] CSS float issues – first foray into CSS

On 11/15/05, Justin Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Add a non breaking space ( ) in your "brclear" div. Firefox and > Safari ignore empty tags. www.blueaardvark.ca/yma/2index.html I sorted out #1. I placed "clear:both" in the sidebar div and all i

Re: [css-d] CSS float issues – first foray into CSS

"Before I *really* broke it, I was trying to get the faux columns to stretch with the bottom of the browser, the irony is, now that appears as it should. Will I be able to maintain this and fix points one and two?" Add a non breaking space ( ) in your "brclear" div. Firefox and Safari ignore emp

[css-d] CSS float issues – first foray into CS S

Hi, I've posted a link here. I was trying to fix a problem in IE 6 and I broke the layout in Firefox / Safari etc. It looks as it should in IE 6 though. www.blueaardvark.ca/yma/2index.html Things I'm trying to sort out are: 1. The sidebar is floating

Re: [css-d] CSS and JAVA

On 15/11/2005 Will Barker wrote: > Does anyone know of a good such tool or some example programs for the > aforementioned tools that would help me get my head around the task. Look at javax.swing.text.html.* HTMLEditorKit kit = new HTMLEditorKit(); HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) kit.createDefa

[css-d] Who is up for a CSS challenge?

> Hi > > We have a CSS based CMS, have a look at it's various implementations, where > it has to be noted that we are running all of them from the same database > and the same pages (a simple configuration can switch between different > sites). > > There is a little bit of proprietary stuff for

[css-d] CSS and JAVA

Hi, I am new to this list and apologise if this has been discussed before (altho' i couldn't find anything in the archives). I have a project ongoing at the moment and I have to parse a CSS file using Java. I know there are a few tools around on the net that claim to do just that (such as the Simp

Re: [css-d] Who is up for a CSS challenge?

Hi We have a CSS based CMS, have a look at it's various implementations, where it has to be noted that we are running all of them from the same database and the same pages (a simple configuration can switch between different sites). There is a little bit of proprietary stuff for each and every

Re: [css-d] Strange Drop Down Behavior

From: "Tod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My goal is to have a dynamically generated three level vertical > dropdown with the top menu items being variable length and each > separated by the same amount of space. I'd also like it to be as > browser agnostic as possible. > > I am following the dropdown

Re: [css-d] Background position discrepancies / bugs?

On 15/11/05, Weston Cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any known issues/bugs with the > background-position property between IE and Moz? If background-attachment is set to fixed, IE will incorrectly fail to position the background with respect to the viewport (you won't notice a problem i

Re: [css-d] RE-POST:default list image markers

Maybe this is too simple - but when I've come across an issue like this, I make the image bigger. Meaning, if my page background is green, and my bullet is black, I'll make my image with the padding built into the top (or bottom, as needed) of the image itself, and make the background gree

[css-d] Strange Drop Down Behavior

My goal is to have a dynamically generated three level vertical dropdown with the top menu items being variable length and each separated by the same amount of space. I'd also like it to be as browser agnostic as possible. I am following the dropdown guide at http://www.alistapart.com/articles/

Re: [css-d] RE-POST:default list image markers

On 15 Nov 2005, at 5:15 pm, Mark Batty wrote: > The objective is to use an image marker for the list items and if > images are > not available or turned off I want a default marker (e.g. disc) to be > used. > > I can make this work easily if I move the image into the ul style with > list-style-

Re: [css-d] Use of non-standard font in declaration?

On 11/12/05, Trish Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:10 AM -0800 11/11/05, Tom Dell'Aringa wrote: > >Can anyone advise on how widespread Interstate-Regular is? I've > >never heard of it but maybe I > >missed the meeting. My feeling is that this is not a good idea, but > >it's a design decisi

Re: [css-d] Disappearing background on list in IE

On Nov 15, 2005, at 1:05 AM, Ali Lee wrote: > I'm trying to get a dotted border showing on the bottom of each list > item in > a ul used for navigation, http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customunderlines/ • The above ALA article may give you some good ideas on how you would go about using image

[css-d] Disappearing background on list in IE

Hi, I'm trying to get a dotted border showing on the bottom of each list item in a ul used for navigation, however whenever I use border-bottom: 1px dotted #0C2577; I get a dashed line instead of dotted in IE. I tried to remedy this by replacing the border with a small 'dotted' image with repe

[css-d] RE-POST:default list image markers

Hi all I'm really stumped by this so I posted again at a different time of day to try and 'catch' a different audience ... I made a minimal test case here: html: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/141105_1/list_tst.html css: http://public.softectra.com/dev/lang/markup/css/cssd/1

Re: [css-d] Flowable CSS Columns?

> > Choose a story, for example: > http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/14/news/france.php > Wow, reading a story on IHT is really painful O_O -- -- C Montoya rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ... montoya.rdpdesign.com __ css-discus