Re: [css-d] IE8b2 missing content bug with list item

2008-08-30 Thread Alan Gresley
Bruno Fassino wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: > [...] >> Can anyone confirm that this is a bug with markup containing list items? > > Yes, it happens frequently with lists, but I have seen it in pages > without lists as well. > Anyway, eve

Re: [css-d] Any IE8 news - missing content in links

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > Alan Gresley wrote: > >> Could it be that the lower in the source and element is, the lest likely >> that IE8 will fully render content correctly? > > > I guess I wrong, not quite that simple. [...] Here another screenshot. <http://c

[css-d] IE8b2 missing content bug with list item

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Hello all All this missing content that I have noticed all happens when content are in at least unordered list. Another page. The second gallery will not render all the images. Refreshing over and over shows images there and then not there.

Re: [css-d] Any IE8 news - missing colors

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > Could it be that the lower in the source and element is, the lest likely > that IE8 will fully render content correctly? I guess I wrong, not quite that simple. Another page. <http://css-class.com/test/bugs/ie/ie-hacks.htm> The first visit shows some co

Re: [css-d] Any IE8 news - missing content

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Bruno Fassino wrote: > Alan Gresley wrote: >> I do note a strange rendering bug where pages do not download >> properly. Sometimes positioned elements are in strange positions and a >> refresh is needed to fix their placement up. Also text (links) seems >> to be miss

Re: [css-d] Any IE8 news?

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Nancy Johnson wrote: > I had some additional questions, in previous conversations regarding > IE8, it wasn't clear to me whether IE8 supports conditional comments > the same way as other versions of IE do. > > Does it support conditional comments? If not how would you have a > separate Style shee

Re: [css-d] Any IE8 news?

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > Very brave. > > Regards, > > Alan. Hello Alan, the brave indeed. Guess what, IE8b2 seems to be to one of the most standard compliant CSS2.1 browsers. I know that seems odd to say about IE but they at MS have really done a good job with my bug list. :-) http://css-cl

Re: [css-d] IE bug with list - can anybody confirm?

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Gresley
Luc wrote: > Good evening list, > > I'm fiddling about with a nav and stumbled upon an IE bug (what a > surprise) which i could solve but i wanted some confirmation wether this > is some old obscure IE bug. > > page with the bug (css embedded): > > http://www.dzinelabs.com/sandbox/li

Re: [css-d] What's wrong with these links?

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Gresley
Martha Spizziri wrote: > Maybe I'm having a brain cramp, but I've looked at this page and its > style sheets > > http://www.asbpe.org/contest/2008/win08multi.htm > > several times and can't figure out why > > 1) Unvisited links in the table show up in blue, not the brick-red color > > and > >

Re: [css-d] Horizontal scrolling in iframe

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Gresley
Daniel Hammond wrote: > | You can use overflow-x and overflow-y properties separately, > | instead of just "overflow: scroll" > | > | http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-box/#overflow > | > | It's been supported since Mozilla 1.8 and IE5. I think all > | browsers support it even though it wasn't part of

Re: [css-d] width:100% + padding/margin question

2008-08-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Bill Brown wrote: > Bobby Jack wrote: >> Bill, can you elaborate on this point? In FF2/Win, I DO see a bottom >> margin on that last element when it scrolls due to "overflow: auto". >> E.g. the yellow background 'shows through' below the last paragraph, >> same size as the other 'borders'. > > Hi

Re: [css-d] List background problem IE (and more)

2008-08-20 Thread Alan Gresley
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: > >> I did a few boo boos in my last reply. > > yes It was that unusual positioning of the #wrapper div that had me confused. > >> This seems more cross browser >> frien

Re: [css-d] List background problem IE (and more)

2008-08-20 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > Jess Jacobs wrote: >> Hi all, [...] >> http://www.akisma.com/design/precis/ >> >> THANKS in advance! Tight deadlines here, so all feedback is appreciated. > > > IE shenanigan I see. Change this. I did a few boo boos in my last

Re: [css-d] List background problem IE (and more)

