Re: [css-d] style sheets and page weight

2007-11-19 Thread Bob Easton
itself takes a pittance. Now, for subsequent reloads, external style sheets make a difference. They're cached in the browser and there's no load time. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css

Re: [css-d] Advanced CSS techniques book

2007-10-28 Thread Bob Easton
techniques? ... There is a link to our WIKI/FAQ at the bottom of every post. It has a page about books that a lot of people have put effort into creating. You might find something useful there: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=GoodBooks -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access

Re: [css-d] ADMIN - OFF TOPIC -Same old Hat (new)

2007-10-22 Thread Bob Easton
, or move to another list. For suggestions, see: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman

Re: [css-d] ADMIN - OFF TOPIC - Newbie

2007-10-22 Thread Bob Easton
coding techniques. See: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] Vertical Space Grudge Match: br vs css

2007-05-21 Thread Bob Easton
, or whatever, it can be done by changing one CSS file, not editing all of the brs in all the HTML files. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] [css-d ADMIN] Any CSS GURUs?

2007-04-16 Thread Bob Easton
Gigaboy20 wrote: I'm looking to hire an insanely smart css wizard who can hack theri way into doing almost anything with css. Gigaboy20 has been unsubscribed - blatant violation of list policies. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] 3 column displays incorrectly in IE6

2007-04-14 Thread Bob Easton
the contents of cells. You have that on this page. The images in the left column are related to their descriptions in the right column. Perfectly appropriate use of a data table. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN WARNING] font-size advice

2007-03-27 Thread Bob Easton
base sizes, a fact that could very easily throw off all your careful calculations. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d

Re: [css-d] Using em's for unit measures

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Easton
will assume what you are seeing is IE's broken box model. Please read: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModel and the top part of http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModelHack -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN - OFF Topic] Off topic UK law for websites

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Easton
be banned. ref: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=PostingGuidelines http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css

[css-d] CSS Celebrating 10 years with Style

2006-12-20 Thread Bob Easton
CSS, as a technology, reached its tenth birthday a few days ago. To celebrate, Bert Bos and HÃ¥kon Lie, founding fathers and still the core of the CSS Working Group, put together an anniversary web site. Enjoy it at: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS10/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http

Re: [css-d] Pitfalls of overflow

2006-12-19 Thread Bob Easton
-cell columns) are so common... Or am I chasing an impossible (or just ultra risky) dream? Does the submenu really need overflow:hidden? I haven't tried it (or can't remember trying it), but what happens with overfolw:scroll on an absolutely positioned element? -- Bob Easton Accessibility

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN] Community view point for CSS on font size

2006-12-18 Thread Bob Easton
material in the WIKI, and in the list archives, that we need not rehash the discussion here yet again. This thread stops now. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [css-d] Bizarre img margin behavior in IE7

2006-11-04 Thread Bob Easton
is complaining about too many values for .vnav ul and .vnav ul li ... having to do with the opacity specification. I'm not sure why this would cause that symptom, but worth trying. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Tailor's dummy accessible menu

2006-11-04 Thread Bob Easton
, including IE7. Took a look at the CSS and left very quickly. Being an old time programmer, set in his ways, I'm not a fan of needing to scroll horizontally to read code. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Heading tag Sizing

2006-11-04 Thread Bob Easton
and tell us which specific browsers you are concerned about. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css

Re: [css-d] IE Conditional comments

2006-11-04 Thread Bob Easton
search and replace catastrophes. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com

Re: [css-d] CSS 3 column layout: elastic/fluid

2006-09-04 Thread Bob Easton
a #header and #footer). ... See our WIKI: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] Navigation tabs

2006-08-20 Thread Bob Easton
corner tabs that adjust to the width of text in the tabs, and has been well tested in many browsers. http://alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] Wide Table and CSS Based Layout?

