Re: [css-d] hide image from non-enabled css

2006-05-26 Thread jack fredricks
On 5/26/06, Zoe M. Gillenwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Courtney Burge wrote: On this page: http://www.cofc.edu/~hml/index2.html I have a header image that is set to display:none on the regular stylesheet and will print with the use of a print stylesheet. Is there a way to also hide

Re: [css-d] IE5.0/Win issue with position:absolute anchor

2006-05-25 Thread jack fredricks
Ingo Chao wrote: in [1], you have two solutions, but in Jack's case, only 4:onclick handler worked for me, not 3:negative z-index. Maybe another bug is interfering. I've tried a similar approach as with links not working when placed over an absolutely positioned element with a filter

[css-d] IE5.0/Win issue with position:absolute anchor

2006-05-23 Thread jack fredricks
Hi all, I'm sorry, I don't have an external link where I can provide a sample. Here's a html page though (you will need an image with a file name of a.gif for this to work) !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd; html lang=en head

Re: [css-d] IE5.0/Win issue with position:absolute anchor

2006-05-23 Thread jack fredricks
On 5/23/06, Philippe Wittenbergh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 4:00 PM, jack fredricks wrote: The image is absolutely positioned, but I cannot left-click on it to activate the link. I can right-click and open or open in new window, however. The only styling applied

Re: [css-d] Style Families

2006-05-19 Thread jack fredricks
There's javascript, sure. Couldn't we also try to advocate the introduction of something like familied style sheets though? And then allow a browser to specify an active stylesheet for each family, rather than just one active stylesheet? It's very early here in Oz, and I might have missed a

Re: [css-d] @import media rule

2006-05-16 Thread jack fredricks
Workaround: I use the following method to @import print-stylesheets into my main stylesheets... @import url(fineprint.css); (yes, an ordinary @import without media-pointer.) Then, in my 'fineprint.css' i wrap the entire styleset in an ordinary... @media print {

[css-d] @import media rule

2006-05-11 Thread jack fredricks
Hi all, I've done a bit of a google - with no luck..so I thought I'd mozie on over here... I can't seem to get this rule to work on IE6 or FF; @import url(fineprint.css) print; http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#at-import The file and the file location are fine (a standard LINK element

Re: [css-d] @import media rule

2006-05-11 Thread jack fredricks
lo, Had the same issue recently, IE and surprisingly FF don't seem to support that structure unfortunately, To select media specific css i used the link element and just a normal @import rule for the main css, ah well :( You could always try @media print { @import

[css-d] IE6 'dotted' border bug

2006-04-26 Thread jack fredricks
Hi all, I've got a lil ol IE6 rendering bug, and I was wondering if anyone had seen it, and found a solution to it. NB: this issue is not related to IE getting dotted -vs- dashed confused I have this rule; .myclass { border: 1px dashed #000; } When I scroll down the page, IE doesn't redraw

Re: [css-d] fluid 3 col layout with over-sized content

2006-04-25 Thread jack fredricks
Jack, There was a similar thread not too long ago. Here was my response, pointing to some appropriate layouts: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/73051 Zoe Thank you all. Over the last week I've tried several more designs, all to no avail. Due to time pressures I have to

[css-d] fluid 3 col layout with over-sized content

2006-04-18 Thread jack fredricks
Hi all, I've been having problems getting the center column in my 3 col layouts to deal with over-sized content, ie an image with a width of 2000px. I'm about to give up, and when i do... it's time to come here :) I've tried about a dozen well known layouts, and then about 6 'lessor' ones from

Re: [css-d] Resizing input

2006-03-22 Thread jack fredricks
I can't think of any CSS solution, sorry. If it HAS to be a single line input, you're USCWAP. I'd suggest using a TEXTAREA if you can. If you can just display it (and not have it in an input), try white-space: pre-wrap; /* css-3 */ white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; /* moz */ good luck On 3/22/06,

[css-d] Easy Clearing and clear:both issue

2006-03-21 Thread jack fredricks
Hi all, Just wondering if you could please shed some light on this issue for me. Sorry, I dont have access to an external webserver, so I will paste the code here; !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd; html lang=en head titleFloat

Re: [css-d] Easy Clearing and clear:both issue

2006-03-21 Thread jack fredricks
Thank you both (Gunlaug and Ingo), the problem was indeed my lack of understanding of the 'Block Formatting Context', listed as G said here; http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#q15 The key then is to change the Block Formatting Context..and..WOW... G's suggestion of changing the

[css-d] combining white-space:pre and word-wrap: break-word?

2005-11-21 Thread jack fredricks
I'm trying to combine white-space:pre and word-wrap: break-word in a rule and not getting too far. I guess in someways they shouldn't work together..but.. i'm trying to achieve this; content in a TD which; 1) preserves soft-returns/line breaks (breaks that are NOT brs etc). For this I need the

Re: [css-d] CSS rollover effect problems

2005-06-05 Thread jack fredricks
if it's an IE (only) hack, should it be escaped for IE (only)? On 6/3/05, Ingo Chao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lea Anna Davis schrieb: Adding the code #menu a:hover {background:1%;} worked! How bizarre. I have no idea why IE needs to have this code. background:1%; tries to position a

[css-d] Re: Positioning/Hiding Legends

2005-06-01 Thread jack fredricks
i hate bumping, but i thought i'd try my luck once more jack On 5/30/05, jack fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a decent way to 'hide' a legend from visual browsers? For design reasons, I am duplicating the fieldset's legend using a header (sorry, I can't avoid