2008-08-20 Thread Alan Gresley
Jess Jacobs wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm not new to CSS but I'm (apparently) not a seasoned pro, either. My > biggest deficiency is in cross-browser compatability... I designed > this site with FF on mac and am now paying the price since it looks > HORRIBLE in IE6, the menu sucks in IE7, and pc FF doe

Re: [css-d] CSS Resources

2008-08-19 Thread Alan Gresley
Bill Brown wrote: > Hello Listers. > > I consider myself a junior member of this list, but one of my great joys > is taking time during the day to respond to the questions submitted > here. I've been asked to give a presentation on Advanced CSS for an > upcoming conference and have what I think is

Re: [css-d] creating rel attributes

2008-08-16 Thread Alan Gresley
David Laakso wrote: > david wrote: >> Alan Gresley wrote: >> >> >>> You may wish to use this purely CSS popup gallery which works in most >>> browsers as a alternative solution. >>> >>> <http://css-class.com/test/demos/popup-gallery1

Re: [css-d] site fixed

2008-08-16 Thread Alan Gresley
David Laakso wrote: > I feel good: > > http://mimicry.css-zibaldone.com/ > > fixed the problem of no scrollbars in Firefox Mac. yeah, thanks Philippe! > > Total make-up: what do you think about? > > xxx ^.^ > > > > What do you mean by "Total make-up"? And is everyone invited to the party? >

Re: [css-d] Pass full css file to IE6 but not IE7 - with CSS only

2008-08-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Alan Gresley wrote: >> Opera 9.5 seems not to recover from this import until the second ruleset. >> >> @import --url("chaos-060801-test6.css"); >> >> Here's a demo. >> >> http://css-class.com/test/css/imports/impo

Re: [css-d] creating rel attributes

2008-08-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Marshal Horn wrote: > Is there a way to create rel attributes for links through an external > style sheet? > I'm making a photo gallery, and have to add > rel=enlargeimage::mouseover to 24 anchor tags. (I'd use all-CSS, but > it wasn't giving me quite enough flexibility, so I must resort to > Java

Re: [css-d] Trying to replace an image with css

2008-08-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Daniel Kessler wrote: > In looking at it a bit more, I realize that the problem I'm having is > that the single pixel div, which is empty but uses back-color to make > the single-pixel bar, doesn't use the height I give it

Re: [css-d] Pass full css file to IE6 but not IE7 - with CSS only

2008-08-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: [...] > The hack will work if placed correctly. However, I've updated the > test-page... > > > > ...to point out what seems to be a "recovery after invalid @import > rules" strategy-change in Opera 9.50. Would be bad to lose

Re: [css-d] Trying to replace an image with css

2008-08-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Daniel Kessler wrote: > The css version is on the top and the image version on the bottom: > http://www.sph.umd.edu/studentservices/CareerExpo/blocks/expo_sign.cfm Just a case of invalid markup and error recovery. *2008 The year 2008 belongs where the asterisks is. BTW, the backgroun

Re: [css-d] Odd ?bug? in IE7

2008-08-14 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: [...] > I checked my code and could find no error, then I checked an online version > in an earlier tab and that was OK, so I downloaded that code and ran it in > the tab that was showing wrongly, and the display was still incorrect. > > I closed down IE7 and re-started it an

Re: [css-d] -browser check

2008-08-13 Thread Alan Gresley
tony wrote: > Hi David, > That is very discouraging. I setout to design my own modest webpage not just > adapt an existing layout. Your menu is absolutely position along with other elements on the page. This is your page with a smaller window. http://css-class.com/test/images/ap-hidden-content.

Re: [css-d] Double margin bug doesn't work with padding on container

2008-08-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Ischa Gast wrote: >> Why do you have this padding right? The below CSS will render this >> construction much like what is currently seen in FF. >> >> > I use that padding right because I don't want text under that floatbox when > the text is longer. If I use your CSS and the text is longer the text

Re: [css-d] Double margin bug doesn't work with padding on container

2008-08-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Ischa Gast wrote: > I have a container with some padding inside it. In that container I have a > div that I want to push to the right with a negative margin. > But IE does something really strange, it pushes it outside the box. I > thought this was the double margin bug so I inserted display:inline

Re: [css-d] Web page check please!!