2006-06-27 Thread Bob Easton
div to enclose all of the content (in this case the table). Unless I'm missing something very subtle, I think the answer is to set an explicit width on the container that holds the table. I would suggest min-width, but IE does not support min-width until IE7. -- Bob Easton Accessibility

Re: [css-d] [OT] [ADMIN]Sharing a BrowserCam account

2006-06-27 Thread Bob Easton
know better, as evidenced by starting with a quasi-apology. You are inviting expulsion. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [css-d] IE Image redraw problem on scroll

2006-06-27 Thread Bob Easton
. As for accessibility, the HTML structure is always more important than the CSS. As long as all the navigation is in a list, either CSS approach produces the same results in a screen reader. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] CSS layout breaks in IE6 when window is narrow

2006-06-19 Thread Bob Easton
version of IE respects min-width. So, once the window is squeezed too far, IE drops the column. Comment out the min-width, and FF will drop the column too. There are a few work arounds noted in the WIKI: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=MinWidth -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http

Re: [css-d] List style colour

2006-06-16 Thread Bob Easton
. Some developers get around this by using images instead, included via CSS list-style-image: url(...) -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] Fonts

2006-05-22 Thread Bob Easton
://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work.html -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css

Re: [css-d] Two columns equal length

2006-05-21 Thread Bob Easton
I choose the catch all !--[if IE] or a more specific version type ? The general case will work, but may not be perfect in IE 5.0 (haven't tested). -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css

Re: [css-d] Anidated divs IE problem

2006-05-21 Thread Bob Easton
, thanks! The two small snips of code are not enough to recreate the problem. Something else is part of the problem. We need to see more. Can you post an example on the web? -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Style Families

2006-05-21 Thread Bob Easton
, and fewer yet browser implementors. A better way to make sure your proposal is seen is to post it on the W3C's *www-style* mail list. Find subscription instructions here: http://www.w3.org/Mail/Request -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Is css3 going to allow us to use non-system font?

2006-04-27 Thread Bob Easton
, and then is followed by an implementation period that is also long and tedious. If it does happen, it might be years before we see it actually implemented in browsers. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css

Re: [css-d] What IMG Replacement Technique?

2006-04-19 Thread Bob Easton
/2005/05/08/quiz-114-image-replacement-techniques/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css

Re: [css-d] Duplicate Content, Form Width Madness

2006-03-27 Thread Bob Easton
: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ScreenreaderVisibility -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub

Re: [css-d] 3 Column fluid and equal layout

2006-03-27 Thread Bob Easton
with the browser window in the horizontal direction? I'd rather have real columns than the faut layout using background colors. The best answer is Alex Robinson's One True Layout. http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/onetruelayout/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access

Re: [css-d] Problem with overlapping a form element

2006-03-14 Thread Bob Easton
geocities does not allow me to upload the htc file. This is normal behavior for form controls. They always rise to the highest z-order. The best answer is to locate the control in a place where it does not conflict with a menu. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] height: 100%;

2006-03-13 Thread Bob Easton
normal behavior for height. Containers expand in height to hold their content. Our WIKI has an article about making any column longest which describes several ways to have all columns the same height. See: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=AnyColumnLongest -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters

Re: [css-d] CSS dropdown menu + Accessibility Issue

2006-03-13 Thread Bob Easton
-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ScreenreaderVisibility By the way, use the text skip to MAIN content. Without the adjective, some screen readers pronounce content the wrong way, as in contented, satisfied. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Problems with IE 7

2006-02-02 Thread Bob Easton
partial). MS is also operating a discussion group about IE7b2 at: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.generalcat=en_us_28cca3eb-7037-4d4f-bde1-d8efee1f1420lang=encr=us -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access

Re: [css-d] Css menu

2006-01-29 Thread Bob Easton
. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http

Re: [css-d] Browser Statistics

2006-01-28 Thread Bob Easton
of an unknown audience. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org

Re: [css-d] CSS Technique Resource

2006-01-18 Thread Bob Easton
Tyson Tate wrote: ... If there exists none currently, I'll look into making a public Wiki for everyone. Echoing Christian Heilmann's advice: try supporting our own CSS Discuss FAQ/WIKI ... the one mentioned at the bottom of every single posting. -- Bob Easton (CSS-Discuss associate

Re: [css-d] Mixing fixed and flexible widths

2006-01-14 Thread Bob Easton
it is inside of? -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org

Re: [css-d] Content not centering in IE

2005-12-26 Thread Bob Easton
. I figure there's probably got to be a fix for this in IE. ... IE 5.5 and earlier doesn't know about margin:auto. IE 6 does. There's a good page about centering block elements in our wiki. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CenteringBlockElement -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http