[css-d] Positioning/Hiding Legends

2005-05-29 Thread jack fredricks
Does anyone know of a decent way to 'hide' a legend from visual browsers? For design reasons, I am duplicating the fieldset's legend using a header (sorry, I can't avoid this at this stage). I want to keep a real legend for accessibility, but don't want to have both my fake legend and real legend

Re: [css-d] Why using file extension .css

2005-05-24 Thread jack fredricks
it's a DOS hang-over. File extensions are not *needed*, the main OS developers *choose* to use them. It makes file types more 'human readable'. I personally think it should be metadata. But thats all offtopic. As for why use them TODAY? It all depends on your browser support. If all the browsers

Re: [css-d] Images vs inline styles vs width/height

2005-05-24 Thread jack fredricks
Just for clarification, since most of the replies have been taken out of context, it is the positioning information within the asterisks that I was suggesting the author handle with CSS and move to the CSS file. The comment move to the CSS file had nothing to do with dimensions. img

Re: [css-d] help - CSS styled divider in between items on a page not working properly

2005-05-24 Thread jack fredricks
in an XML document div class=divider/div should be; div class=divider/div but this isnt a CSS issue. The validator told you the error - Error: attribute values must be quoted in XML. You should listen to it, it's quite smart :)

Re: [css-d] Site Check - Windows Users

2005-05-23 Thread jack fredricks
not too bad, at least font/viewport re-sizing doesnt totally blow it. The only thing I saw in IE6 was Enjoy Unique Jewellery ending up hidden behind the 'icons of jewels'. i also find that the girl's picture is stretched, and that makes me feel weird. Is there supposed to be more borders around

[css-d] Images vs inline styles vs width/height

2005-05-23 Thread jack fredricks
david laasko wrote recently; Move the inline styles for all the images to the CSS file. and it made me wonder... is it ok to move an image's width and height attribs into a style sheet? I'm old skool, and I was brainwashed into making sure I always specify them in the html source (to aid with

Re: [css-d] user adjusted font sizing in browsers

2005-05-20 Thread jack fredricks
IE doesnt resize fixed (px) fonts. All other decent browsers will resize font's regardless of what unit you specify. This is how it should be. Maybe try JS? however, if you do this, please make sure the font is readable to those with poor eyesight. Making something 14pts and fixing it is nicer

Re: [css-d] Specifying a width for list items

2005-05-18 Thread jack fredricks
you can't give a width to an inline element like an a. Turn your as into block elements using a { display:block; width:auto; } li { width:88px } that should do the trick On 5/19/05, Mike Stickel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a new project and the horizontal navigation

Re: [css-d] site check

2005-05-17 Thread jack fredricks
there's one thing that confuses me..9 out of 10 'site checks please' clearly dont EVER increase the font size when testing. Can we put that in the wiki or something please? Wayne, load up firefox, and increase the font size please. also, the titles for your w3c/xhtml anchors are wrong.

Re: [css-d] Site Check - http://www.annskitchencorner.com

2005-05-17 Thread jack fredricks
On 5/18/05, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Mommy's day, I threw together this web site for my mom to share her recipes. The address is http://www.annskitchencorner.com http://www.annskitchencorner.com/ and I would appreciate any feedback, good or bad. Thomas M. Hall CSS comments; I

Re: [css-d] Separating Style Sheets - Structure and Color

2005-05-16 Thread jack fredricks
it also seems like it'd be a pain to develop two sheets at once not to mention potential for mistakes... :) please read what you've just said again, then ask yourself what benefits do i get from separating my stylesheets into 2 stylesheets (one for color, one for structure). If there is no

Re: [css-d] Style rule based upon ID and Class?

2005-05-14 Thread jack fredricks
as the others have said, but keep this in mind; the ID selector has higher specificity. This means that if you have these two conflicting rules; #explorer {border:1px RED solid;} and .explorer {border:1px BLUE solid;} the border of the div will be RED.

Re: [css-d] I just do not understand style sheets.

2005-05-14 Thread jack fredricks
1. have you validated your CSS? 2. have you validated all of your pages (html)? you really shouldnt have to do this; div id=page-title h1Casper Shafer's Family in America br / Home Page/h1 /div!-- PAGE TITLES -- as h1Casper Shafer's Family in America br / Home Page/h1

Re: [css-d] Site check - IE width problem

2005-05-13 Thread jack fredricks
3px bug? __ 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://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/

Re: [css-d] site check

2005-05-12 Thread jack fredricks
test in this order; 1. load page, view 2. increase font size With your site I stopped there. too many things to comment on. One is line-height. Remove the units. I'm not sure what unit you are using, but you should set it like this; line-height: 1.3 NOT line-height 1.3em IE doesnt inherit

Re: [css-d] alt and title on images (SEO etc.)

2005-05-07 Thread jack fredricks
What is the proper way to describe photos (IMG tags) for the benefit of SEO/Google, etc.? you missed the point. Alts and Titles arent there for google. They are there to help accessibility. Please dont confuse the two, or you might have a blind man throwing eggs at your car.

Re: [css-d]

2005-05-04 Thread jack fredricks
I'm not too sure what you mean when you say 'not expanding the background'. Can you please clarify? If something is playing up, its generally best to assume that firefox is getting it right, and IE is being too 'smart' for its own good. Your body rule looks fine, however.

Re: [css-d] Floats not floating in IE

2005-04-28 Thread jack fredricks
form { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 400px; } that is cause problems __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/