2008-08-10 Thread Alan Gresley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Stephen, > > The page seems to render ok in Opera 9.51, FF 2.0 and IE7 ... > > but still experience the expand and collapse problem in IE6 > with or without the css zoom's!! > > removing the menu zoom interferes with the menu background. > > keno [..] >> url

Re: [css-d] more vertical pop-out

2008-08-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > Tony. > > I have separated your HTML and CSS because I find it easier to read and > troubleshoot this way. > > I've put up a test page with your code, which I have modified. > > The html is at: http://www.webbwize.co.uk/Test_Area/Somersetspiess/ > and the css is at > http

Re: [css-d] more vertical pop-out

2008-08-07 Thread Alan Gresley
tony wrote: > Hi, > Georg helped me sort out my vertical menu to achieve the effects I wanted. > Would now like to refine it with a hidden pop-out on the 'Local Photos' > menu, to show in a vertical stack on hover. > In Gecko mode I managed to align horizontally > But > Couldn't get them to display

Re: [css-d] IE suckerfish drop down problem

2008-08-07 Thread Alan Gresley
ochieng' nelson wrote: > SITE: www.pennywinter.com > PROBLEM: dropdown over *clothes* misplaced in IE. Works well for other > browsers though. > > CSS:www.pennywinter.com/css/penny.css > > Please assist. I though this was spam. OK, just providing some links today, I will do it again. I love I

Re: [css-d] Problems with background images

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Gresley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to figure out why I have to have a background image in my = > body for background images in other elements such as divs to work. [...] > The site is www.astratechnologies.com/index.php. [...] > Please help. > > William D. O'Dell And as I wr

Re: [css-d] Curious Interanet/Web access

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Gresley
David Laakso wrote: > Hayden's Harness Attachment wrote: >> I hope I am not off topic. If I am please direct replies to [EMAIL >> PROTECTED] When I logon to the company network and I use the IE6 to view the >> company intranet to view sites or go on the web to view sites everything >> seems fi

Re: [css-d] IE bug?

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Gresley
good one wrote: > On the 'About' drop down on the 'supporters/patrons' link it goes 'too far' . > It is fine in firefox where it defines the width of the drop down but in IE > it sticks out. [..] > How do I sort this out-what IE bug is it? Thanks > http://tinyurl.com/64cvtk Putting whitespace

Re: [css-d] Image too small in IE7, Padding moves footer

2008-07-31 Thread Alan Gresley
Carol Huddleston wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help so far. I do need help on a couple more > things: > > http://www.prairiedreamstudio.com/testindex.html > http://www.prairiedreamstudio.com/css/layout.css > http://www.prairiedreamstudio.com/css/allie.css > > 1) In IE7, the photo has a bord

Re: [css-d] Menu Bar Not Lined Up in IE7

2008-07-31 Thread Alan Gresley
Carol Huddleston wrote: > Thank you very much! This worked for me. Also, I was not aware of > conditional comments before I asked this question, but after reading > about it, I did use a separate IE stylesheet for the solution listed > above. I don't see conditional comments mentioned a lot

Re: [css-d] 100% height over existing page

2008-07-31 Thread Alan Gresley
Seona Bellamy wrote: > Hi guys, > > I need to create an absolutely positioned div that will float on top > of the existing page layout, and be 100% of the height of the rendered > page, not the viewport. [..] > > Cheers, > > Seona. Simply give the ancestor of the a.p. box position:relative wh

Re: [css-d] IE7 bug - scroll bar extends w/ floated italics

2008-07-31 Thread Alan Gresley
fat graffix wrote: > hi all... seems because of a floated italicized paragraph in > IE7, the scroll bar at bottom of page extends beyond the > window width — only happens in IE7, not IE6. > > i remember seeing something about this bug on this list... > anybody know what's up ??? > > - http://w

[css-d] CSS2.1 User Agent Style Sheet Defaults

2008-07-25 Thread Alan Gresley
Hello everyone, To let us move on to more constructive CSS (away from any distractions), I would like to bring to your attention this table of CSS2.1 User Agent Style Sheet Defaults. This table is base largely on a table com