Re: [css-d] [css-d ADMIN OFF TOPIC] Purchase of MAC for CSS cross-browser testing

2005-12-13 Thread Bob Easton
People with recommendations for Sam should answer off list so 6000 subscribers don't have to wade through it. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css

Re: [css-d] Centering Flickr Badge

2005-12-13 Thread Bob Easton
. Help! My blog is here: http://nielsolson.us/Haversian/ #zg_div {margin: 0 auto;} should do it. This says use 0 margin top and bottom and auto width margins left and right. There's more on centering in the WIKI at: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CenteringBlockElement -- Bob Easton

Re: [css-d] [css-d ADMIN Off Topic] em or % in width

2005-11-29 Thread Bob Easton
We have wandered astray from the original question. To avoid veering further astray, into the dreaded / endless font size discussion, let's leave this one as it is. -- Bob Easton __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [css-d] [css-d - ADMIN] OT - Understanding the Website Flow

2005-11-22 Thread Bob Easton
a lot better. And it may not even been this group that I saw it on as well. People looking for OT information should review our OT page in the WIKI instead of posting to the list. See: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton

Re: [css-d] Box Model Tutorial

2005-11-22 Thread Bob Easton
/boxmodelhack.html http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=E0989953B6F20B41 Our WIKI, noted at the bottom of *every* post is also a good place to look ... for almost any CSS related question. -- Bob Easton __ css-discuss [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] IE Print Margins

2005-11-10 Thread Bob Easton
margin set in the operating system device driver. While some graphic editing programs allow access to these margins, browsers don't have access to them. The best you can do is ensure your print style sheet sets the margins for the outermost container to zero. -- Bob Easton Accessibility

Re: [css-d] Beginner's Positioning Question - IE6

2005-10-15 Thread Bob Easton
/threepxtest.html -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported

Re: [css-d] re forms

2005-10-02 Thread Bob Easton
are having HTML problems, this is not the right place. See our off-topic page in the WIKI for suggestions about where else to ask question. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d][OFF TOPIC] Anyone know of a good usability list

2005-10-01 Thread Bob Easton
Aaron Roberson wrote: I am looking for a list that is as good as this one but for usability issues. Anyone know of such a list? The question is off topic for this list. Please consult the list of OFF Topic resources in the WIKI. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton

Re: [css-d] columns of lists

2005-10-01 Thread Bob Easton
Apart has TWO articles about multi-column lists. http://www.alistapart.com -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List

Re: [css-d] Many requirements

2005-09-29 Thread Bob Easton
the right CSS selectors is much cleaner. (Again, class and ID info in the WIKI.) (a) http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats/ (b) http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Four Column Layout

2005-09-25 Thread Bob Easton
either well defined margin or padding. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com

Re: [css-d] random background image

2005-09-25 Thread Bob Easton
jeremy wrote: i have been looking for a really good way to make a random background image happen. ... Is there a pure CSS way to go about this? CSS can't do it. It's scripting time. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] How big is too big?

2005-09-22 Thread Bob Easton
with low vision, who zoom the magnification of pages. (2) (1) http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic (2) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/lowvision (3) http://css-discuss.incutio.com/page?=DesignerDeveloperBlogs -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] CSS hover panel and IE

2005-09-19 Thread Bob Easton
div.addresspanel {... ... The problem is simple. IE supports hover only on anchors, not on any other HTML element. The solution is more difficult. Wait for IE7 to become pervasive, of find a different technique. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] variable width left column, left+right column tops line up

2005-09-18 Thread Bob Easton
the centering. However, the first time someone increases text size, kabloooey! Of course, you'd have that in a table based design too. See our WIKI for more information on centering: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CenteringBlockElement -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Is it possible to style a cell TD so that images inside of it with links have no border?