Re: [css-d] Big Blue Bar

2008-07-24 Thread Alan Gresley
Christopher wrote: > I'm not opposed of it, I do appreciate the time that everyone on the > list has given me or solved for me it has been more appreciated then > words can say, well here I upload a mock up of the page > some of the graphics are gone but that just due to I may alter them I > ma

Re: [css-d] classes moving

2008-07-23 Thread Alan Gresley
Christopher wrote: >>> http://www.walkfar.ca/test/productionsite9.html > So it's normal for the #flashbox to move when the #aboutme box > (margins) move. Oh!!! Yes. At this present time, you are trying to throw all these , elements into the XHTML and margins in your CSS to try to control

Re: [css-d] classes moving

2008-07-23 Thread Alan Gresley
Christopher wrote: > I'm having a problem, when I move the it also moves the > paragraphs below it which I don't want to occur. If you look at the page > you'll see the "about me" and then the paragraphs when I move the "about me" > text the paragraphs move too. > > Also I'm trying to get the

Re: [css-d] Safari Menu Issue

2008-07-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Taryn Regish wrote: > Well that worked, however, now the menu instead of being lined up along the > right edge, is now moved to the left edge in both Opera and Safari. But the > menu stayed in the same location on IE6 and Firefox. > > Any ideas? Yes, your using Stu Nichols nested list drop down

Re: [css-d] Menu Bar Not Lined Up in IE7

2008-07-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Carol Huddleston wrote: > I've worked on this a little bit more. This all looks okay in Safari, > FF and Opera, but in IE7 the left navigation links are pushed over to > the left. Also, the background gradient should be all the way over to > the left side of the logo, but it's not. > > http:

Re: [css-d] Background graphic on {body}

2008-07-22 Thread Alan Gresley
Christopher wrote: > Holly Bergevin wrote: >> I'm sorry, but since the CSS on your updated page is not changed as I >> suggested, I don't have any further time to re-debug what you've got there. >> Perhaps you could just try replacing your CSS with mine? >> >> Good luck. >> >> ~holly >> > I repl

Re: [css-d] IE 7 Problem

2008-07-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > This seems to be some bug in IE7 that will show a background image at > the bottom of a div (containing block) when the container does not have > layout but the container does not need layout if the container itself > has a background color. This I do not und

Re: [css-d] IE 7 Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > The other solution is to give the header element hasLayout [1]. > > > div#header { > min-height:1%; > } > > > http://css-class.com/x/big/index2.htm > > > I would say IE7 is showing some escaping background bug. Would anyone

Re: [css-d] IE 7 Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Jeff Chasin wrote: > Alan, > > Thanks again for your help, I appreciate it. > > The overflow:hidden; did affect IE7 somewhat. I keep thinking that my > #blog-title a and #blog-title elements are causing a problem in IE, but > can't seem to find exactly what's causing the header background ima

Re: [css-d] IE 7 Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Jeff Chasin wrote: > Alan, > > Thanks very much for your suggestions. I eliminated the universal > selector entries and validated the css. It validates now. > Unfortunately, I still have a Header problem in IE 6 and IE 7. I have a > background image on a div#header and a background color on

Re: [css-d] IE 7 Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Alan Gresley
Jeff Chasin wrote: > Apologies to everyone if this is an easy fix, but my eyes are bleary > at this point, and I'm stuck. > > > Have a WordPress site that looks just fine in FireFox, Safari and IE > 6, but freaks out in IE 7. I think it's the float layout, but can't > find the exact fix. >

Re: [css-d] Opera sees content and draws a scrollbar, others ok

2008-07-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Ingo Chao wrote: > Rick Lecoat wrote: >> On 12 Jul 2008, at 08:41, Ingo Chao wrote: [...] >> >> > > Overflow "... affects the clipping of all of the element's content > except any descendant elements ... whose containing block is the > viewport or an ancestor of the element" (CSS 2.1: 11.1.1). >

Re: [css-d] form Submit button getting pushed outside of div

2008-07-13 Thread Alan Gresley
Kelly Moore wrote: > I have a submit button that is getting pushed to an outer div. I > would like it to stay within the div which contains the rest of the > form. > > Here is what is happening: > > http://yakmaster.net/test/floating_submit.html > > I've added a border to the divs so it's clear

Re: [css-d] EM based layout issue between Firefox and Safari on Mac

2008-07-10 Thread Alan Gresley
Jason Campbell wrote: > Alan, > > Thank you for your concern, I would point you to this link as a single > example of where I am coming from. > > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/14/designing-with-grid-based-approach/ > > > > Cheers, > J. And bumping up the text size by 2 on any of

Re: [css-d] EM based layout issue between Firefox and Safari on Mac

2008-07-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Jason Campbell wrote: > Of course, if you can accidentally change your default font setting, > your visitor can deliberately change his or her default font setting, > too, and upset all your design calculations. Perhaps it's better to > think in terms of a 1em grid than a "10px" grid ... > > David

Re: [css-d] MS abandons IE8 - False

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan Gresley wrote: > Hello list. > > Can anyone please confirm that what I read here is correct about > Microsoft abandoning IE8 development for Firefox 3. [...] > Alan Hello list. The offlist emails roll in. :-) It's late night here in Oz (I'm sleepy) and I see this

[css-d] MS abandons IE8 for development for FF3?

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Hello list. Can anyone please confirm that what I read here is correct about Microsoft abandoning IE8 development for Firefox 3. http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/06/microsoft-abandons-internet-explorer-8.html Is this for real. Alan

Re: [css-d] IE7 drop down menu woes

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Gresley
Bill Brown wrote: > david wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On behalf of many list members I thank you for your inspiring input into >> this topic. >> >> However, I personally have two problems with this theory: >> >> 1) If this holds true, there will be no more menu discussions on this >> list. Why I hear yo

Re: [css-d] table in a liquid layout

2008-07-02 Thread Alan Gresley
fede wrote: > Hi, > adding float: left to the body I have partially solved the problem; in fact > on firefox table is fully contained in his box and it expands the liquid > layout. In Ie6 table expands only the center part of the layout (which > becomes larger than header and foot), and It doesn't

Re: [css-d] Help creating round boxes with limited markup

2008-06-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Olivier Sannier wrote: > Bill Brown wrote: >> Hi Olivier, >> >> Try this: >> http://www.theholiergrail.com/tests/rctest/index.html >> >> (I've also included the source below.) >> >> Your HTML configuration was a little different than the example on >> 456BereaStreet, so I just wrote it based around

Re: [css-d] Combining multiple stylesheets

2008-04-19 Thread Alan Gresley
Kenoli Oleari wrote: > Two questions: > > Re combining multiple stylesheets-- > > Can someone provide me with the exact syntax for linking multiple > stylesheets so they can be linked in an html head with a single link > call. What I want to do is to have one link in the head of my html >

Re: [css-d] Nested floats render different accross browsers, who's right?

2008-04-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: > >> Gecko 1.7~1.8 and IE7 will show this behavior when a child element is >> floated right inside a parent element floated either left or right. >> >> <http://css-class.com/test/css/

Re: [css-d] How do you feed IE versions different css than w3c compliant browsers?

2008-04-16 Thread Alan Gresley
Bill Brown wrote: > Hi John, > > You can use this syntax to target all NON-MSIE browsers: > > @import url("css/fix/non_msie.css"); > > > Use this syntax to target ALL MSIE browsers: > > > And this will target specific versions of MSIE browsers: > > > > CSS in the last three will not be se

Re: [css-d] Nested floats render different accross browsers, who's right?

2008-04-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Lensco wrote: >>> My opinion: Safari is the most consistent - although it adds some >>> extra padding for no reason? >> Could you clarify that ? > > In the meantime I updated the testcase and added screenshots for IE7, FF3 > and Opera: http://lensco.be/test/nested_floats/ > > Safari seems to ad

Re: [css-d] Nested floats render different accross browsers, who's right?