2005-09-16 Thread Bob Easton
/css3explainer/selectoracle.py -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported

Re: [css-d] Printing resized text

2005-09-16 Thread Bob Easton
. Another scenario suggests having no explicit print style sheet, or one that makes absolutely no font-size declarations. (1) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/lowvision -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Gaps Between List Items in IE

2005-09-16 Thread Bob Easton
could try other methods: - run all the LIs together on one continuous line - line break the LI in an unusual manner, such as: limiscellaneous stuff /lilimore stuff /lilietc/li -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Compliant Browser displaying upgrade browser message

2005-09-15 Thread Bob Easton
. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http

Re: [css-d] MSIE li menu problem

2005-09-12 Thread Bob Easton
each li is the width of the window and stacked below each other: http://tmp.askask.com/2005/09/pool-msie.png Give those floats an explicit width. Standards compliant browsers do a good job of calculating the implied widths. IE doesn't. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access

Re: [css-d] help positioning

2005-09-12 Thread Bob Easton
time someone resizes text in their browser, overlaps are very likely. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki

Re: [css-d] Cubecart - OFF TOPIC

2005-09-11 Thread Bob Easton
and discussions about CSS. Cubecart is a shopping cart system which should be discussed elsewhere. Please see our off-topic page for suggestions on where else you might ask. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=OffTopic -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Toggle between fixed and liquid layouts

2005-09-11 Thread Bob Easton
. Then, check the paragraph with id=theme which runs a script found inside scripts.js. For more detail about stylesheet switching, wee the original articlce which describes the technique on A List Apart. http://www.alistapart.com/stories/alternate/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access

Re: [css-d] How to move content area to the top of this floated layout?

2005-09-09 Thread Bob Easton
wide enough to hold the left sidebar and its gutter. Next float the right sidebar (float left against content). Lastly, AP the left sidebar in the margin of content. The thing to be careful of is that content needs to be vertically longer than left sidebar. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters

Re: [css-d] navbar problem

2005-09-09 Thread Bob Easton
; to #subnav to clear the floats used in #navlist. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css

Re: [css-d] MAC OSX problem with background image in hyperlink

2005-09-07 Thread Bob Easton
) code the image into the html (yes I know, you want to avoid this) -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http

Re: [css-d] Footer woes--charity website

2005-09-07 Thread Bob Easton
); background-repeat: repeat-y; /*padding: 0 60px 0 20px;*/ /*border: thick solid pink;*/ } -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css

Re: [css-d] A 100% horizontal navigation bar

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Easton
to do it! The explanation is real easy and is in the declaration for LI. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki

Re: [css-d] page footer sliding between text

2005-09-03 Thread Bob Easton
. That will force it to clear the floats above it and sit beneath them. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] photo gallery broken in ie

2005-09-03 Thread Bob Easton
rashantha de silva wrote: hello does anyone know why this does not work in ie http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/gallery.html Works OK on IE 6.0 and IE 5.5 on Win XP Pro. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] 3-col layout auto-expanding DIV?

2005-09-02 Thread Bob Easton
. Your solution needs to expand beyond the viewport for certain pages, doesn't it? What happens if you comment out that one line? -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [css-d] Best IR technique ?

2005-08-31 Thread Bob Easton
and weaknesses. (1) http://www.access-matters.com/2005/05/08/quiz-114-image-replacement-techniques/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org

Re: [css-d] Accessibility and font sizing

2005-08-31 Thread Bob Easton
-discuss.incutio.com/ (3) http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FontSize (4) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/lowvision -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css

Re: [css-d] IE 5.5 problem

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Easton
something obvious. The page is at http://www.mikewiggin.com/resume.html and the css is at http://www.mikewiggin.com/bubbles.css How does it break? Looks the same in IE 5.5 as in IE6 and FF on WIN XP Pro. PS: I new to this. Hmmm? The resume claims HTML 6 yrs, CSS 4 yrs. -- Bob Easton

Re: [css-d] Is this an IE rendering error ?