2008-04-15 Thread Alan Gresley
Lensco wrote: > Hello guys & girls, new to this list. > > Observe: http://lensco.be/test/nested_floats/ > Short story: a right float within a left float looks different in > Safari compared to Firefox and IE. So, who is right here? Is there a > way to get them to behave the same? Fixed widths are

Re: [css-d] Special how-to request

2008-04-14 Thread Alan Gresley
cj wrote: > On 4/12/08, Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> IE8: A disaster. Broken pieces here and there. I would say this is since >> you have this. > > just my two cents, but you might think twice about taking the time to > make your site display

Re: [css-d] inside results in smaller computed font-size in FF

2008-04-12 Thread Alan Gresley
Pentasis wrote: > Can anyone tell me why this happens? > > The HTML looks like this: > > > some text > > > If the CSS is like: > > body { > font-size: 0.875em; /* computes to 14px */ > line-height: 1.5em; > } > > pre { > font-family: Consolas, "Courier New", Courier, monospac

Re: [css-d] what is with IE7 (was Navigation bar)

2008-04-12 Thread Alan Gresley
Andrew Doades wrote: > > > Alan Gresley wrote: [snip] > Sorry for the top post, I forget people don't like that! :-[ > > I have just been reading on IE8 and looks like most of the problems if > IE7 will hopefully be fixed. (lets hope) > > But I the one thing

Re: [css-d] what is with IE7 (was Navigation bar)

2008-04-12 Thread Alan Gresley
Andrew Doades wrote: > Hello all... > > I could not help picking up o a bit about IE7, I recently attempted a > sidebar for my website, and all now works (to some extent) but for IE7. > > I was just wondering what is with IE7, IE6 used to be fine, it always > worked, same with FF but why is 7 c

Re: [css-d] Navigation bar

2008-04-12 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm in the process of converting an old frames/tables/JavaScript site to all > CSS. There many billions of pages needing the same treatment. Please take a look at this screen shot. The forth line down run 5

Re: [css-d] Special how-to request

2008-04-12 Thread Alan Gresley
Keith Kaiser wrote: > On Apr 11, 2008, at 3:42 PM, David Laakso wrote: >> Add this to your rt.css style sheet to position the alert (changing >> it from the locked inline absolute positioning it had, to a float >> called from the CSS makes it easier to position and maintain). >> Overflow:hidde

Re: [css-d] safari specific stylesheets

2008-04-10 Thread Alan Gresley
Publicstyle wrote: > Ok I have spent the last few hours lurking google and the archives of this > list hard, but with no luck yet. > > Does anyone know of a way to make safari ignore my main stylesheet and read > a seperate one -- something like conditional comments for IE. Yes there is a way.

Re: [css-d] why does this work in all browsers except Firefox?

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
James Stone wrote: > http://fndtn357.brinkster.net/ > > My page has a visual error in Mozilla 2.0013 but works in all other up to > date browsers (IE 7, Safari for Windows, Safari on Mac, and Opera). Week 1 > tab is above all the other tabs in the horizontal navigation bar. > > Any tips will be

Re: [css-d] Adjacent sibling selectors not taking

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Martin Sammtleben wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I use the general selector to zero my paddings and margins. I then > add in some defaults for common elements: > > p, h1, h2, h3 { > margin-top: 0.5em; > margin-bottom: 0.5em; > } > > ...and then use adjacent sibling sel. to refine them, w

Re: [css-d] Most popular fonts for browsers

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
tedd wrote: >> tick-tock, wonder how long before this off-topic post is ended > > At first, I thought that too, but isn't knowing what's available for > css font-family properties part of the practical application of css > and thus on-topic? > > Cheers, > > tedd This is off topic. Where in

Re: [css-d] Full-height left column in fluid layout.

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Richard Grevers wrote: > Hi, > http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services uses a negative-margin based > 2-column layout plus footerstickalt. How can I make the left-column > (which is sized in ems) full height? - note that it is full height in > IE6, but that has broken the footer positioning on sh

Re: [css-d] Resize text based on container?

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Dave M G wrote: > CSS-d, > > I have a tag that shows the name of a logged in user. The name can > vary from 6 to 16 characters. > > With the design I've currently got, most names fit in. But I've realized > that if a name is too big, it runs past the edges of the . > > Is there a way to make

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Christina Hawkins :: GlobalSpex wrote: > Hello. > I just can't seem to wrap my head around IE and it's reasons for not letting > my "clearfloat" div make my 2 columns play nice. IE is causing my > "MainContent1" to be placed below the "leftcolumn1" div. > > Index: http://www.globalspex.com/client

Re: [css-d] Broken negative-margin layout

2008-04-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Richard Grevers wrote: > I'm not sure which of several changes did it, but the 2-column > negative margin layout at > > http://www.vine.org.nz/index.php/services > > suddenly has a disappeared left column (in IE, firefox, Opera) > HTML and CSS both validate. All browser seem to be showing the s

Re: [css-d] Help with the "C" in "CSS"

2008-04-07 Thread Alan Gresley
John wrote: > I have been using CSS for a couple years now, but most of what I've > done is emulate code I've seen and bang it into the form I need it to > be. > Often this works mostly, but then a certain situation or another's > computer will reveal embarrassing rookie mistakes. > > In add

Re: [css-d] Bullet list without paragraph break

2008-04-07 Thread Alan Gresley
Andrew Doades wrote: > Yes, I understand it may not be the correct way to go about this > problem, but it was a simple solution that with almost every modern > browser will work. [...] > Andrew Hi Andrew. For list you can use. float:left; float:right; display:inline; display:inline-block; dis

Re: [css-d] Should we start using inline-block?

2008-04-06 Thread Alan Gresley
Pentasis wrote: > Soon FF3 will be out. As far as I know it will support the > display:inline-block property. > Opera and Safari already support it, and IE6 and IE7 support it partially > with a relatively simply workaround. > So, should we abandon the "search" for the holy grail for multi-column

Re: [css-d] Background in IE6 and 7

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Mark Finney wrote: > Thanks for your advice, > > I have a mock up here... > > http://cathaytrade.co.uk/tabletest/ > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks in advance! Remove the background image from the th.header and put them on the anchors. table.styledTable thead th a, table.styledTable thea

Re: [css-d] IE7 issues with site - missing content/slow scrolling

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Alan Gresley wrote: > >> You are correct there Georg but it's when each dimension is squared >> that the slow down is noticed. The present image (bg.gif) is 4px by >> 4px. This could be fixed with an image of 4px in width and either &

Re: [css-d] Almost there!! But my nav buttons in IE...

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Gresley
tmesa.mesadesignhouse wrote: > In IE7 (I haven't checked IE6 yet), the button images are separating > from each other, but in FF/Safari, they're not. They're NOT supposed > to separate from each other, so they're supposed to look like they do > in FF. > > Can anyone help me with this IE issu

Re: [css-d] IE8 : Padding

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: >> From: Alan Gresley >> >> .Don't hack for IE8 (though I and others >> know how :-). It's MS job to fix IE8. >> >> >> Alan > > Now here, I would absolutely agree with you. There

Re: [css-d] IE8 : Padding

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Foundation Flash wrote: > Dear all, > Earlier this week I asked a direct question and got a direct response. > Now I have a more general point, but a direct answer is always nice. I > was just using BrowserShots to looks at the cross-browser compatibility > of a design (http://shrinkify.com/2od)

Re: [css-d] Anchor tags

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > As a courtesy to you I have 'bottom' posted, but 'top posting' > is my 'style'. No-one else has a problem with it, and I can't > keep changing it to suit everyone. :-) > > Yes, I did alter your code because at first it would not work > in any browser, which may have been

Re: [css-d] Anchor tags

2008-04-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > Hi. Thanks for the reply. > > I had started to think along these lines, but not actually worked it out. :-) > > I've tried what you suggest and it works fine in IE7, Firefox, Opera and > Safari, however it refuses to work in IE 6. Any ideas? > > Here's the code: > > >

Re: [css-d] space in horizontal nav

2008-04-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Matt Tibbits wrote: > I also forgot to mention that it only shows when you hover over the link... > if that helps any. Firstly IE has a whitespace bug with list [1] [2]. I think this is due to IE wanting to show the list default padding and margins different to all other browsers. All versions