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Easton
how to divide a space into even 50% portions when the space is an odd number of pixels wide. Change one of those values to 49% and it will be solved. The second *might* be the guilloitne bug. See: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/guillotine.html -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters

Re: [css-d] simple problem - difficult solution

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Easton
and margins), and no further. To fill a space, you need to put something of that height inside the div, or set the div to that explicit height. If you don't know the height, find a JavaScript script to do it for you. Our WIKI has examples: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility

Re: [css-d] Image float

2005-08-28 Thread Bob Easton
the answer. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http

Re: [css-d] Flag position

2005-08-28 Thread Bob Easton
for the second declaration for lock. It says .ock. The leading l is missing. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ

Re: [css-d] [layout] 2 column

2005-08-28 Thread Bob Easton
, and not with floats. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported

Re: [css-d] Closing a Clear

2005-08-10 Thread Bob Easton
to be within the box. Looks like the classic failure to contain floats. Two remedies are common: http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats/ http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html -- Bob Easton __ css

Re: [css-d] Sidenotes v Footnotes

2005-07-29 Thread Bob Easton
://www.access-matters.com/2005/07/23/daring-fireball-footnotes/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http

Re: [css-d] First Post ;)

2005-07-17 Thread Bob Easton
http://jeffhowden.com/code/css/forms/ Cameron Adams has a very good article about forms which are not only well styled, but have good accessibility characteristics. Be sure to study the companion layout templates. http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2004/03/24/?styles= -- Bob

Re: [css-d] font family?

2005-07-16 Thread Bob Easton
CSS, it tells me that I should only do this as a last resort, So my questions are: 'what is the first resort' these days? What is the standards way? What do you guys do? Follow your instincts. Specify as many fonts as you think are needed to satisfy your audience. -- Bob Easton

Re: [css-d] IE absolute positioning problem

2005-07-16 Thread Bob Easton
you have a pixel ruler?), one can only surmise that IE is using that 570px as the relative left edge for the absolute position. Try adding clear:both to the style. Better yet, move it above main-body in the source. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Text Positioning

2005-07-15 Thread Bob Easton
. The way to gain control is strip all the defaults and set your own. Like this: http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/19/global-ws-reset/ -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL

Re: [css-d] using of DIVs

2005-07-15 Thread Bob Easton
/global.html#edef-H1 -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org

Re: [css-d] how to achieve text indentation without p tags?

2005-07-13 Thread Bob Easton
: Address: Yes, the spec says text-indent applies to block level elements. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#propdef-text-indent Your example looks like a data table, and therefore best implemented using a table, not CSS. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http

Re: [css-d] extra space around a table inside a div

2005-07-13 Thread Bob Easton
table margin:0; BTW, put all the style in the head of the document, not in the body. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css

Re: [css-d] Strange float drop

2005-07-11 Thread Bob Easton
BTW, please don't include source code when you've already included a URL. The list is about 6000 people and that's a lot of bloated messages to send. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] Using non-standard Fonts

2005-07-09 Thread Bob Easton
. .special-font {font-family: inverse arial, Arial, helvetica, Sans-Serif; } -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List

Re: [css-d] Vertical Text for Castle Hotel Menu (Italy)

2005-07-09 Thread Bob Easton
web pages with 740px of print width. 740px = 7.7 inches which centers nicely on 8.5 inches. Now, layout the page for 960px by 740px and it will fit neatly on 11 x 8.5 -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] Fixed and Float

2005-07-07 Thread Bob Easton
/css/default.asp -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported

Re: [css-d] Too many floats?

2005-07-07 Thread Bob Easton
probably work much better is everything was floated left. On large screens, the myODS box can float a long distance away from the center column, leaving an ugly gap. -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] [ADMIN: Caution] Another font sizing question

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Easton
) and the archives (2). Please use those resources, and let's avoid yet another flame war. (1) http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ (2) http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=SearchCssDiscussList -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] visibility for screenreaders

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Easton
of more extensive testing on my accessibility blog (3). (1) http://www.access-matters.com/2005/04/03/quiz-241-on-being-heard-but-not-seen/ (2) http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ScreenreaderVisibility (3) http://access-matters.com -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access

Re: [css-d] Problems with simplebits background cheat

2005-06-26 Thread Bob Easton
terribly obvious. Clearing floats correctly is important in all browsers. Here are two helpful articles: http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats/ http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com

Re: [css-d] why width:100% in nested div corner technique

2005-06-22 Thread Bob Easton
). -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http

Re: [css-d] Metallic website

2005-06-21 Thread Bob Easton
. .main {background: url(main-gradient.gif) repeat x;} .footer {background: url(fotter-gradient.gif) repeat x;} -- Bob Easton Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org

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