Re: [css-d] Background in IE6 and 7

2008-04-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Mark Finney wrote: > Dear List, > > I have a table theading (thead>tr>th) which has a background image set on > the tr. I also have a small arrow image set as a background image to a link > in each th to indicate the direction of sort. In FF all works as expected, > however in IE6+7 oon XP (all I

Re: [css-d] centering divs within divs / jumping columns

2008-04-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > http://www.triviumwine.com/continuum_site/pages/vision.html > I agree. (Not about the 'brightest star'!!! ). > > It works fine in IE6, IE7, Firefox, Opera and Safari, apart from Firefox > rendering the footer with more height than you intended. > > Could it be that your

Re: [css-d] centering divs within divs / jumping columns

2008-04-04 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > http://www.triviumwine.com/continuum_site/pages/vision.html > I agree. (Not about the 'brightest star'!!! ). > > It works fine in IE6, IE7, Firefox, Opera and Safari, apart from Firefox > rendering the footer with more height than you intended. > > Could it be that your

Re: [css-d] Anchor tags

2008-04-03 Thread Alan Gresley
Alan K Baker wrote: > Hi all. > > I have a need for an entire index page to be contained within an anchor, so > that anyone visiting the site would have to simply click anywhere within the > page to bring up the next screen. > > As tags can't contain s , does anyone have a technique to achiev

Re: [css-d] FF and IE problems

2008-04-03 Thread Alan Gresley
Andrew Doades wrote: > Nope, I removed that width control from the css but still IE is refusing > to show it correctly, I did use FireBug in FireFox to check this out and > FireBug seems to agree that it's ok! Without a link we have know idea what IE is doing. Which versions of IE are you refe

Re: [css-d] FF and IE problems

2008-04-03 Thread Alan Gresley
Andrew Doades wrote: > In my css file: > > #sidebar { > float:left; > width:165px; > border: 3px solid #aaa; > background-color: #eee; > margin:2px; > padding: 1em; > } > > #content-main { > float:none; > width:100%; > } > > then in my template I just put that links a

Re: [css-d] IE7 issues with site - missing content/slow scrolling

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Gresley
> Original Message > Subject: Re: [css-d] IE7 issues with site - missing content/slow > scrolling > From: Gunlaug Sørtun<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, March 31, 2008 1:29 pm > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] IE7 issues with site - missing content/slow scrolling

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Gresley
Shelly wrote: > Hey all, > > I was wondering if you could help me troubleshoot something. I've been > working on a site (http://brassblogs.com/alliance-link/), and right now > I'm browser checking. Typically, I check out all my other browsers > before I start in on IE, and this one hasn't ha

Re: [css-d] How to make css crossbrowser?

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Gresley
Casadio Pablito wrote: > Date: Mon, March 31, 2008 3:43 am > To: > > Hi at all > I ask a questioin about css/crossbeowser: > Please Take a lokk here: > > div#conteiner { > overflow:hidden; /* Now div#conteiner contain all floats Not for IE5~IE6*/ > } > > * html div#conteiner {overflow:visible;h

Re: [css-d] IE Problem - Menu

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Gresley
Ibrahim wrote: > Thanks all, I'm really happy now :) > > anyway, I fixed the menu on IE6, but still not sure about IE7 coz I didn't > test it on IE7 > I commented the old code, you can check the css file. > moreover, firefox need the attribute "float:left" to display it correctly. > I think it's

Re: [css-d] :: ie/7 linked img border-bottom ::

2008-03-30 Thread Alan Gresley
I wrote: > *first-child+html/*/*/ .caption a img { margin-right: 10px; } that should be with the colon. *:first-child+html/*/*/ .caption a img { margin-right: 10px; } Alan http://css-class.com/test/ __ css-discuss [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] IE Problem - Menu

2008-03-30 Thread Alan Gresley
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Alan, > > look for /* horizontal pill menu */ in 'template.CSS', and the #pillmenu > ul/li. I eventually found it. :-) > Also, what are you using to save that page? IE/win (any version) is of > no use. > > regards > Georg > -- > http://www.gunlaug.no I don't

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